The pandemic era of university life at Carleton University has been defined by an influx of quirky Instagram accounts targeting students, which seem to...
The longest top-row word that can be typed on a typewriter is 'rupturewort', a type of plant, and Peru is the only country that can be typed on one row of a keyboard.
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For Ottawa-based abstract artist Emma Maddock, art is all about presenting her unique reflections to the world. She draws and paints abstract art pieces...
A third-year business student at the University of Alberta has found a way around the university’s new policy that bars students from paying tuition fees by credit card.
U of A cancelled the option to pay tuition by credit on March 31, 2009 in an effort to save $1.3 million annually. But, when student David Murray’s company Pay4U opens for business in December, students will once again be able to pay with credit cards without the university losing profit.
Are we alone in the universe? Does life exist on other planets? These are questions that students completing Canada’s first multi-university astrobiology program will endeavor to answer.
Beginning in the 2010 summer term, five universities across Canada - McGill University, University of Western Ontario, McMaster University, University of Toronto, and the University of Winnipeg - will launch the Canadian astrobiology training program (CAPT).
A British Columbia student walked away with $70,000 after placing first in the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA) for creating the world’s most popular lyrics website.
Milun Tesovic, a 24-year-old studying business administration at Simon Fraser University, competed against 32 other students at the competition’s gala event Nov. 19 in Kansas City, Mo.
Tesovic said he feels it is important for young entrepreneurs to be recognized by the public because it helps validate their work among older business professionals.
The University of British Columbia is reviewing its four-year midwifery program to figure out if it can continue despite the lack of funding.
The program is the only one in Western Canada and currently accepts 10 first-year students every year. The other universities that offer the degree – Laurentian University, McMaster University and Ryerson University – are all in Ontario.
The Bloc Quebecois (BQ) has had a presence for years at the University of Ottawa, student activists say. But now, they’ve made it official. The U of O is now home to the first BQ student club outside Quebec.
Their approval as a club went without incident, despite some controversy.
“We fulfilled all the requirements, which [are] having a club constitution in English and French and having at least 15 members,” said the club’s secretary, Marie-Soleil Ouimet.
A Charlatan investigation
‘I didn’t want to do it’
Alleged hazing within a Carleton University Greek letter sorority
WARNING: SEXUAL MISCONDUCT, HAZING
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