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NSCAD sends message to students: keep us out of it!
University president weighs in—and in—and in—on campus reactions to the violence in Gaza. On Oct. 18, NSCAD's president Peggy Shannon emailed all students and faculty a statement against hate: "In the...
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The missing Grade 9 problem
French-language students on the peninsula aren’t sure where they’ll finish junior high school in 2026 In 2020, voters elected Jeff Arsenault to the Conseil scolaire acadien provincial–CSAP, the...
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Nova Scotia and PEI likely to suffer from cap on international students
New federal limit has Universities Canada president “really concerned about how this is going to play out.” It’s application season for universities–animated by stress and excitement for the future....
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Canada's cap on international student visas just scapegoats students, says...
"These are problems we didn't cause." Navy Nguyen is a fifth-year student at Cape Breton University outside of Sydney, NS. When they moved here from Viet Nam at the end of 2018, Sydney was a lot...
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An Atlantic Canada first: new Masters of nursing in mental health and...
Admissions are open for the first round of 22 students to start this fall Registered nurses who are working in mental health and addictions services will soon be able to advance their skills in the...
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Universities have to fix their housing issues or lose millions, says province
One-year bilateral agreement that begins April 1 comes with strings attached to provincial coffers. Nova Scotia’s universities are scrambling to grasp the implications of a new provincial funding...
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MSVU faculty on strike after weekend-long bargaining fails to reach agreement
Students hold sit-in of president's office in solidarity with faculty, who are picketing as of noon Monday As the noon gun sounded on Monday, members of the largest union at Mount Saint Vincent...
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MSVU prof links Black studies with animal studies, as researcher at Cambridge
El Jones is researching police dogs in Canada while teaching an MSVU animal studies course online–when not on strike El Jones is: a spoken word poet, radio host, writer, journalist, community...
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Province and city need to work together to solve child care crisis in HRM,...
Families are struggling to access child care in Nova Scotia. In 2021, one in two young children in Nova Scotia were living without adequate access to care, in what’s known as child care deserts…
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Latest budget just the beginning for education spending
Nova Scotia is planning to spend $2.7 billion on schooling, but those plans are definitely going to change. Nova Scotia's budget for 2024-25 was released Wednesday Feb. 29. Think of it as a collection...
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Good news for MSVU students as union votes 'Yes' on tentative agreement with...
Next question is whether term will be extended or assignments cut to make up for lost time Update March 5: After this story was published, the Mount Saint Vincent University Faculty Association...
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Back to school at MSVU
The strike is over, but there are still issues between the faculty union and the university administration. Students returned to class at Mount Saint Vincent University on Thursday, Mar. 7 after...
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Emily Wilson wants you to read Homer
The superstar of classics translation brings ancient Greek poetry to TikTok Emily Wilson is bowing her upper body to the sea goddess Thetis, mother of the greatest Greek warrior, Achilles. Facing her...
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'Don't let anybody tell you you can't,' says panelist at Black women in...
Six panelists who made 'firsts talk smashing through glass and concrete ceilings in Nova Scotia On Wednesday evening, the Black Cultural Centre was filled with buffet tables of food and rows of chairs...
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'I don't think anyone should graduate from university with any degree and not...
New mandatory course at King's teaches decolonizing journalism On your way up the staircase towards the journalism school, on the third floor at the University of King’s College, you pass a poster on...
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10,000 teachers will take strike vote April 11 as ‘wake-up call’ to province...
There are roughly 10,000 teachers in Nova Scotia taking a vote on April 11 on whether or not to strike. The Nova Scotia Teachers Union is negotiating a new collective agreement with their employer—the...
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King’s invites Jewish and Palestinian co-authors to campus for open...
“People don't know how to talk about it. Everyone's scared. Everyone's scared of alienating and being alienated.” On Thursday evening, Mar. 21, three University of King’s College students stayed...
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“We don't want any more money being slicked with oil”
It’s time for Dalhousie University to divest from oil and gas, says student group. On Wednesday, Mar. 27, roughly 45 students marched through Dalhousie’s campus raising signs reading “Fossil Free...
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Students use class at King’s as opportunity to express emotions following...
“In a class on comparative perspectives on genocide, we could not pretend this was not happening.”“I’m trying to choose my words cautiously,” says Dorota Glowacka, a professor at the University of...
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Don’t take a selfie with Monday’s solar eclipse! says SMU astronomer
Do head to Saint Mary’s University where you can watch it with cool glasses On Tuesday, Apr. 2, Robert Thacker was doing his weekly "Science Files" call-in segment on City News' The Todd Veinotte...
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Breaking: Vote of no confidence from SMU faculty union against school’s...
The union of 292 members says university is in a 10-year financial downturn and needs new leadership The union of 292 full-time faculty members and librarians at Saint Mary’s University, SMUFU, has...
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Nova Scotia teachers vote overwhelmingly for strike mandate
Bargaining with the province isn’t working as is, says union On Apr. 11, a record-breaking 98% of teachers in the Nova Scotia Teachers Union–NSTU–voted in favour of a strike mandate. …
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