Humber College’s School of Liberal Arts and Sciences will host “Representing World War I: Perspectives at the Centenary” at this year’s International Festival of Authors. The conference, which runs October 31-November 2, will provide a venue for scholars, researchers, and public intellectuals to examine representations of World War I, considering issues including gender, cultural memory, ...
Georgian College has unveiled its new brand, with the theme “accelerate success.” The college has adopted a new leaf-shaped “accelerator” symbol that it says “is an apt metaphor for the enriching possibilities that we help ignite.” In a document detailing its "brand story," the college says that the symbol reflects the college’s legacy and ...
Student unions at a number of Nova Scotia universities have agreed to participate in an independent review of their transparency and accountability. Acadia Students’ Union, Cape Breton University Students’ Union, Dalhousie Agricultural Students’ Association, St Francis Xavier University Students’ Union, and Saint Mary’s University Students’ Association will undergo the process, which will examine their ...
Canadian PSE institutions are making changes to their orientation programming in response to last year’s controversies. Following the University of British Columbia’s recently announced changes, Saint Mary’s University has said that it has revised its own frosh week programming in response to last year’s revelation of an inflammatory chant that endorsed non-consensual sex with underage women. The university has introduced ...
George Brown College’s responsiveness to emerging needs in the economy, its partnerships in the community, and its support for lifelong learners are identified in the strategic mandate agreement (SMA) between the college and the province as the institution’s primary areas of differentiation. The SMA points out several areas of institutional strength, including the college’s support ...
The results of new polls conducted by CIBC show a significant gap between students’ understanding of how they will finance their education and that of their parents. According to survey results, parents on average expect the total cost of PSE to be $64,300. Parents are willing to pay 67% of that cost to support their ...
This fall, Prince Edward Island will launch a new program designed to help grade 9 students identify early on educational requirements to enter the workforce or apply to a PSE institution. The Student Graduation and Transition Planner is billed as a way to help strengthen career development in PEI’s schools by helping students plan pathways ...
The strategic mandate agreement (SMA) signed between Durham College and Ontario emphasizes the college’s broad-based strengths and support for all learners, especially those with special needs and from at-risk backgrounds. The college is also cited for its strategic and collaborative relationship with the University of Ontario Institute of Technology and its contribution to the ...
ScienceScape, a new platform developed by University of Toronto biomedical physics student Sam Molyneux and his sister Amy Molyneux, a web developer and technical project manager, will help researchers keep better track of developments in their field. ScienceScape, Amy says, is “like a Twitter for science.” The platform organizes thousands of newly published biomedical research ...
The University of Alberta and the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology have entered into a partnership that will see NAIT protective services managed by uAlberta’s Protective Services (UAPS). “It’s just to bring them up to the standards and the policy and the procedures that UAPS has,” said Grace Berry, Acting Director of UAPS. Berry said ...
The governments of Canada and Manitoba have teamed up to provide $1.1 M to Employment Solutions for Immigrants for 2 projects designed to help immigrant youth reduce barriers to employment. The first project will help 120 immigrant youth gain life and employability skills through workshops and work placements. The second project will provide 20 immigrant ...
The University of British Columbia has received $2.6 M from the Paul G Allen Family Foundation for its Sea Around Us project. The Sea Around Us initiative is led by professors from UBC’s Fisheries Centre and over its 2-year mandate will help provide countries in West Africa, East Africa, the Arab world, and South Asia ...
The strategic mandate agreement (SMA) between Ontario and McMaster University highlights the university’s unique pedagogical approach, research-intensive setting, and its diverse program strengths. The SMA notes McMaster’s implementation of problem-based learning and inquiry and its distinctively collaborative and interdisciplinary culture, as well as the high impact of its research projects like the McMaster Automotive Resource ...
Ontario has released the strategic mandate agreement (SMA) it signed with Conestoga College, highlighting the college’s support for industrial research, design, and manufacturing technology and innovation in the province’s Technology Triangle. The SMA cites Conestoga’s industry partnerships in engineering and manufacturing, food processing, and trades as specific areas of institutional strength, as well as the ...
The results of an online CIBC survey offers insight into student attitudes toward education debt. CIBC reports that 51% of Canadian PSE students have borrowed or will need to borrow money to pay for their education. 73% of those respondents expect to graduate with more than $10,000 in debt, and approximately 40% expect to owe ...
The Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) has agreed to invest in the Rotman School of Management’s Creative Destruction Lab at the University of Toronto. The Lab offers an 8-month business accelerator program that is designed to help commercialize promising technology. It offers researchers the opportunity to connect with and benefit from the expertise of ...
Canada and New Brunswick have jointly committed funding to support innovation and research in Atlantic Canada. NB announced that it will contribute $82 M in funding over 5 years to support innovation in the province. Canada committed to investing up to $5 M in support of research, development, and commercialization activities at the Atlantic Cancer ...
The Vancouver Province has published the full text of the April 2013 external review of Trinity Western University’s proposed law degree, observing that the 5-member panel seems to express “serious reservations,” including concerns about curriculum, academic freedom, the employability of the school’s graduates, and the impact of the mandatory community covenant on TWU’s ability to ...
Canada has announced the recipients of the 2014 Vanier Scholarships and Banting Fellowships. The awards go to doctoral and post-doctoral researchers carrying out research in the health sciences, natural sciences and engineering, and the social sciences. This year there were 166 recipients of Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships and 70 Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships, totaling more than ...
The Council of Ontario Universities has released a series of reports that aim to identify priorities and actions for the reform of Ontario’s strategic initiatives regarding the health of seniors. “Ontario universities play a key role in educating health providers for the needs of today and tomorrow. The release of these reports continues to move forward ...
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