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University of Victoria cancels in-person exams after spike in COVID-19 cases on Vancouver Island

The University of Victoria announced Sunday it is moving its in-person exams online beginning Monday after a rise in COVID-19 cases on Vancouver Island.In-person exams have been cancelled at the University of Victoria after a rise in COVID cases on Vancouver Island. (Ken Mizokoshi/CBC)The University of Victoria announced Sunday it is moving its in-person exams online beginning Monday after…

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University VP has extra security on campus after showing solidarity with Indigenous struggle

In July, linda manyguns, the associate vice-president of indigenization and decolonization at Mount Royal University, announced she would be using only lower-case letters for her name, in addition to not using capital letters except to acknowledge the Indigenous struggle for recognition. Then the hate mail came.linda manyguns, associate vice-president of indigenization and decolonization at Mount…

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University scolds former NHLer Theo Fleury for ‘reprehensible’ remarks against vaccine passports

Recent remarks against vaccine passports by former NHL star Theoren Fleury are “reprehensible” and a “stain on his legacy,” according to a Manitoba university that gave him an honorary doctorate.Theoren Fleury has used Twitter to rail against COVID-19 vaccines and vaccine passports, falsely linking the passports to pedophilia in one now-deleted tweet. (Larry MacDougal/The Canadian Press)Recent remarks…

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Memorial University to double tuition to $6K a year, ending 22-year freeze

Full-time undergraduate tuition for domestic students will now cost $6,000 per year. Before Friday’s announcement, domestic full-time tuition was set at $2,550 per year, among the lowest in Canada.Memorial University president Vianne Timmons announced an unprecedented tuition hike on Friday for future students of Newfoundland and Labrador’s only university. (Patrick Butler/Radio-Canada) Memorial University will more than double its student tuition…

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University of Windsor erred in handling student’s sexual assault complaint, court rules

The University of Windsor says it will revisit a student’s sexual assault complaint against another student after an Ontario divisional court ruled its actions were unlawful and unreasonable.A University of Windsor student filed a sexual assault complaint against another student on Jan. 13, 2020. A panel of the Ontario Superior Court’s divisional court has ruled…

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