Etiket: universities
Universities | Low graduation of future teachers
While digging through the R rating, I made some concerning discoveries. Including this one: the secondary education program has one of the lowest graduation rates among the main programs offered…
In Afghanistan, a timid reopening to women in universities
It’s a tenuous symbol, but a symbol nonetheless. On Wednesday morning, February 2, public universities were able to reopen in six provinces of Afghanistan, for the first time since the…
Universities must respond | The Press
PHOTO PHILIPPE BOIVIN, LA PRESSE ARCHIVES “Universities must learn to live with the virus and do everything possible to make their campuses come alive,” writes our columnist. Stephanie Grammond The…
Universities | Registrations hold up despite Omicron
Since the start of the pandemic, university enrollments have, overall, registered a slight increase. And despite the Omicron surge, the establishments anticipate that they will continue for the winter term.…
Relaxation of measures: culture comes after sport in CEGEPs and universities
Sports teams at the college and university levels will be able to resume training as of January 31, but students who engage in extracurricular artistic activities may still have to…
Canada 360 | The anger of Alberta universities
PHOTO FROM TWITTER ACCOUNT @CUETRUTH Strike at Concordia University in Edmonton in early January Valerie Lapointe-Gagnon Special Collaboration, Associate Professor, History and Linguistic Rights, Faculty Saint-Jean, University of Alberta Anger…
A return to class expected in CEGEPs and universities
This text is part of the special section Higher Education After several weeks of uncertainty, the government is staying the course: the winter 2022 semester will take place in the…
Universities prepare for surge in engineering admissions
This text is part of the special section Higher Education Quebec universities are expecting an increase in applications for admission to engineering after the announcement of the new student bursary…
CEGEPs and universities | A start date on January 17, but distance learning allowed until January 31
As is the case for elementary and secondary schools, Quebec plans for CEGEP and university students to return to campuses as of January 17, but allows them to stay in…
Virtual courses possible until January 31 in CEGEPs and universities
Faced with the surge in cases of the Omicron variant, the Legault government is granting a “transition period” until January 31 for the return to work in CEGEPs and universities.…
Universities postpone the start of the new school year
Teaching at the University of Quebec in Montreal (UQAM) will be online until at least January 23. Laval University is considering a return at the end of the month. Posted…
Academic freedoms | Universities do their homework
Much has been made in recent days of the “failure of universities” to defend academic freedom against galloping identitarianism. The adoption of a law, proposed by the Cloutier commission, would…
two new sculptures commemorating Tian’anmen withdrawn from universities
The day before, the “Pillar of Shame”, which commemorated the repression of June 4, 1989, had already been debunked by the University of Hong Kong. Article written by Posted on…
Hong Kong: two new sculptures commemorating Tiananmen withdrawn from universities
Hong Kong | Sculptures from two Hong Kong universities commemorating the Tiananmen pro-democracy movement were debunked on Friday, the institutions said. In the morning, the Chinese University of Hong Kong…
Postponement of face-to-face courses at the University of Montreal, other universities are considering it
The University of Montreal has made the decision to keep the courses at a distance until at least January 17 without waiting for new directives from Quebec, which for the…
Academic freedom: universities do their homework
Much has been made in recent days of the “failure of universities” to defend academic freedom against galloping identitarianism. The adoption of a law, proposed by the Cloutier commission, would…
Universities | Students fear final exams
With the closure of bars, gyms, casinos, cinemas and theaters, it is in universities these days that many of the biggest gatherings will be held, which worries many. students. Posted…
A law to redeem the failure of universities
The work carried out by the Independent Scientific and Technical Commission on the Recognition of Academic Freedom in Universities is rich, informative and very comprehensive. Anyone wishing to access a…
CIRAIG continues to expand its network abroad with the inclusion of two Swiss universities
This text is part of the special section 20 years of CIRAIG Before arriving on store shelves, new models of smart phones may have been designed in the United States,…
Universities sign charter to fight racism against blacks
(Toronto) A group of universities and colleges across Canada have signed a charter to fight anti-black racism in post-secondary institutions. Posted on November 18, 2021 at 7:35 a.m. Maan Alhmidi…