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16 décembre 2016

Finding sanctuary: Why education is challenging but crucial for Syrian refugees

By Caroline Alphonso AND Simona Chiose. About half of the refugees who have arrived in Canada from Syria have only a high-school education. Others lack proof that they completed higher education or must find a way to validate degrees from a country plunged into conflict. If they have their credentials, they must often upgrade them to meet the accreditation requirements of professional bodies here, or face working in jobs for which they are overqualified. Read more...

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16 décembre 2016

Ottawa seeks scientist to advise Trudeau, cabinet

By Ivan Semeniuk. On Monday, Science Minister Kirsty Duncan revealed the long-awaited job posting for a chief science adviser – a role, she said, that will involve providing the prime minister and cabinet with “access to independent scientific analysis” to aid their decision-making. Read more...

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16 décembre 2016

Is precarious work really a problem? Business and labour groups clash during Ontario review

By CAMILLA CORNELL. This summer, 57-year-old Neil Bruce of Markham, Ont., held three jobs, all of them paying $20 an hour or less. He worked as a church caretaker, provided casual labour for a property management firm in the afternoons, and had a regular gig doing retail sales at a market on the weekend. Read more...

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16 décembre 2016

UVic proposes joint indigenous-Canadian common law degree

By Wendy Stueck. At one time, that would have put him at risk of arrest. Under Canadian law, potlatches – gift-giving feasts to mark special occasions such as marriages, births or funerals – were illegal between 1885 and 1951. In Alert Bay, that period is marked by the U’mista Cultural Centre, which houses masks and other artifacts repatriated to the community after they were confiscated from a potlatch in 1921. Read more...

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16 décembre 2016

Watch: Our panel on the future of jobs

By macleans.ca. What does the future of jobs look like? And how can students entering the work force get them? Maclean’s tackled this heady question at a town hall at Montreal’s Concordia University on Nov. 24, convening a panel of top execs at some of Canada’s top employers. Read more...

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16 décembre 2016

University of Ottawa med students now required to meditate

By CBC News. The University of Ottawa's gruelling medical school curriculum — which helps prepare students for an even more gruelling career — now includes mandatory meditation sessions. Read more...

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16 décembre 2016

International students call foul on tuition increase

By Alex Boyd. A month after Alberta extended a tuition freeze for domestic students, the University of Alberta is considering hiking fees for international students, and some say that's discriminatory. Read more...

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16 décembre 2016

'Free to do whatever they want': Why universities can punish students for off-campus behaviour

By Mark Gollom. Queen's University students who attended a controversial costume party last weekend could be punished for violating the school's code of conduct — a set of rules implemented by many universities that includes off-campus, non-academic behaviour. Read more...

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16 décembre 2016

Study aims to find out which campus mental health programs work

By Carolyn Ray. It's an issue that universities and colleges have been grappling with for years, but for the first time in Canada, experts, governments and students are coming together to try to create one model for effective mental health programs and treatment at post-secondary institutions. Read more...

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16 décembre 2016

New breed of entrepreneurial profs teaches students to learn by doing

By Rosemary Counter. Forget the business-school lecture. These profs learn by doing and encourage their students to do the same. Read more...

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