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Memorial University finally selects new leader

E DUCATION REPORTER The long and controversial search for a new leader for Memorial University ended yesterday with the selection of an Alberta scientist, but the role of Newfoundland in the workings of the school is still to be resolved. Gary ...

From ELIZABETH CHURCH, Globe and Mail,  19 Nov 2009

Memorial taps Alberta physicist as new leader

M emorial University has picked an Alberta physicist as its new leader, ending a long and controversial search that raised questions of academic freedom at the school after Premier Danny Williams vetoed the first candidate chosen for the job. Gary ...

From ELIZABETH CHURCH, Globe and Mail,  18 Nov 2009

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National union takes over York University local

The union local that shut down York University in one of the longest strikes in Canadian campus history has been taken over by the national executive because of “serious financial issues,” including a ballooning debt pegged at more than $1-million and ...

From ELIZABETH CHURCH, Globe and Mail,  3 Nov 2009

Ontario to boost scrutiny of private career colleges

E DUCATION REPORTER Faced with scathing criticism of its failure to protect students from fly-by-night operators, Ontario is promising to increase its regulation of private career colleges with new fines, better information for the public and more ...

From ELIZABETH CHURCH, Globe and Mail,  29 Oct 2009

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Ontario targets $25-million for stem-cell research

E DUCATION REPORTER The Ontario government will announce $25-million for stem-cell research this morning as part of an initiative to encourage collaboration among scientists across the province and around the world. The announcement today at a stem-cell ...

From ELIZABETH CHURCH, Globe and Mail,  28 Oct 2009

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Provincial gap in tuition fees is growing, StatsCan finds

T uition fees in Ontario are now the highest in the country, with undergraduates paying just shy of $6,000 a year on average, more than double the cost for students who study in the most affordable jurisdictions – Newfoundland and Quebec. The growing ...

From ELIZABETH CHURCH, Globe and Mail,  20 Oct 2009

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Hawking gives boost to Perimeter's expansion

S tephen Hawking is promising to make his long-awaited visit to Canada next summer, and in the meantime is lending his name to an ambitious expansion of Waterloo's Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics aimed at positioning it as a world leader in ...

From ELIZABETH CHURCH, Globe and Mail,  17 Oct 2009

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U.S. group places Dalhousie med school on probation

E DUCATION REPORTER Dalhousie University's medical school has been placed on a two-year probation by a U.S. accreditation body, a move that is prompting an overhaul of the curriculum by the faculty's new dean. The probation takes effect today and comes ...

From ELIZABETH CHURCH, Globe and Mail,  15 Oct 2009

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Queen's vice-principal to be McMaster's new president

P atrick Deane, the vice-principal academic at Queen's University is expected to be named as the new president of McMaster University on Thursday. Mr. Deane, a native of South Africa who keeps sheep on his property outside Kingston, will replace ...

From ELIZABETH CHURCH, Globe and Mail,  14 Oct 2009

If you're a new Canadian, 'you go to university'

P atricia Jura's journey to university was long and complicated, but her destination was never in doubt. Born in Zimbabwe, Ms. Jura arrived in Canada at age 11, living in Toronto's Rexdale neighbourhood while her parents gained Canadian training, then ...

From ELIZABETH CHURCH, Globe and Mail,  12 Oct 2009

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