. Riipen, a Canadian-made platform that administers online experiential education opportunities, has waived subscription fees for the spring-summer terms. A researcher at St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia is co-leading a study on how people are coping during the pandemic. But since the pandemic hit, Dr. McDonald had been working with colleagues at the Canadian Nuclear Laboratories in Ontario, the TRIUMF particle accelerator in British Columbia and abroad to perfect a design created by DarkSide, an international physics network based in Italy. As of May 12, the team counted an estimated 465 cases in 42 communities and seven possible deaths, while ISC reported 184 confirmed cases and two deaths. The next conference is set for Fredericton in 2021 and will return to Toronto in 2022. Luanne Metz, a professor of clinical neurology at U of Calgary’s Cumming School of Medicine and principal investigator on the Alberta study, said her team would consult with others doing similar studies to see if the study should continue. University of Ottawa: Classes on Monday, March 16, and Tuesday, March 17, 2020 are cancelled. If you want you can get dressed up and have a zoom party with your classmates and celebrate. Read also: Funding basic science research is crucial to our coronavirus pandemic responses/. The University of Regina choir put on its first virtual performance this week. Many (26 percent) were undecided about their return to school and just 7 percent said they wouldn’t return if the term would be online only. Read our story about the announcement for more detail about the new task force and a list of projects that will be funded under this new plan. All students travelling from outside of the four Atlantic provinces must self-isolate for 14 days upon arrival. As a result, the integrity of the scientific community is now in the limelight and, arguably, at risk.”. ⁣ ⁣ The ending of this school year is so very different than what we had all hoped for and with that can come some real feelings of anger or confusion or sadness or just a sense that this really isn’t fair along with a sense of anxiety and uncertainty. The first competition is an operating grant for “rapid knowledge synthesis” that could lead to evidence-based policy advice about mental health supports and interventions. Researchers are looking for “the number and percentage of arriving international travellers who test positive for COVID-19 during the federal government’s quarantine period” with the goal of providing advice to policymakers on how to ease or adapt the current restrictions in place for international travellers. This was likely the last in-person class to be taught at a university in Canada for the 2019-2020 academic year. According to the Reuters, Canada issued 30,785 study permits in May to new foreign students, up 11 percent from 27,810 permits in May 2019. The vast majority of respondents (79 percent) agreed with the statement: “It is more important to minimize avoidable illness and death than to reopen the economy too quickly,” while 21 percent expressed a preference for “getting the economy going again, even if that leads to more illness and death.”. The government says this measure should help some 15,000 academic researchers and lab workers who’ve seen their regular research activities ground to a halt. “[Students are] really aware of what they’re missing out on – their sports teams and playoffs, their peers, their classes, celebrations, music festivals. In response to COVID-19, the government is delaying the activation of performance-based funding for up to two years to provide financial stability and predictability to Ontario’s publicly funded colleges and universities.”. program focused on post-pandemic comeback, The Business + Higher Education Roundtable has developed, , a competition that will create up to 10,000 work-integrated learning opportunities for postsecondary students and new grads. The federal government launched a new program today aimed at encouraging students to volunteer in the fight against COVID-19 — more than two months after first announcing it, and just in time for those who haven't been able to find a summer job. “In the face of unprecedented destruction, they chose to rebuild the world by rolling up their sleeves and pulling together. The, Pandemic Pregnancy Guide includes medical information, mental health advice and “tiny tips” from doctors at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto. (It also seems he had yet to enrol with one of the province’s postsecondary institutions.) In a blog post about the playlist, ROAAr head library clerk and resident mixtape-maker Melissa Como recommends you “play it on shuffle for a wild, slightly jarring, ride.” Give it a listen – you might find just the “summer bops and apocalypse anthems” you didn’t even know you needed. CanCOVID connects researchers for real-time meetings and collaboration via Slack. seasonal workers who have exhausted regular Employment Insurance benefits and are unable to undertake their usual seasonal work as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak; workers who recently exhausted their regular EI benefits and are unable to find a job or return to work because of COVID-19.