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4 novembre 2016

New federal panel set up to tackle youth unemployment

thestar.com logoBy . The panel will look to get a better understanding of why some young people can’t get their foot in the door. Read more...
4 novembre 2016

Mixed results for Liberals on science after one year

thestar.com logoBy Alana Westwood and Kathleen Walsh. Funding announcements and open data are a good start, but entrenching evidence-based decision-making into the culture of politics is a much bigger test. Read more...
4 novembre 2016

Nearly 40 per cent of Canadian post-secondary students experience ‘food insecurity:’ study

thestar.com logoBy . Report, called Hungry for Knowledge, was released last week by Meal Exchange, a national charitable organization. It surveyed 4,500 students across five Canadian campuses. Read more...
4 novembre 2016

New Brunswick university opens recruiting office in Beijing, China

Juliana Weberman says that she doesn't have the room to take on all of the knick knacks, kitchen items and furniture her parents want to give her.The University of New Brunswick has opened a recruitment office in Beijing, China.
Premier Brian Gallant is in China as part of a trade mission, and was on hand for the official opening.
He says universities are facing declining enrolments, and attracting more international university students from China will help New Brunswick's economy and universities.
Between January 2005 and March 2016, about 4,200 Chinese nationals became permanent residents in New Brunswick. More...

4 novembre 2016

MacEwan's international student recruitment gets an upgrade

Juliana Weberman says that she doesn't have the room to take on all of the knick knacks, kitchen items and furniture her parents want to give her.By . Staff at MacEwan University say a new virtual reality tour of their residences is going to change the game as they work to recruit students from around the world.
“To be able to send this to recruiters, who go to China or India or Australia, they’re able to show prospective students exactly where they’d be living and see what it looks like, and essentially, feel what it feels like—that’s what’s going to change things". More...

4 novembre 2016

Cash-strapped Alberta students leading a push for ‘open textbooks’

Juliana Weberman says that she doesn't have the room to take on all of the knick knacks, kitchen items and furniture her parents want to give her.By . With students facing a bigger financial crunch than ever, a group of Alberta students are taking aim at one of their biggest money sinks: textbooks.
Representatives from five schools across Alberta launched the #textbookbrokeAB campaign this fall to showcase the amount of money students are spending on books. More...

4 novembre 2016

Add tech to a humanities degree to bridge the employment gap

By Nikki Wiart. Adapting to a brave new job world, schools offer flexible programs so students can add tech to their humanities focus, and vice versa. More...

4 novembre 2016

U of T tries a fresh new take on residence food

By Alexandra Heck. How one chef turned the mighty U of T St. George kitchens toward independent, locally sourced food made from scratch. More...

4 novembre 2016

How students are turning social-media intuition into tuition

By . Meet the students harnessing their Twitter, Instagram or YouTube presences to help pay for school. More...

4 novembre 2016

Four in ten university students lack food security as education costs skyrocket

By Jacob Lorinc. Nearly half of students surveyed had forgone healthy food to pay for books, tuition fees and rent, according to an exclusive report from Meal Exchange. More...

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