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  Dilraj Singh spent most of his high school years in India’s northern Punjab state dreaming of studying abroad in Canada, but he’s now abandoned that plan. “Students are really suffering in Canada for getting jobs,” Singh said. Singh, 21, said he’s also heard recent negative comments from friends living …

Nearly 13,000 international students have applied for asylum in Canada in the first eight months of the year, data from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada shows. Between Jan. 1 and Aug. 31, a total of 119,835 refugee claims were made in Canada. Of these, 12,915 were claimants who were on …

A former car dealership in west Edmonton is now Western Canada’s first specialized school for kids on the autism spectrum. “It’s been a long time coming, it was a lot of work, but it’s so exciting to see the kids and the families in the space,” Terri Duncan, the executive …

Students and teachers descended into the valley to partake in fun, games and lessons in Indigenous teachings Tuesday. News Source link

A bus mix-up in the Pembina Trails School Division meant a number of children were dropped off at home without supervision, rather than to their daycare, as parents expected. In a statement to Global News, the division says it contacted the families and daycares immediately and offered an apology. The …

Thousands of students, and many for the first time, will be pouring into local universities and colleges over the next days and weeks for an orientation season that one administrator says “never gets old.” “At the start of the school year, there’s always tremendous excitement, in part because we’re always …

University students across Saskatchewan are on the move, whether it’s into off-campus apartments or they’ve signed up for dorm life. On Friday, more than 500 students were welcomed to campus at the University of Regina for move-in day. The U of R expects roughly 1,100 students to live in dorms …

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Students at two rural school boards near Ottawa could be without transportation when classes begin next week as an impasse with bus drivers threatens to disrupt back-to-school planning. The Renfrew County District School Board and its Catholic counterpart have been locked in …

The halls of Lethbridge’s post-secondary institutions may be quite empty still, but that all changes this weekend. Both the University of Lethbridge and Lethbridge Polytechnic are welcoming students with move in day on Sunday, ahead of next week’s academic year officially kicking off. From September to April, Lethbridge is home …

Ontario’s education minister is reminding Ontarians of the upcoming cellphone ban in classrooms across the province and warns of disciplinary measures, including being sent to the principal’s office, just days before the start of the new school year. Jill Dunlop made the remarks on Thursday at a school in Caledon, …