McMaster University is looking at divesting itself of fossil fuel company investments made by its endowment fund.
By Shari Okeke. After giving just a few tutoring sessions to Syrian refugees online, Meg Rapp is already emotionally invested in their future and hopes to meet them if their dreams of attending university in Canada come true. Read more...By David Keith. The issue here is not that Enbridge was asking, it's that a public institution, who's job it is to balance competing interests and do high quality research in the public interest, abjectly failed to do that. Read more...By Morgan Lowrie. The launch of a new space research institute at Montreal's McGill University has its director hoping it can not only help solve some of the biggest mysteries of the universe, but also contribute to turning the city into a leading hub for space research. Read more...
Academic freedom is a precious thing. The ability to think independently and make judgments that can’t be influenced by money or power is an essential public good, and needs to be protected in democratic societies that benefit from disinterested inquiry. Read more...Prime Minister Justin Trudeau kept a key election promise on Thursday when, just 24 hours after being sworn in, his new government announced it will restore the mandatory long-form census in time for the 2016 count. This is great news. Read more...By Andy Blatchford. A growing proportion of recent university graduates – as much as 40 per cent – face the potential frustration of being overqualified for their jobs, a new report has revealed. Read more...By Rachel Collier. A Ryerson men’s issues awareness group has reignited the debate about what discourse is acceptable on university campuses.By Rob Carrick. In the United States, student debt totals an astronomically high $1.2-trillion (U.S.) and plagues some people all through their working lives and into retirement. Student debt is a serious issue in Canada, but we could at least take comfort from the fact that we weren’t nearly as badly off as Americans. Read more...By Paul Attfield. The continued growth of big data and the ability to utilize it is transforming how Canadian companies do business, understand their customers’ needs and plan for the future. Dino Trevisani, the president of IBM Canada, and Saul Klein, dean of the Gustavson School of Business at the University of Victoria, look at its promise, and limits. Read more.../https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)
