Some Canadian universities, including McGill, UBC and the University of Ottawa, say classes this fall will be offered primarily online as uncertainty over the COVID-19 pandemic continues.
Canada’s spy agency warned Canadian universities in August to be wary of using Chinese... take online Zoom classes in this country. Alibaba, which has come under close scrutiny from...
While many Canadian universities were optimistic about an in-person return to classes this month, the pandemic's sudden turn and forced them to shift classes back online. But students are agitated...
China, the largest source of international students at Canadian universities, censors internet content, creating complications for delivering courses over the internet
Canadian universities and colleges offer a wide range of distance learning and online degree and certificate programs for students in Canada. Also listed are accredited universities that offer onli...
abbreviated bilingually as CVU-UVC) was a consortium of Canadian universities that specialized in online distance education. Founded in 2000 to promote online programs in post-secondary...
The University of Alberta is a Top 5 Canadian university located in Edmonton, Alberta, and home to 40,000 students in a wide variety of programs.
As recently as March 11th—the same day the WHO officially designated COVID-19 a pandemic—it was more or less business-as-usual for students at Canadian universities. Then, the following day, Laurentian suspended in-person classes, becoming the first public university in Canada to do so. A host of other schools followed suit later that day, and by March 16th, nearly every public university in the country had suspended in-person classes for the remainder of the term. These moves largely follow...
The Canadian Federation of University Women was founded in 1919 as a Canadian counterpart to the International Federation of University Women, whose purpose was to emphasize women's role in social reconstruction and the prevention of war. In 1995 there were over 100 CFUW clubs in Canada, in every province, with a total membership of approximately 10 000 women graduates representing all ages and academic disciplines. CFUW promotes the involvement of women individually and collectively in professional, economic and political life, and is concerne ...
As a first-year student at Queen’s University in 2015, Alison Carney enrolled in introductory psychology, expecting the popular course would be delivered by a professor at the front of a 400-plus seat lecture hall—just like so many others on campus. She got that, and much more. Along with a weekly lecture and labs, the course included online modules with readings, explanatory slides and quizzes designed by a professor to deepen understanding of the material. “It really sets students up well to learn,” says Carney of the so-called blend ...