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The grace period will correct timing concerns of a previous IRCC policy which jeopardised hundreds of Jan 2025 enrolments. Photo: Pixabay. The PIE News reports that Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada has granted a temporary grace period to international students transferring between designated learning institutions (DLIs). Under this new exemption, international students who meet certain criteria ...

  If you’ve ever dreamed of becoming a prominent business leader, you may want to consider attending one of these Canadian universities.     Immerse Education has released a series of rankings—organized by country or region—of the universities with the greatest percentage of alumni who have become CEOs. The rankings are based on an analysis of LinkedIn data. For ...

Minister Sawhney and Minister Piccini shaking hands after signing a Memorandum of Understanding at the McDougall Centre in Calgary on July 5. (Credit: Aspen Films)       The Government of Alberta and Government of Ontario have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on several fronts related to skilled trades certification. As part of this agreement, the provinces ...

Six Canadian postsecondary institutions have ranked among the Top 50 International Animation Schools and Colleges ranking published by Animation Career Review. The ranking evaluates 200 postsecondary schools from around the world, excluding the United States, that offer formal degree programs in animation according to criteria such as employment data, academic reputation, and depth and breadth ...

QS Best Student Cities 2025 Montreal ranked best student city in the Americas and 10th in the world     Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) has released the Best Student Cities 2025, which ranks the 150 most student-friendly locations from around the world. Cities are assessed according to six criteria: Affordability, desirability, employer activity, student mix, student view, and university rankings. ...

A new law coming into effect July 1 promises to increase the supply of childhood educators trained abroad. Government Wednesday announces the regulations of the International Credentials Recognition Act. (Black Press Media file photo)   The Government of British Columbia’s International Credentials Recognition Act will come into effect on July 1, 2024. The act requires regulatory bodies ...

New software helps users understand where large language models get their information and whether their sources are trustworthy   University of Waterloo researchers have developed a new tool that reveals where large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT get their sources and evaluates if these sources are trustworthy. Nicknamed “RAGE,” the tool uses a strategy called “retrieval-augmented generation” ...

  https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/carleton-university-cheo-teaming-up-to-create-ai-powered-pediatric-surgery-simulator-1.6875770    Carleton University students are working with researchers at CHEO to build an AI simulator for pediatric surgery training. Surgical trainees will be able to use the simulator to hone their skills for highly technical laparoscope procedures by allowing them to perform these procedures under the guidance of a computer monitor that mimics a patient’s body. ...

  The Government of Canada Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Marc Miller has announced that a temporary policy around work hours for international students will not be extended, but a new policy will be introduced in the Fall. The temporary policy, which comes to an end today, allowed students to work more than 20 hours ...

Boeing interim managing director Pierre Ruel (left) and SIIT president and CEO Riel Bellegarde (right) hold up a quilt to commemorate the company's $17-million investment. (Will Mandzuk/650 CKOM)   The Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technology is partnering with Boeing to address shortages in the aviation industry. As part of this partnership, Boeing will invest $17M into SIIT’s ...

          The Government of Quebec has announced its 2024-25 budget, which includes investments of $4.9B for the health and education sectors. $421M over five years will be invested in promoting student success and retention, supporting training in priority areas and digital transformation, and maintaining housing stock and increasing the number of student accommodations. La Presse reports that this ...

Nova Scotia's Advanced Education Minister Brian Wong says his department is assessing proposals from four universities that would speed up their respective bachelor of education programs. (CBC) The Government of Nova Scotia is assessing proposals from four universities that are hoping to offer accelerated education degrees, similar to that of Cape Breton University. CBU previously announced its intent ...

        The Globe and Mail and CIC News report that the federal government has indicated that the number of new study permits available for college and university undergraduate programs this year is “about 292,000.” Federal Immigration Minister Marc Miller previously announced that about 360,000 new permits would be available in 2024, but the Globe reports that the federal government has since indicated that this ...

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister Marc Miller holds a press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press) The Government of Canada has increased the cost-of-living financial requirements for prospective international students. Single study permit applicants—who previously had to prove they had $10K—will be required to prove that they have ...

Cape Breton University will be offering two new accelerated bachelor of education programs to help meet Nova Scotia’s need for more certified teachers. The first program is an online pilot that enables students to complete their studies in eight months from anywhere in the province; the second will take 12 months to complete and will ...

The University of Waterloo’s WatSPEED has received $3.1M from Palette Skills and the Government of Canada to launch two new career accelerator programs in Secure Coding and Advanced Manufacturing. These 13-week accelerator programs will be delivered in partnership with UpSkill Canada to address skills gaps in the cybersecurity and advanced manufacturing fields. “These new career ...

        The Government of Canada has announced several changes to the International Student Program to protect international students from fraud. Starting in December, postsecondary designated learning institutions (DLIs) will need to confirm each applicant’s letter of acceptance with IRCC to ensure that study permits are only issued with genuine letters of acceptance. IRCC will be adopting ...

  Maclean’s has unveiled its University Rankings for 2024, which evaluates Canadian universities based on their performance in five areas: students, faculty, resources, student support, and reputation. Rankings are divided into three lists—Primarily Undergraduate universities, Comprehensive universities, and Medical Doctoral universities—which are determined by a university’s size and speciality. The top five universities in the Primarily ...

  Universities Canada, Colleges and Institutes Canada, and the Canadian Bureau for International Education spoke to The PIE News about the proposed two-tier system that would expedite the visa process for international students. Under the system, which could reportedly be introduced as soon as 2024, IRCC would not need to verify parts of applications that have ...