Queen’s University’s Smith School of Business is offering a Certificate for Social Impact for Professionals, which it states is the first of its kind in Canada. The certificate was designed to meet the growing demand for business leaders who are “ready and willing to tackle the most pressing social needs.” The professional program is comprised ...
McMaster University has announced that it will ban all smoking on its campuses effective Jan. 1st, 2018. In a news release, the school says that the move will cover “all oral smoking devices” and make the school Ontario's first “100% tobacco and smoke-free campus.” “McMaster is globally recognized for its commitment to innovation and advancing ...
Wilfrid Laurier University has announced that it will open a research office in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories as part of an effort to further develop its national and international leadership in cold regions research. The office will be home to a year-round staff made up primarily of research associates and postdoctoral fellows. The university reports that the ...
Mohawk College has formally opened its $3M FANUC robotics lab. CHCH repors that the college is the first school in Canada to have robots in the classroom that do not need protective barriers and to have students training on FANUC collaborative robots. Mohawk Mechanical Engineering Professor Emily Lord states that the technology allows Mohawk to offer a certificate ...
NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the scrapping of the "no-detention policy" in schools till Class VIII. The cabinet also approved the Human Resource Development ministry's plan of creating 20 world-class institutions in the country. An enabling provision will be made in the Right of Children for Free and Compulsory Education amendment bill which ...
World over universities are disrupting and innovating on teaching and learning pedagogues. But in India, universities are still characterized by impractical learning, out-of-touch faculty, exorbitant fees (in private universities) and diminishing employment as job seekers outnumber opportunities. According to Harvard's Prof Clayton M. Christensen, Disruptive Innovation brings to the market a product or service that isn't ...
York University is reportedly set to install the largest telescope on any university campus in Canada, thanks to a $500K donation from the Carswell Family Foundation. The donation will be matched by YorkU’s Faculty of Science for a $1M total contribution in support of the new one-metre custom telescope. A YorkU release states that the telescope will ...
Bow Valley College has announced that Chiu School of Business’ two-year diploma in Human Resources was recently accredited by Chartered Professionals in Human Resources) Alberta. BVC is reportedly the first college in AB to receive this distinction, which was awarded following a comprehensive audit that determined that BVC covered the nine major HR competencies throughout ...
Lakehead University has officially opened its new International Centre to offer international students a new place to access the services and programs that will help them succeed. The university reports that the new space features a modern design, state-of-the-art technology, and a student-focused environment. The centre is now home to Lakehead International staff, as well ...
Friday, 17th Nov | 9:00am-1:00pm Dear Admissions and Recruitment officers, In our endeavour to provide wide ranging and diverse higher education learning opportunities to our students we at The Shri Ram School have scheduled our annual Career Fair at our campus on Friday, 17th November from 9:00am-1:00pm. Last four fairs were an enormous success and this has encouraged us, to ...
The Government of Canada and the Government of Quebec are investing just over $21M in projects at CEGEPs and colleges on Montreal Island. A federal release reports that the funding will support 14 projects at nine CEGEPs and colleges, ranging from the establishment of a regional centre for research and training to the creation of an animal ...
A consortium of Toronto-based developers says that it plans to build a 134-unit hotel at McMaster University’s Innovation Park facing Ontario’s Highway 403. No. 16 Hospitality Ltd says the Hyatt House Hamilton project is expected to cost more than $20M and is slated to open in the summer of 2019. Zach Douglas, president and CEO ...
Canada has announced that it will provide $515M to support for fundamental research through the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada’s 2017 competition for the Discovery Grants program, scholarships, and fellowships. The funding marks NSERC’s largest annual investment, and aims to support researchers by offering financial support though scholarships, fellowships, research supplements, and ...
From addressing underemployment among engineering graduates to handing them degrees only on completion of four months of internship , some overarching changes are in the pipeline in technical education in India, Anil Sahasrabuddhe , chairman, All India Council for Technical Education, tells Manash Pratim Gohain . Excerpts: More than 60% of the engineers graduating every ...
Manash Pratim Gohain | TNN | Aug 9, 2017, 02:38 AM IST NEW DELHI: A start-up born at the IIT-Madras Incubation Cell has bagged a million dollar order from a Singapore-based company to transfer technology used by its first two products. The key focus of the technologies is clinical training using virtual patients so that actual ...
New Delhi: The country's first aviation university at Fursatganj in Uttar Pradesh's Rae Bareli district is all set for inauguration on August 18. Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju, his deputy Jayant Sinha, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Congress vice president and Amethi MP Rahul Gandhi, among others are expected to attend the inaugural ...
A Halifax-based start-up is hoping to make it easier for international students to navigate the application process to get into Canada. Dalhousie University computer science graduate students Ruhi Madiwale, Dhivya Jayaraman, and JeyaBalaji Samuthiravelu are the founders of RovBOT, a chat bot that will answer international students’ questions about the visa application process using Facebook Messenger. “As ...
Memorial University’s Genesis Centre has announced that it is the first designated business incubator/accelerator in Newfoundland and Labrador under the federal Startup Visa Program for international entrepreneurs. Startup Visa will allow immigrant entrepreneurs to apply for venture capital funds, angel investor groups, or business accelerators/incubators funding; and can help facilitate and advance the entrepreneur's permanent ...
Carleton Newsroom Carleton University will be offering a week-long math refresher program for students entering their first year in order to ensure that students are prepared for a successful school year. The program, called Math Matters, is open to students entering a degree program with a strong math component, such as Architectural Studies, Commerce, Engineering, Health Sciences, ...
Kwantlen Polytechnic University has announced that it is offering a new minor in medicinal chemistry that will train students in the processes of drug discovery and development. The first course in the minor, Natural Products Chemistry, will be offered this fall and will teach students about chemical compounds found in natural sources. Other courses in ...
