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A look at the protests of the war in Gaza that have emerged at U.S. colleges
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 29: Pro-Palestinian supporters continue to demonstrate from a protest encampment on the campus of Columbia University on April 29, 2024 in New York City. Columbia University issued a notice to the protesters asking them to disband their encampment after negotiations failed to come to a resolution. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
world
Protesters barricade Columbia University building in escalation of anti-war demonstrations
Police pepper spray pro-Palestinian protesters blocking police vehicles from leaving the University of Texas in Austin, Texas, Monday, April 29, 2024. (Aaron E. Martinez/Austin American-Statesman via AP)
obituary
Giraffe researcher Anne Innis Dagg received belated recognition for her seminal work
Anne Innis Dagg, Kenya, January 2020
canada
Evening Update: McGill students’ pro-Palestinian encampment declared illegal
A pro-Palestinian protest encampment on the campus of McGill University in Montreal, Canada, on April 29, 2024. Tensions rose Monday at Columbia University -- the epicenter of a seismic wave of pro-Palestinian protests across US campuses with authorities announcing the breakdown of talks with students and calling for their encampment to be removed from college grounds. (Photo by Graham Hughes / AFP) (Photo by GRAHAM HUGHES/AFP via Getty Images)
u.s. politics
Columbia begins suspending students as they defy deadline to clear pro-Palestinian encampment
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 29: Pro-Palestinian supporters continue to demonstrate from a protest encampment on the campus of Columbia University on April 29, 2024 in New York City. Columbia University issued a notice to the protesters asking them to disband their encampment after negotiations failed to come to a resolution. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
world
Israel-Hamas war protesters arrested in Texas, others defy Columbia University demand to leave
Students protestors gather in protest inside their encampment on the Columbia University campus, Monday, April 29, 2024, in New York. Protesters of the war in Gaza who are encamped at Columbia University have defied a deadline to disband with chants, clapping and drumming. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah)
canada
McGill University threatens police action to clear pro-Palestinian encampment
A pro-Palestinian protest encampment on the campus of McGill University in Montreal, Canada, on April 29, 2024. Tensions rose Monday at Columbia University -- the epicenter of a seismic wave of pro-Palestinian protests across US campuses with authorities announcing the breakdown of talks with students and calling for their encampment to be removed from college grounds. (Photo by Graham Hughes / AFP) (Photo by GRAHAM HUGHES/AFP via Getty Images)
canada
Pro-Palestinian protesters set up encampment at McGill
People work on a sign during a pro-Palestinian demonstration at an encampment at McGill University in Montreal, Saturday, April 27, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
world
Arrests roil U.S. campuses nationwide ahead of graduation as protesters demand Israel ties be cut
FILE - A University of Southern California protester is detained by USC Department of Public Safety officers during a pro-Palestinian occupation at the campus' Alumni Park, Wednesday, April 24, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)
opinion
Canadians deserve a transparent report into the COVID-19 pandemic
Lynora Saxinger and Braden Manns
world
Anti-war protesters dig in as some schools close encampments after reports of antisemitism
A statue of George Washington draped in a Palestinian flag and a keffiyeh is seen at George Washington University as students demonstrate on campus during a pro-Palestinian protest over the Israel-Hamas war on Friday, April 26, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
inside the market
Short sales on the TSX: What bearish investors are betting against
Larry MacDonald
world
Columbia protesters say they’re at an impasse with administrators and will continue anti-war camp
Students and other protesters are in a tent camp on the campus of Columbia University in New York on Wednesday, April 24, 2024. Students at a growing number of U.S. colleges are gathering in pro-Palestinian encampments with a unified demand to end investments supporting Israel's war in Gaza. It's inspired by a demonstration at Columbia University last week that resulted in dozens of arrests. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)
world
USC cancels graduation ceremony as college officials worry about pro-Palestinian protest disruptions
Georgia State Patrol officers detain a demonstrator on the campus of Emory Univeristy during a Israel Palestinian protest, Thursday, April 25, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
u.s. politics
Pro-Palestinian protesters dig in at Columbia University, other U.S. campuses
University of Texas Police detain a man at a pro-Palestinian protest at the University of Texas, during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Austin, Texas, U.S., April 24, 2024. Jay Janner/Austin Statesman/USA Today Network via REUTERS NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. MANDATORY CREDIT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY REFILE - CORRECTING FROM "TEXAS STATE TROOPERS" TO "UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS POLICE".
science
University of Toronto pair receive prestigious Schmidt fellowship for pivot to brain studies
Left is Pailin Chiaranunt and Peter Serles.
world
Police tangle with students in Texas and California as wave of campus protest against Gaza war grows
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 24: Student demonstrators occupy the pro-Palestinian "Gaza Solidarity Encampment" on the West Lawn of Columbia University on April 24, 2024 in New York City. School administrators and pro-Palestinian student protesters made progress on negations after the school set a midnight deadline for students to disband the encampment. The students agreed to remove many of the tents erected on the lawn, ensured that non-students would leave, and bared discriminatory or harassing language among the protesters. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
canada
The stain of Nazi science pushed one anatomy book off the shelves. A UBC professor has now found another
opinion
Jewish students are being forced to weigh a new factor when choosing universities
Marsha Lederman
politics
Liberals’ budget pledges billions for housing, raises taxes on capital gains
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland tables the federal budget in the House of Commons in Ottawa on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. The Liberal government has already unveiled significant planks of the budget, including billions of dollars to build more homes, expand child care and beef up the military. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
politics
University of Alberta under fire for not acting on over $1-million in donations linked to Waffen-SS unit
Yaroslav Hunka, right, waits for the arrival of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the House of Commons in Ottawa on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. The University of Alberta is returning endowment funds from the family of Hunka, a Ukrainian man whose military service was linked to the Nazis.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Patrick Doyle
canada
Striking York University workers reach tentative agreement with employer, union says
The union representing striking academic workers at York University has reached a tentative deal with the institution. Academic workers from York University walk a picket line on the school’s campus in Toronto on Monday, Feb 26, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Arlyn McAdorey
sports
Veteran forward Tyson Beukeboom poised to enter Canadian rugby record book
Canada's Tyson Beukeboom (centre) in action during the 2022 Pacific Four Women's Rugby Series rugby match between NZ Black Ferns and Canada at Trusts Stadium in Auckland, New Zealand on Sunday, June 12, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Rugby Canada-Dave Lintott **MANDATORY CREDIT**
canada
University of B.C. to add 778 technology seats with $23 million from province
The University of British Columbia will add 778 more student spaces for technology-related programs over the next six years through a $23-million investment from the provincial government. The UBC sign is pictured at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Tuesday, April 23, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
canada
Graduate teaching assistants go on strike at Western University as exams underway
Students walk by the Social Science Centre at the University of Western Ontario Friday, Oct. 16, 2009. About 2,000 graduate teaching assistants at Western University have gone on strike, as the spring exam season gets underway. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Geoff Robins
canada
Faculty union supports non-confidence motion in Saint Mary’s University in Halifax
A Halifax sexual health clinic that has for years been offering free birth control devices to patients who can’t afford them say they’ve had to stop. Nova Scotia's provincial flag flies on a flagpole in Ottawa, Friday July 3, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
canada
University of Winnipeg says some staff, student information stolen in cyberattack
An investigation into a cyberattack that took down the University of Winnipeg's network last week has found personal information from some staff and students was compromised. A man uses a computer keyboard in Toronto in this Sunday, Oct. 9, 2023 photo illustration. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graeme Roy
canada
Ford wants ‘100 per cent’ Ontario students at universities, but office claims he meant medical schools
<p>Ontario Premier Doug Ford speaks as he holds a press conference regarding the Toronto Metropolitan University's new School of Medicine in Brampton., Ont., on Friday, January 27, 2023.Ford says he wants to get rid of international students studying in the province. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette</p>
canada
Queen’s University to announce lottery for medical student selection
A large sign and campus map on Union St. on the campus of Queen's University in Kingston, Ont., are photographed on Jan 20 2021.
canada
Nova Scotia sees 35 per cent cut in international student permit applications in 2024
Nova Scotia universities and colleges are seeing a 35 per cent cut to the total number of international study permit applications they will receive in 2024 from the federal government. The Cape Breton University cafeteria is seen in Sydney, N.S., Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Steve Wadden
politics
Ontario to give nearly all study permits to public colleges and universities
Students and pedestrians are photographed walking along Gould St. on the Toronto Metropolitan University campus on Jan 22, 2024. The federal government has announced a two year cap on international student visas to help ease pressure on housing and health care. (Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail)
canada
Naturopathic doctors not a solution for shortage of family doctors, experts say
Medical tools are pictured in an exam room at a health clinic in Calgary, Friday, July 14, 2023. British Columbia, along with the Northwest Territories, has the most extensive scope of practice for naturopathic doctors in Canada, including the ability to prescribe drugs and the option to be certified to administer vaccines. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
canada
Doctors are working less than they did 30 years ago, with married men putting in fewer hours, study says
A trauma room in the emergency department of St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto on September 20, 2019. Photo by Deborah Baic / The Globe and Mail
lives lived
Professor Ann Schabas raised five children and she also earned five degrees
Ann H. Schabas
canada
Unbeaten Reds beat Patriotes 4-0, repeat as University Cup hockey champions
Universite du Quebec a Trois Rivieres Patriotes' Loris Rafanomezantsoa (20) clears the puck from University of New Brunswick Reds' Austen Keating (9) during second period of the USports University Cup men's university hockey final in Toronto, Sunday, March 17, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
hockey
Patriotes, Redbirds advance to U Sports men’s hockey semis
A hockey puck is seen during a break in play between the Chicago Blackhawks and the New Jersey Devils during the first period of an NHL hockey game Friday, Jan. 5, 2024, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)