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More Funding for Cape Breton Medical School Campus
April 30, 2024 Nova Scotia’s second medical school campus is on track to open in the fall of 2025 with 30 seats for first-year medical students, with a focus on practising in rural Nova Scotian communities. The Province will fund operations at the Cape Breton University (CBU) site – a partnership with Dalhousie University’s faculty […]
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IWS Grant recipients strive to empower women in PEI
Apr 29, 2024 The Interministerial Women’s Secretariat (IWS) is pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s IWS Grant Program. The IWS Grant Program supports and empowers women across Prince Edward Island by providing financial assistance for projects and initiatives that promote gender equality, women’s empowerment, and advance women in society. The program received an […]
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Atlantic First Nations Water Authority partners with Dalhousie to deliver world-class water treatment – Water Canada
April 29, 2024 HALIFAX, NS – A signing ceremony held on Nov. 7, 2022 transferred ministerial responsibilities and liabilities to the AFNWA for the development and delivery of water and wastewater services to participating First Nations. The Atlantic First Nations Water Authority (AFNWA) made history in 2018 by incorporating as the first Indigenous-owned and -led […]
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Indigenous insights – Memorial University of Newfoundland
April 19, 2024 The Rooms and Anthropology department host speaker series This winter, The Rooms, nestled in the heart of St. John’s, has been hosting visiting Indigenous academics. The result: engaging conversations resonating far beyond its walls. The province’s largest cultural space has partnered with the Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, […]
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Community Connections Focus of Education Week
16 April 2024 Education and Early Childhood Development Outstanding teachers, public school administrators, early childhood educators and student support staff who help ensure the achievement and well-being of students are recognized every year during Education Week. Seventy award recipients from across Nova Scotia were honoured at a ceremony in Halifax today, April 16. The list […]
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MUN Labrador Campus to Offer First Undergraduate Program – VOCM
Apr 16, 2024 The first undergraduate program at Memorial University’s Labrador Campus will accept its first cohorts this September. The Bachelor of Arctic and Subarctic Interdisciplinary Studies Program was created to enhance undergraduate education in Labrador that is northern-based, northern focused and Indigenous-led. The BASIS Program will follow a unique learning structure. Instead of semester-based […]
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Implementation plan for long-term recommendations to improve anglophone education sector
16 April 2024 FREDERICTON (GNB) – The Department of Education and Early Childhood Development has released an implementation plan and accountability framework for a steering committee’s long-term recommendations to improve the anglophone education sector. “The implementation plan and accountability framework provide a clear pathway on how we will achieve the long-term recommendations our government accepted […]
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Supporting outdoor learning
April 10, 2024 Island students are learning while outdoors and having fun at the same time thanks to more than 100 projects funded through new grants from the Department of Education and Early Years. The Outdoor Learning Grants are funding all sorts of outdoor activities, including day trips, conservation projects, outdoor classrooms and play spaces, […]
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Project to address harmful language relating to Indigenous peoples receives prestigious Mellon Award – Dal News
April 8, 2024 Stacy Allison-Cassin, an associate professor in Dal’s Faculty of Management, and Camille Callison, university librarian at University of the Fraser Valley, have received a $1.8-million grant from the prestigious Mellon Foundation. They are pursuing the next steps in a decades long journey to remove antiquated, racist, and harmful language found in libraries, […]
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UPEI Board of Governors welcomes new members
Mar 25, 2024 The University of Prince Edward Island Board of Governors welcomes two new members for a three-year term: Bill Waterman and Dr. Gary Evans. Waterman was elected by the UPEI Senate to sit on the Board of Governors, effective November 24, 2023, for three years. He is one of two faculty members appointed by […]
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