By Rosemary Westwood. Liberal-arts majors, rejoice. You’ve got a prime minister in your ranks.By Torstar News Service. Education level is one of the most important factors in determining success in the local labour market, according to a report published Tuesday by the Toronto Workforce Innovation Group.By Staff. Student loans by the numbers from the 2013-14 school year:
By Jen Gerson. University is, and should be, a magical time in a young person’s life, in which he or she is free to challenge social and political truisms, meet like-minded people, and embrace experimentation in all its forms. Read more...By John Carpay and Michael Kennedy. Freedom of expression on campus is sometimes portrayed as a right-wing cause. But U.S. President Barack Obama recently declared: “I don’t agree that you, when you become students at colleges, have to be coddled and protected from different points of view.… Anybody who comes to speak to you, and you disagree with, you should have an argument with ’em. But you shouldn’t silence them by saying, ‘You can’t come because I’m too sensitive to hear what you have to say.’ That’s not the way we learn either.” Read more...
The U of C is considered a success when it comes to corporate fundraising. But a CBC News investigation has discovered that some believe the school's relationship with the pipeline company Enbridge has crossed a line. Read more...Fewer young Canadians are working, with teenaged students opting not to take part-time jobs and more Canadians aged 20 to 24 staying in school, Statistics Canada says. Read more...
A CBC investigation into the University of Calgary’s relationship with Enbridge Inc., the Alberta-based pipeline company, has highlighted the issue of how far private sponsors want to influence university research centres they are increasingly funding. Read more...By Simona Chiose. The University of British Columbia has ended its seven-year fundraising campaign, surpassing its goal of raising $1.5-billion and doubling the number of alumni it had set out to reach. Read more...By Simona Chiose. More Canadian institutions will face controversy over the influence of donors on programs if they do not rethink their relationship with private funders, warn academics who have studied the relationship between donations and educational institutions. Read more.../https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)
