By Hayden McBennett, November 6 2014 —
Maclean’s 2015 Canadian university rankings placed the University of Calgary twelfth among medical-doctoral universities, three positions down from last year’s ranking.
Two years ago, the U of C ranked eighth. McGill, University of … Read the rest
By Fabian Mayer, November 6 2014 —
Enrolment at the University of Calgary dropped by roughly four per cent across all faculties this year, but some programs were hit harder than others.
Undergraduate enrolment is down over five per cent … Read the rest
By Scott Strasser, November 6 2014 —
Members of the Council of Alberta University Students (CAUS) are asking minister of innovation and advanced education Donald Scott to turn down market modifier proposals at Albertan universities.
Student unions at the University … Read the rest
By Chris Adams, November 6 2014 —
Green Party of Canada leader Elizabeth May has plenty of political experience. Moving to Nova Scotia from Connecticut in 1972, she quickly took an interest in Canadian identity and environmental politics.
She became … Read the rest
By Alexander Kim, November 6 2014 —
The University of Calgary Women’s Resource Centre (WRC) brought back the Who Needs Feminism? campaign Wednesday, Nov. 5.
Volunteers from the WRC set up a photo booth in the Taylor Family Digital Library … Read the rest
By Chris Adams, October 30 2014 —
Students’ Union faculty of arts representative Lexi Narowski successfully lobbied to ban offensive team names for University of Calgary intramural sports teams that she says perpetuate rape culture.
Names like Frigid Whore, Cunning … Read the rest
By Emilie Medland-Marchen, October 30 2014 —
As the weather cools, Calgary’s housing debate is heating up. The Urban Calgary Students’ Association (UCSA) is hosting a secondary suites advocacy campaign at the University of Calgary from Nov. 3–14.
UCSA addresses … Read the rest
By Hayden McBennett, October 30 2014 —
The University of Calgary signed an agreement to open and fund a research centre in Beijing with the Chinese oil and gas company Kerui Group on Thursday, Oct. 23.
U of C president … Read the rest
By Farah Kammourieh, October 30 2014 —
Before coming to Canada, Jeremiah Niyonzima, a Rwandan student at the University of Calgary, lived in a refugee camp in Malawi for 14 years. Niyonzima came to the U of C through a … Read the rest
By Katy Atherholt, October 30 2014 —
The Students’ Union’s Advocacy Task Force (ATF) will soon unveil a policy to advise the university against raising international students’ tuition.
ATF said they will push to base international student tuition on cost-recovery, … Read the rest