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Dale Kirby 👊🇨🇦🔥
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Professor of Education🤘Memorial University of Newfoundland 🤘Personal account🤘Opinions mine🤘 #highered #cdnpse #punksky 🇨🇦
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How Tuition Waivers and Holistic Supports Foster Success in Post-Secondary Education Among Care-Experienced Youth

👉 www.mdpi.com/2673-995X/5/...
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Music to my ears. Being booed by 20,000+ people! Good job DC!
November 9, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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The Quebec government kneecapped one of Canada's great universities, now Carney stepping in to finish the job.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Concordia announces cost-saving measures due to foreign student drop | CBC News
Concordia University says it's deferring sabbaticals and won't be renewing some teaching contracts in response to federal and provincial immigration policies.
www.cbc.ca
November 9, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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Bank of canada has a good series on the fraction of disposable income needed to pay for a mortgage and yeah it is the worst its been for 40 years
November 9, 2025 at 3:21 PM
How the Right Is Turning Youth Unemployment into Outrage over Foreign Workers thewalrus.ca/a-coder-buil...
How the Right Is Turning Youth Unemployment into Outrage over Foreign Workers | The Walrus
A job-posting website went viral when MP Michelle Rempel Garner used it to argue immigrants are “stealing” Canadian jobs
thewalrus.ca
November 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Technology and Labor Markets: Past, Present, and Future; Evidence from Two Centuries of Innovation www.nber.org/papers/w34386
November 8, 2025 at 8:11 PM
November 8, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Alberta panel shows the path toward sustainable universities:
It's recommendations are relevant to governments and institutions in other provinces, as well nationalpost.com/opinion/albe...
Peter MacKinnon: Alberta panel shows the path toward sustainable universities
It's recommendations are relevant to governments and institutions in other provinces, as well
nationalpost.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:20 PM
November 7, 2025 at 5:02 PM
First snow
November 7, 2025 at 1:31 AM
😂
Your cat when you're choking to death in your apartment
November 6, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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International Graduate Student Enrollment Drops

Some colleges report dramatic declines in enrollment among master’s-level students amid visa issuance and immigration challenges in the U.S. https://bit.ly/4nJZRyp

#EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd
November 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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The mobilization of the research community by Gaynor Watson-Creed and others has been successful, and Parliament has withdrawn its abusive data request. Via @widowweb.bsky.social on www.linkedin.com/posts/maydia...
November 6, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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The Trump administration had a rough go during oral arguments at the Supreme Court. Both liberal and conservative justices expressed scepticism about the president’s tariffs
Donald Trump’s tariffs could soon be toast
A majority of the justices seem skeptical of Mr Trump’s trade war
econ.st
November 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Contender for "Most Bizarre of 2025"
Canadian officials ordered more than 300 ostriches killed amid an avian flu outbreak.

The farmers refused, sparking a legal and political fight involving a NYC grocery magnate and Dr. Oz.

How a flock of Canadian ostriches became a favorite MAHA cause 👇
How a flock of Canadian ostriches became a favorite MAHA cause
The birds are an unlikely example of how public health fights have shifted political dynamics in ways the U.S. is influencing and reckoning with.
politi.co
November 6, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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#Canada’s 2025 budget sends mixed signals—$1.7B for research, but deep cuts to international study permits.

Leaders applaud science funding yet warn of talent loss.

➡️ https://bit.ly/3Lp77Te

❓Can research thrive if student mobility declines?

#HigherEd #Research #InternationalStudents #Budget2025
Post-secondary leaders express mixed reactions to Budget 2025 - University Affairs
Cuts to international study permits raise alarm, research investments welcomed.
bit.ly
November 5, 2025 at 9:17 PM
As Alex notes, this is really stupid #cdnpse
Here's the biggest PSE story you haven't heard yet: the Canada Student Grant for low-income students is being cut from $4200/year to $3000/year as of next August. It's implicit in the budget tables but the government is too chickenshit to actually say so directly.
November 5, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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As we head into a busy winter season for academic conferences, international scholars are deciding to skip them, part in protest against the Trump administration's attacks on higher ed, and part in caution for their own safety at the border.

New from me:
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
Cautious or Protesting, Foreign Scholars Skip U.S. Conferences
As President Donald Trump deploys National Guard troops to American cities and ICE arrests pick up, some international scholars are opting out of U.S. travel.
www.insidehighered.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Gotta love the island weather
November 4, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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“Fake News will never change, they are evil and corrupt but, as I look around my beautiful surroundings, I say to myself, ‘Oh, look, I'm sitting in the Oval Office!’”
November 3, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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Elon Musk delivers his signature salute to Andrew Cuomo as mayor of NYC.
Trump ally Elon Musk endorses Andrew Cuomo
November 3, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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Another big endorsement for Andrew Cuomo. And it only cost $959 million in tax breaks.
November 3, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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Interesting piece: if Tesla collapses Musk’s entire empire could come crashing down because of the way he’s structured the companies’ finances.
This Is How Tesla Will Die
The vultures are circling the tech giant.
open.substack.com
November 2, 2025 at 7:45 PM
This might be the best one of these ever
November 1, 2025 at 11:23 PM