goddammit, Mark Carney.
you're burying a reduction in real funding for Canada Student Grants for low- and middle-income families in a well hidden line item in Budget 2025.
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada should add more staff - that would help international students like this one tangled up in the new federal rules to move on to graduate study
An international graduate student is frustrated and says his future is in limbo as he waits to get a study permit he applied for in May to start a master's program at Western University in London, Ont. He's not alone, due to delays in processing times from Immigration Canada, which has new rules for international students.
Last summer, the University of Victoria (UVic) fired Robert Gifford, one of its longest-serving professors, after complaints that he sexually harassed two women — one of whom was a graduate student. Only now is this fact being made public.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/university-victoria-gifford-sexual-1.7607897
The University of Victoria has fired one of its longest-serving professors after complaints he sexually harassed two women — including a graduate student. In his 45 years at UVic, Robert Gifford pioneered the burgeoning field of environmental psychology — drawing students from around the world to study topics like climate change anxiety.
Canadian academics: Tell Minister Diab to Issue Study Permits for Students at Risk.
Students in #Gaza do not have the luxury of time!
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfWBTFFztPhwQCgKc-UnP4C_tE6cT5RUsq_WEnJp9wujkqEwg/viewform #CdnPSE
Please sign this letter urging Minister Diab to take action on delayed student study permits! Students in Gaza do not have the luxury of time. Two incoming PhD students at the University of Waterloo were killed while waiting for their opportunity to come to Canada and start their academic programs. Other students have been experiencing extensive delays. These are all highly accomplished graduate students who have been accepted to competitive funded graduate programs. We urge you to sign this letter to tell Minister Diab to take action now. Please sign by Sunday July 13th at 5PM EST. Who can sign: Academic organizations, academic departments, unions and student groups, NGOs and other groups/organizations Professors, post-doctoral fellows, researchers, university staff Confidentiality: Please note, we will not share your names with public. Names will only be added to the version sent to Minister Diab. Media Releases about the study permit delays: July 4th CBC News: Palestinian students say visa delays have stranded them despite admission to Canadian schools CTV News: Academics Call on Ottawa to Speed Up Palestinian Visas City News: Academics Call on Ottawa to Speed Up Palestinian Visas June 25th CTV News
agreed!
"I think that universities should be creating academic cultures where students are empowered to think critically about the tools that they use, and where trust is preserved through transparency and not just surveillance."
-- University of Toronto Students' Union president
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/university-ai-exams-1.7551617
Toronto Metropolitan University faculty union takes historic stand against anti-Palestinian racism:
TORONTO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY FACULTY UNION TAKES HISTORIC STAND AGAINST ANTI-PALESTINIAN RACISM May 15, 2025 TORONTO–On the anniversary of the 1948 Nakba (the catastrophe), the Toronto Metropolitan University Faculty Union (TFA) has voted overwhelmingly to support a joint motion to recogniz...
Dr. Katja Thieme (she/they)
A-Dub 🥝
BUFA