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20 novembre 2015

Syrian refugees get online tutoring from McGill University students

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...

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20 novembre 2015

Liberal-arts majors have a kindred spirit in Justin Trudeau

By Rosemary Westwood. Liberal-arts majors, rejoice. You’ve got a prime minister in your ranks.
The situation reminds me of this thing I had about bananas when I was a kid. One day, I ate a banana, and then when I lay on my stomach and tried to touch my toes to my head, I succeeded. It was an early ah-ha moment, and I continued to eat bananas before trying to touch my toes to my head until I lost interest. But it was a sad day, years later, when I ate a banana and broke my back. Read more...

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20 novembre 2015

Toronto job prospects hinge on post-secondary schooling: Report

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.
Titled, 95 Months: Turbulent Times in Toronto’s Labour Market, the report traces changes in Toronto’s economy since December 2007, just before the global economy lurched into the so-called Great Recession. Read more...

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20 novembre 2015

Canada's student loans by the numbers

By Staff. Student loans by the numbers from the 2013-14 school year:
515,279: Full time and part-time students in receipt of financial assistance from the federal government.
$3.413 billion: Amount in assistance those students received.
$715 million: Amount of that assistance in the form of non-repayable grants. Read more...

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20 novembre 2015

Orgies in a time of political correctness

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...

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20 novembre 2015

On free speech, our universities get an ‘F’

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...

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20 novembre 2015

Enbridge & U of Calgary relationship challenges academic integrity

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...

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20 novembre 2015

Fewer young Canadians working since 2008 recession, StatsCan finds

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...

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20 novembre 2015

The delicate balancing of oil, money and scholarship

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...

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20 novembre 2015

UBC surpasses fundraising goal with $1.62-billion final tally

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...

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