Category: General
Laurentian, LUFA sign agreement regarding working conditions for Fall term
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 […]
MHC partners with local school divisions to offer alternative high school completion options
Medicine Hat College has partnered with Prairie Rose School Division and Medicine Hat Public School Division to offer local students alternative pathways to complete their high school education. Beginning next fall, two outreach schools—Beyond Walls and Central High—will be brought together under MHC’s roof to offer flexible distance and classroom learning options for outreach students […]
UWOFA releases statement of opposition regarding Western, Navitas partnership
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 […]
QC revises PEQ program, Fédération des cégeps calls for broader program scope
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 […]