QC PSE community debates pros, cons of parental involvement

In a recent article from La Presse, several members of the QC postsecondary sector debate whether parental involvement is helpful as students transition into postsecondary education or if it delays the development of independence. Several faculty, staff, and students told La Presse that the transition to the cégep system can be very difficult for some […]

Study permit processing delays are impacting over 500 of the 680 international students at the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi who plan to begin their studies this fall, reports Radio Canada. Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe, Member of Parliament for the nearby Lac-Saint-Jean, stated that processing times for these permits have reached over 11 weeks. UQAC Rector Ghislain […]

Québec’s anti-corruption agency Unité permanente anticorruption (UPAC) is conducting a criminal investigation into fraudulent networks targeting prospective international students from African countries and QC universities. CBC reports that the investigation follows cases in the news where fraudsters posed as consultants who said they were able to submit applications on the student’s behalf, charged the student […]

A recent opinion piece in University Affairs argues that difficulties forming identity and finding purpose may contribute to psychological challenges among young adults. Rémi Paré-Beauchemin (Université de Sherbrooke), Christiane Bergeron-Leclerc (Université du Québec à Chicoutimi), Julie Lane (USherbrooke), and François Lauzier-Jobin (USherbrooke) discuss how helping students cultivate identity and purpose can promote well-being, in part […]

Two victims of university acceptance scams are speaking out about their experiences with an immigration scam where they travelled to Canada to attend university and discovered that they had not actually been accepted into their programs. Both individuals paid an immigration consultant who was not recognized by the Government of Quebec to submit their university […]

According to a recent report from the Canadian Press (CP), international student applications are “plummeting” at some Québec universities. Some of the QC universities that typically host the highest proportion of students from abroad—including Institut national de recherche scientifique, the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, the École de technologie supérieure, and Polytechnique Montréal—have reportedly seen […]

A Université du Québec à Chicoutimi decision to deregister 104 students for nonpayment—65% of whom were international students—is raising concerns about its tuition policies. According to University Affairs, UQAC implemented a new policy in late September stipulating that students would be expelled if their tuition was not paid by November. This decision reportedly contradicted earlier […]

Four members of the Université du Québec network have come together to launch a joint doctoral program in nursing. The 90-credit Doctorat en sciences infirmières will be offered through Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Université du Québec à Rimouski, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, and Université du Québec en Outaouais. The curriculum is designed for […]