By David Burke - CBC News. Mount Saint Vincent University has inked a deal with a Chinese college to offer a joint degree that will see Chinese students traveling to Nova Scotia, and Mount professors teaching in China.
The four-year tourism degree program will be run out of Jinshan College in China for three years. Then in the fourth year, students will finish their training at MSVU. More...
By . The school experiencing this dramatic turnaround is on the reserve of the Waywayseecappo First Nation, a 3½-hour drive west of Winnipeg. It has 330 students from kindergarten to Grade 8. In 2010, a one-off experimental agreement was reached between local leaders, the province and the federal government to provide the same level of funding to “Wayway” students as that received by students in nearby provincial schools. Overnight, the school received a boost of about $5,000 per student. More...
At first glance the idea of free tuition sounds great, and it might seem like an easy political bandwagon to jump on. But, as Minister Brown rightly pointed out, in the April 19th edition of The Guardian, the rollout of free tuition models in other provinces is not a new influx of money, but instead a re-working of how existing dollars are spent. Read more...
By . The Concordia University of Edmonton has officially surrendered its religious roots to better reflect its openness and diverse student population.
By Haley Ritchie. The University of Ottawa Board of Governors will meet next week to vote on whether the school should continue investing in fossil fuels or make an environmental statement by shedding its oil and gas shares. /https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)
