September 18, 2026

Humber Polytechnic received a combined $100M in federal and provincial investment this week. The funding will go towards the creation of a state-of-the-art community centre at Humber’s North Campus, which will house Canada Basketball’s national operations. This space, called the Athletic and Community Recreation Hub, will have six gyms and a high-performance training centre that will be used for both high-level competition and for community use. Canada Basketball and Humber will provide additional funding for the site through a private donor campaign and student fee allocations.

Cégep Drummond is preparing to open a new campus in Bécancour for Fall 2026. The campus will offer the cégep’s criminology intervention, special education, and humanities programs, as well as its Tremplin DEC pathway. The campus will be located in Faubourg du Mont-Bénilde and will house a café, classes, a simulation laboratory, and study facilities. Cégep Drummond Directeur général Pierre Leblanc explained that this new campus will expand access to education in the Bécancour region and enable the cégep to be a player in the region’s development.

Statistics Canada has released data from the Tuition and Living Accommodation Costs Survey, which includes tuition and compulsory fees for undergraduate and graduate degree programs in Canada. The data can be viewed by field of study and student status at the national and provincial/territorial levels. At the undergraduate level, average tuition and compulsory fees in current dollars rose from $8,994 in 2025/2026 to $9,292 in 2026/2027 at the national level for domestic students, representing a 3.3% increase. At the graduate level, average tuition and compulsory fees rose from $8,997 to $9,273, representing a 3.1% increase. International tuition and compulsory fees rose 4% relative to last year at the national level, ranging from +0% (Newfoundland and Labrador) to +8.6% (Saskatchewan).

Wilfrid Laurier University’s Special Constable Service is investigating after two Jewish prayer scrolls (mezuzahs) were smashed at one of the university’s residences. In a statement to CBC News, WLU condemned the incident, emphasizing its zero-tolerance policy towards hate and harassment. In response to the incident, Waterloo Rohr Chabad Centre for Jewish Life Rabbi Moshe Goldman, WLU Dean of Students Adam Lawrence, and WLU students attended the residence and attached new scrolls to residents’ doors. Goldman said that more than 50 students have requested their own mezuzahs in the days since the incident, with an anonymous family donating $3,600 towards their purchase.

Simon Fraser University’s Burnaby campus and several culturally significant spaces on campus were given Indigenous place names in a ceremony on Wednesday. The Burnaby campus will now be called xʷtatəl̕ləm ʔə ƛ̓ səltaɬ sme:nt (learning place) in Halq’eméylem and Xwta7ltáw̓txw tl’a Lheḵw’lhúḵw’aytn (learning house) in Sḵwx̱wú7mesh. SFU Indigenous executive lead Chris (Syeta’x̱tn) Lewis (Squamish Nation) said that the naming process started over 10 years ago. “To be able to have the acknowledgement and recognition of the naming project, makes us visible again on our own lands,” said SFU Elder in residence Syexwáliya (Ann Whonnock), from the Squamish Nation.

In a recent piece for Times Higher Ed, Matthew Brophy discusses the concept of the “influencer major” and why these programs should be taken seriously. Brophy explains that while a US university’s recent content creation degree was ridiculed, this kind of education prepares people to work in the AI era rather than in traditionally “safe” careers that are being heavily impacted by AI. In contrast, the content creation degree is teaching students to effectively be able to operate a one-person media company, preparing them for a variety of roles. Brophy concludes by arguing that human attention and trust are worth teaching in a world where traditional majors are no longer “safe.”

The University of Alberta has entered a research partnership with Sentinel Advanced Military Solutions. This partnership is part of Sentinel’s newly announced integrated defence technology consortium, which brings together advanced technologies and manufacturing capabilities to support defence capacity. UAlberta will anchor this ecosystem’s research and sovereign IP mandate, which will contribute testing infrastructure engineering expertise.

York University has reportedly acknowledged that moving Glendon College to the university’s Keele campus could result in the dilution of its Francophone community, according to a copy of a proposal obtained by Radio Canada. The proposal names the marginalization of Francophone students as a legitimate concern that will require intentional efforts to address. However, it also reiterates that Glendon College’s enrolment trends make the status quo financially unsustainable, and that a move to Keele would allow for increased bilingual programming and lower operating costs. The proposal will be discussed by the Glendon Faculty Council later this month.

A stabbing at North Island College’s residence on Wednesday night has left two victims injured. The Comox Valley RCMP says that a 21-year-old man has been arrested, and that the motive for the stabbing remains under investigation. “In response to the assault in tul’al’txw, NIC’s student housing, the college’s primary focus is on the well-being of students and the college community,” said NIC VP, Students and Community Engagement Kelly Shopland. NIC is offering on-site counselling to students and providing additional support information for campus community members.

Algonquin College has joined the national AI institute Amii (Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute)’s AI Workforce Readiness Consortium. Through its membership in the consortium, Algonquin will be able to offer students and employees a variety of benefits, including access to AI literacy resources, a national network with resources and curriculum supports, and learning opportunities. “This partnership will help equip our graduates with the practical AI skills, adaptability, and judgement needed to contribute meaningfully to Canada’s evolving economy,” said Algonquin President Claude Brulé.