Reading Time: 8 minutesRising tuition fees, donor interference, administrative bloat — welcome to the neoliberalization of higher education.
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Reading Time: 2 minutesMore than 100 people were affected For the 2021-22 academic year, the Fulcrum has revived the Canadian University Press (CUP) Wire to better inform University of Ottawa students on what is making headlines in the Canadian post-secondary world. The Quill — Brandon, Man On Tuesday, September 21, 2021, a fire broke out at 1400 Pacific …
Reading Time: 5 minutesFor many trans, non-binary and two-spirit people, getting outed to people is now just a part of going out.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSix of the 32 people transferred to hospital after Saturday’s Homecoming celebrations were in serious condition.
Reading Time: 4 minutesAs classes return to campus, Dalhousie University has limited its residence capacity to 80 per cent this fall, housing around 1,800 students instead of the 2,300 they did prior to the pandemic, according to a statement on the university’s website.
Reading Time: 5 minutesIn February 2020, the Interfraternity Council (IFC) — the governing body of UBC’s frats — announced an indefinite suspension on all open social events following drugging allegations from multiple female students in 2019. Frats broke it.
Reading Time: 2 minutesEgerton Ryerson, the school’s namesake, was one of the architects of the residential school system.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“Laurier’s Inclusive Excellence hiring initiative is an example of how the university is taking deliberate steps to enhance Indigenization, equity, diversity and inclusion in our teaching, learning and research,” Anthony Vannelli, Laurier provost and vice-president: academic said in an email statement.
Reading Time: 2 minutesStudents in residence who cannot be vaccinated for medical or “other protected grounds under the Ontario Human Rights Code” will be able to request accommodation from Western.
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe Varsity — TORONTO: A former U of T student, Christian Roman is seeking $300,000 in damages for expenses related to stress caused by the university’s insufficient accommodations for physical and mental illnesses, which he says prevented him from completing coursework and amounted to discrimination on the basis of disability.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe University of Victoria (UVic) announced on Feb. 2 that it would be moving its capital fund into fossil free investments. The announcement is being heralded as a victory for the divestment movement.
Reading Time: 5 minutes“This isn’t about politics, this is about people’s well being,” said CUSA councillor Emily Sowa
Reading Time: 4 minutesLaurentian University is a vital organ of Northern Ontario’s Francophone community.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThree individuals living in the Seager Wheeler Residence Hall at the University of Saskatchewan tested positive for COVID-19 earlier this month, reported the Sheaf.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe University of British Columbia (UBC) president and vice-chancellor, Santa Ono, as well as the director of the School of Population and Public Health (SPPH), Peter Berman have come under fire for travelling out of the country in recent weeks.
Reading Time: 3 minutesOn Dec. 9, the University of New Brunswick announced its move to become a smoke free campus for September 2022.
Reading Time: 2 minutesOne day after posters appeared on campus, the Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU), along with 34 undersign university affiliated organizations, released a statement reaffirming their commitment to racial equity and inclusion.
