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Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. The remaining 130 Nigerian schoolchildren abducted in November from a Catholic school in Niger state have …
Read More »#TheMoment students reunited after losing their N.L. school to wildfires
Jackie King, Jace Hogan and Allison Slade tell The National about the moment students from Cabot Academy in Conception Bay, N.L., reunited for the holidays after their school burned down in the summer. News Source link
Read More »50 schoolchildren escape captivity in Nigeria, 253 students and 12 teachers still being held
Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. Fifty of the 303 schoolchildren abducted from a Catholic school in north-central Nigeria’s Niger state have escaped captivity and are now with their families, the school authority …
Read More »1 of 25 students abducted in Nigeria found safe as search continues for missing girls
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. A schoolgirl who was abducted with 24 others from a dormitory in northwestern Nigeria has escaped and is safe, the school’s principal told The Associated Press on …
Read More »Thousands of Alberta students lose school meals during teachers strike
Several non-profit groups say some Alberta children are going hungry with thousands losing access to school food programs during a provincewide teachers strike. The strike entered its eighth day on Thursday. “One family in particular that I know, the mom hadn’t been able to eat for a couple days … …
Read More »Man behind PowerSchool breach that exposed Canadian students’ data sentenced to 4 years in prison
A Massachusetts man who breached the network of education software provider PowerSchool to steal data belonging to millions of students and teachers and extort the company was sentenced on Tuesday to four years in prison. Matthew Lane, 20, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Margaret Guzman in Worcester, Mass., after he pleaded guilty in …
Read More »International students allege private college made them campaign for Conservative candidate
When Yanisa Kapetch decided to leave Thailand to study digital media at a private B.C. college, she never expected it would lead to her knocking on doors and handing out flyers in support of a federal Conservative candidate. The 25-year-old travelled to Canada to study at Pacific Link College, a …
Read More »With a drop in international students, campuses are seeing class waitlists, course cuts and fewer researchers
This school year has been a rough start for University of Regina student Daniella Iyaomolere. The digital marketing student is kicking off her second semester of undergraduate studies, juggling a tuition hike for international students as well as the scrapping of a plan that allowed them to pay incrementally. There’s also been a …
Read More »Chinese students take Ottawa to court over study permit delays
Dozens of Chinese graduate students are accusing Ottawa of discrimination because their study permit applications have been left in limbo for months, preventing them from beginning their advanced degrees at Canadian universities. “It’s already [done] very serious damage to my life,” Yixin Cheng, a 27-year-old would-be PhD student in computer …
Read More »Concordia students send Starsailor rocket flying and enter the history books
Students from Concordia University cheered and whistled as the Starsailor rocket lifted off on Cree territory marking the first of its size to be launched by a student team. At 5:34 a.m. the rocket blasted off in a flash of light, captured in a livestream posted to YouTube, from a base camp …
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