Education

The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) today announced new funding for 86 individual science promotion and outreach programs that engage and inspire young Canadians to develop their skills and curiosity through science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). The investment of over $9 million through NSERC’s PromoScience program will support hands-on learning experiences that inspire the next ...

In a major relief to the international students who were planning to come to Quebec for their studies in the Fall 2020 or Winter of 2021 sessions, Quebec’s Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MEES) allowed them to begin their studies online while they are forced to stay in their country of origin because of coronavirus-related travel restrictions in the ...

As a major relief to international students applying for their Study Permits and Post-Graduation Work Permits (PGWP), Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) will be accepting even incomplete applications. Due to Coronovirus pandemic, many applications centers are either close or are operating with very limited resources and hence some students are unable to complete three essentials components of their application ...

Thompson Rivers University (TRU), Kamloops, BC today (22 May) released its preliminary Fall 2020 and Winter 2021 course schedules as below. Fall 2020: For the safety of students and faculty, the majority of courses scheduled for fall 2020 will be delivered in alternative formats. As such, the preliminary fall 2020 schedule has been published without buildings and room numbers. Where ...

Canadian Nobel Prize-winning scientist Frederick Banting has added yet another accomplishment to his illustrious resume — this time, posthumously, as an artist. Banting set a new auction record for his works Wednesday with the $313,250 sale of his 1925 painting of the University of Toronto laboratory in which he co-discovered insulin. Believed to be the painter-physician’s only known interior scene, The ...