CCNB, McMaster, Western reach agreements with unions

Several postsecondary institutions have reached agreements with the unions representing staff on their campuses. Collège communautaire du Nouveau-Brunswick has signed a five-year collective agreement with the Syndicat des employés des secteurs public et privé du Nouveau-Brunswick’s administrative support group. The new agreement covers approximately 140 staff members. McMaster University has reached a tentative collective agreement […]

Maclean’s has released several more 2027 Canadian university rankings, focusing on a variety of metrics. By retention rate, the top large universities were McGill University (#1), Queen’s University (#2), and the University of Waterloo and Western University (tied for #3); the top mid-sized universities were the University of Guelph (#1), Carleton University (#2), and Brock […]

In a recent Maclean’s article, David Bourget (Western University) argues that instructors must change assignments to ensure students learn the creative processes that will be valuable to them in their future careers. Bourget explains that AI is removing the lower rungs of the ladder within the workplace, meaning that universities need to prepare their graduates […]

Western University’s Ivey Business School has received a total of $8M from Ivey family members Rosamond and Richard Ivey. The funds will be used to create the Chair in Leader Character at the Ian O Ihnatowycz Institute for Leadership, create the Richard W Ivey Family Chair for AI in Business, and provide research and postdoctoral […]

Several postsecondary institutions and unions have recently shared updates on their labour negotiations. The Université du Québec à Montréal and CUPE Local 1294—representing student employees at the student centre—signed a new collective agreement that covers the period of June 1, 2025 to May 31, 2030. At Western University, the University of Western Ontario Faculty Association […]

Artwork created by postsecondary community members has been chosen for Orange Shirt Day shirts at several postsecondary institutions. Dawson College, Fanshawe College, the University of Regina, Western University, and Wilfrid Laurier University are all selling shirts designed by students. At OCAD University, the Indigenous Students Centre is selling orange shirt pins and orange toques, with […]

Western University has received a $1M donation from author Margaret Atwood in honour of her late partner and fellow writer Graeme Gibson. The Graeme Gibson Chair in Avian Biology will seek to understand how birds move, behave, and adapt to their environment. When appointed, the chair will take advantage of Western’s Centre for Animals on […]

In several cities over the weekend, police were present to monitor homecoming parties and other student activities. In Halifax, Halifax Regional Police shut down 27 unsanctioned parties and issued 36 tickets during Dalhousie University’s homecoming weekend. In Guelph, a large crowd of students took over Chancellor’s Way during the University of Guelph’s homecoming festivities. BlogTO […]

Western University’s Board of Governors approved plans last week for a Bioconvergence Centre. This 383,000 square-foot facility will provide space to bring together biology researchers and those from other fields including medicine, engineering and computational sciences. The facility will contain adjacent wet and dry labs, advanced equipment, and will be home to more than 570 […]

In a new article for University Affairs, Cary Kogan (University of Ottawa) and Howard Ramos (Western University) explore the results of last month’s CASE Report on antisemitism and discuss how universities can rebuild Jewish students’ trust. The authors explain that, while universities are meant to foster dialogue on challenging topics, discourse on the Middle East […]