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inlingua Vancouver, a private career college in BC, has announced that it will be closing at the end of the semester and providing refunds to active students for any incomplete programs or courses. “The closure of inlingua Vancouver effective May 29 adds 20 more job losses to a sector already hard-hit by COVID-19,” writes the […]

The University of Western Ontario Faculty Association has released a statement detailing their opposition to a partnership between Western University and private education services provider Navitas. The partnership in question proposes to create pathways for entry to Western University for some international students who do not meet the school’s first-year entrance standards. Currently, according to […]

Laurentian University and the Laurentian University Faculty Association (LUFA) have signed an agreement detailing specific modalities and working conditions for professors. Specifications of the agreement include evaluations of academic programs and courses will be conducted by Respective Deans and in consultation with the Units, and the outlining of factors that determine how courses will be […]

In addition to some laboratory-based scientists losing the capacity to execute experiments, David Kent notes another important aspect of this work that has been impacted by the pandemic: social interactions. “I miss it dearly,” writes Kent, “not just the social interaction that comes with being a lab-based scientist, but the spur of the moment conversations […]

The Government of Québec has launched a revised version of the Programme de l’expérience québécoise (PEQ), an accelerated selection program for skilled workers who wish to obtain a Certificat de sélection du Québec and hope to become permanent residents. The new version of the PEQ will recognize programs leading to the diploma of college studies […]