Trent, Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board pilot dual credit program

Trent University and the Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board are piloting a dual-credit program that allows high school students to earn an Indigenous Studies credit while completing their Ontario Secondary School Diploma. Students who are enrolled in two select high school credit courses will have the opportunity to earn 0.5 university course credits […]

Several institutions have shared special resources and online learning opportunities to ensure their communities can learn about Indigenous history, culture, and the Truth and Reconciliation journey from anywhere. Concordia University, Ontario Tech University, and Trent University were among those that shared guidebooks, virtual tours, and other learning tools to help their community understand key concepts […]

Algonquin College and Trent University Durham have each celebrated the opening of buildings and facilities on their campuses recently. Algonquin renovated a learning space on its Ottawa campus into a state-of-the-art, fully equipped electrical training lab that will be used by students in its electrical techniques apprenticeship program. The lab is named in honour of […]

The Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine (CCNM Toronto Campus) and Trent University have launched a double degree program allowing students to gain a Bachelor of Arts and Science and a Doctor of Naturopathy degree in seven years. Trent explains that students from high school “will begin their studies at Trent, receiving tailored academic advising to […]

A 224-bed long-term care home is now under construction on Trent University’s Symons Campus. The care home was funded in part by the provincial Construction Funding Subsidy, which is designed to encourage the building and expansion of long-term care facilities in the province. Built and operated by peopleCare Communities, the care home will host researchers […]

Trent University has launched a new, compressed online support course for college students transferring to the university. Trent Teaching Commons Research Assistant Jess Malcolm explained that college-to-university transfer students face unique institutional and logistical challenges when entering university. To help address this, Trent created the course—UNIV-2001 Making the Leap: Foundations for University Success—to guide students […]

Students from Carleton University, Nipissing University, and Trent University spoke to City News about their concerns for the year ahead, including peer usage of AI, their daily commute to campus, and the political climate. Carleton student Ben Carpenter shared his experience as an American student living and studying in Canada’s capital city. Nipissing student Abby […]

Academic research and policymaking in Ontario needs to have stronger connections, write Trent assistant professors Nick Cristiano, Yana Berardini, and Arun S Moorthy. The authors reflect on their participation in Ontario’s first Science Meets Parliament program—an event that brought together researchers and Members of Provincial Parliament to explore how academic research can inform policymaking on […]

Trent University has officially opened the Lightbody Drive Shed, the first building at its new 60-acre Trent Farm Research Centre. The centre aims to address key challenges in Canadian agriculture, including climate change, carbon sequestration, and sustainability. The Lightbody Drive Shed will serve as a work and storage space for those conducting fieldwork. “This new […]

The Government of Canada’s Canadian Institutes of Health Research and its partners have invested a total of $44.8M into projects that will support healthy brain aging. The majority of this funding will support the Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging’s Operations Centre and 16 new Canadian research teams focused on dementia. These include researchers from […]