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: 3 minutesThis reaction is especially unnecessary given that the mistake has already been properly remedied by the Gateway: They were quick to add corrections and editor’s notes to both stories in question.
Reading Time: 3 minutesAssociate dean of law Jon Heshka created and teaches two sports law courses at Thompson Rivers University (TRU), which is more than any other Canadian university offers, and he’s not stopping there.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThose who default on their student loans could lose their driver’s license if new legislation proposed by British Columbia’s finance ministry passes.
Reading Time: 3 minutesProfessors at St. Thomas University have brought attention to sexist course evaluations that focus on looks rather than teaching.
Reading Time: 3 minutesEngineering students report fewer job advertisements and reduced co-op programs as a result of company cutbacks.
Reading Time: 2 minutesNew Government of Canada regulations make it easier for international students to work while in school, but do little to help with employment after graduation.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Federation of New Brunswick Faculty Associations (FNBFA) is likely to pursue court action against the University of New Brunswick, despite the university’s release of president Eddy Campbell’s 2009 and 2014 employment contracts.
Reading Time: 2 minutesTORONTO (CUP)—Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) will allow post-secondary schools to give female hockey players full-ride scholarships in an effort to keep more talent at home.
Reading Time: 3 minutesOne university strike in New Brunswick may be ending, but another is just beginning.
Reading Time: 3 minutesIt may now be more crucial than ever for young people to really analyze their media consumption.
Reading Time: 3 minutesBraving the winter cold, more than 50 student protesters assembled outside the Canadian Federation of Students’ (CFS) Annual General Meeting on Nov. 23.
Reading Time: 2 minutesMore than a dozen post-secondary institutions across Canada have begun a move to leave the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS), according to a media release.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMore than a dozen post-secondary institutions across Canada have begun a move to leave the Canadian Federation of Students.
Reading Time: 2 minutesFinance Minister Jim Flaherty tabled Canada’s Economic Action Plan 2013 on March 21. The budget titled “Jobs, Growth and Long-Term Prosperity” introduces new skills training and job creation measures, many of which are targeted at Canada’s youth.
Reading Time: 2 minutesReports of collusion and corruption are nothing new for Quebec’s construction industry. What is new, however, is the eroding image of engineers and a mounting questions of whether or not engineers are applying ethical and professional standards in their profession.
Reading Time: 2 minutesProtesters fight Highway 5 extension OTTAWA—FOUR PROTESTERS, ACTING against a court order, have taken to the trees in Gatineau Park in an attempt to protest their removal and the expansion of Highway 5. An injunction was issued prohibiting people from efforts to obstruct the construction on Feb. 28. The Gatineau Park Protection Committee, which is …
Reading Time: 2 minutesRideau Canal to open this month OTTAWA—THE RIDEAU CANAL is expected to be open for skating by mid-January for its 42nd season, according to National Capital Commission spokesperson Jasmine Leduc. Good skating ice depends on cold weather with no snow, and Leduc is hoping the past week’s mild weather will have little impact on the …
Reading Time: 3 minutesNo, it shouldn’t go to some poor indie band every year TORONTO (CUP)—THERE WAS NO feeling of surprise and no feeling of upset on Sept. 19 when Arcade Fire’s The Suburbs won the 2011 Polaris Music Prize. No, there was a feeling of complacency—even though there were other albums that deserved it just as much, almost everyone who cared was gunning for this album, even …
