By Randy Shore. British Columbia’s tech leaders are urging the provincial government to fill their employment pipeline with homegrown talent.
The owners, CEOs and CFOs of Hootsuite, Electronic Arts, Vision Critical and 15 other tech firms have written an open letter to Premier Christy Clark asking for a substantial investment in technology education in B.C. post-secondary institutions. More...
By Alex Boyd. Flags at MacEwan University were at half staff Wednesday in remembrance of Mykhaylo Bazelevskyy, known as Misha.
“He had his feet in every single community that he could have, whether it was athletics, student clubs, volunteering or academic endeavours,” said Danika McConnell, president of the student’s association. More...
By . Thousands of first-year students on Ontario campuses will be asked to take an international test in math, writing and solving problems this fall, in a bold experiment to see whether higher learning actually boosts these skills. More...
By . Bees are bringing in big bucks to B.C.’s economy, generating $500 million in activity, according to a new report by Vancity credit union.
The report, called Sweet Deal: The value of bees to B.C.’s economy, found that while retail sales for B.C. honey doubled from $8 million to $16 million between 2014 and 2015, the primary benefit of bees to our economy is a result of pollination, valued at $468 million annually. More...
By Jordan Press. Half of the country's aboriginal families living on reserve could miss out on the federal government's new child benefit aimed at raising hundreds of thousands of Canadians out of poverty. More...
By Claudia Cattaneo and Geoffrey Morgan. Alberta’s longest post-war recession has sliced 6.5 per cent from its GDP over the past two years and kicked off an exodus of people, but it has been especially painful for the province’s geoscience community, the backbone of the oil and gas industry. More...
Two Toronto students were at a restaurant in Istanbul when Turkey’s military coup began Friday evening.
Paul Bocking, 32, and his fiancé Pelin Asci, 29, both geography PhD students at York University who are set to marry this summer, are in Istanbul, Turkey visiting Asci’s family.
As a loud explosion rattled the capital, Ankara, fighter jets buzzed low overhead and gunfire erupted near military headquarters, Bocking and his fiancé learned of the chaos from those around them. More...
MacEwan University President David Atkinson says they have one student missing in Nice, France after Thursday’s attacks. Atkinson says the student is 22-year-old Ukrainian national Mykhaylo (Mischa) Bazelevskyy. More...
By Ashley Martin. Jermain McKenzie does not plan to sit idle as a trend continues at the University of Regina.
One week since the eighth tuition increase in a row was announced, the U of R Students’ Union president plans to lobby the government for a change.
McKenzie is “not pleased” with the trend, which has seen tuition increase 35 per cent since 2009, but he understands why he and other students are paying more. More...
By Elizabeth Payne. Canada’s chief health science funding agency backed down Wednesday, agreeing to undo a controversial reform that led to open revolt by many of the country’s scientists.
“I think it is a big win for health research in this country,” said Bill Tholl of HealthCareCan which represents academic health science centres in Canada, at the end of the day-long meeting. More...
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