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The article reports on the decision of the board of governors at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec to ban the practice of hazing after a football player confessed about an initiation incident. The players involved in the alleged initiation were suspended by the university. Alternatives to hazing are being promoted by the university.

The article reports on the decision of Canadian universities to move their data from the U.S. to a domestic server to avoid issues associated with the U.S. Patriot Act. The move was prompted by growing fears that U.S. surveillance could target academics. Maryland-based firm RefWorks is used by academics from 650 institutions worldwide to store research information. One of the functions of the company is to store a personal database of research that can be shared with colleagues.

The article reports that the Coady International Institute at St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia will be named the Marjorie Desmond Learning Pavilion, after the woman who helped raise Canadian businessman John Chisholm and his siblings. Chisholm, who made a large donation to the university, has decided to have a building named after his nanny instead of himself. The owner of the university praised Chisholm's modesty and generosity.

The article focuses on the reluctance of several Canadian universities to participate in a survey on student satisfaction by the weekly news magazine "Maclean." The reputation of the magazine's student satisfaction ranking is cited. The complain against the magazine's sources from several universities is mentioned.

Reports on the offer of online university Athabasca University to undergraduate students to begin a course on the first day of any month in Alberta. Consideration of flexibility as a model for distance learning; Scores given by students to Athabasca in the satisfaction surveys; Increase of the enrolment.

Reports on the evaluation of prospective medical students at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. Opinion of college applicants to the multiple mini medical interview; Methodology in assessing candidates on the basis of personal qualities.

Reports on the Costa-Rican coffee brand sold by Canada's York University as a means of raising funds for environmental projects and fair trade support.

Reports on the increase in the number of international students in Canada. Consequence from the restrictions on foreign students applying to the U.S.; Accounts of the foreign-student enrollment according to the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada; Success in the recruitment efforts of colleges in the Middle East, Asia and Latin America.

Reports on the subsidy and provision of rent-free campus-based child care at universities in Canada. Services offered by certain universities; Implications of the tuition fee increase on child care budget; Average cost of day care.

Cites the strategy of Canada to lure postgraduates away from the U.S. Plan of the Canadian universities to offer guaranteed funding to remain competitive with U.S. schools; Focus of the effort on doctoral students; Concern of losing potential doctoral recruits to universities in the U.S. due to the offer of stipends and tuition waivers; Advocation to apply the same measures to masteral and bachelor-degree students.

Discusses the controversy surrounding the alleged breach of security in the university-based research reactor of McMaster University in Ontario in 2003. Background on a "Washington Times" report claiming that an al-Qaida cell seeking materials for a dirty bomb was linked to the university's nuclear research program; Investigation conducted by the university following the release of the newspaper report.

Reports on the abortive hiring of David Noble to chair the Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia. University's violation of the academic freedom of Noble.

Reports on the decision of Trinidad and Tobago to launch its own university because its government thinks the islands do not receive enough higher education support from the University of West Indies (AWI). Assurance given by the government that a local university will not lead to financial cuts for UWI; Aim of the government to provide more options in training than that available at private and public institutions.

Reports on the research funding won by universities in Canada. Efforts of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada in pressing for the increased government spending; Amount received by the Canadian Foundation for Innovation for the researchers; Budget for establishing the Canadian Learning Institute.

Reports on the attempt of Dalhousie University to make its buildings scent-free on the grounds that pungent aftershaves and perfumes can damage health in Canada. Improvement of working conditions of the staffs; High incidence of asthma in the university; Acquisition of multiple chemical sensitivity illness.

Reports on the economic benefits offered by the two universities in Canada. Retention of almost seventy five percent of local graduates in the locality; Family savings; Creation of technologies at the area.

Reports the agreement between the universities of British Columbia and Papua New Guinea. Terms of agreement; Commercialization of drugs derived from sponges; Accessibility of sea-derived functions to indigenous peoples; Division of revenues derived from aquatic research.

Reports on the decision of McGill University in Montreal, Quebec to reject an endowment to establish a chair in the name of libertarian and author Ayn Rand. Reason for the university's decision; Reaction of Ayn Rand Institute on the university's decision.

Focuses on the electronic-learning offered by the colleges in Canada. Need for federal policy supporting e-learning; Examination of the learning tools; Prediction on the availability of the broadband access.

Reports on the criticism on the government research grants for universities in Canada. Failure of attracting students into science education; Percentage of federal aid for sciences; Encouragement of young people in pursuing the career.

Reports that universities should embark on collective resistance to the statistical demands of micro-managing governments if they want to prove their mettle to the public in Montreal, Quebec. Impact of quality assurance schemes; Cost of paperwork between universities and governments; Template for universities to become more accountable.

Reports the establishment of a venture capital firm by McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. Aim of the university in forming the firm; Statistics of the research funding at the university; Amount to be spent on projects in biotechnology; pharmaceuticals and bioinformatics.

Reports the lawsuit against McGill University in Quebec. Failure to renovate a laboratory causing leukemia to medical students; Health risk from an inadequate ventilating system; Rate of miscarriages and building-related illnesses.

Reports the state of disrepair in several universities in Canada. Concern over the safety of the campuses; Reduction in the ability of institutions to attract top faculty and students; Call for government intervention.

Reports the lawsuit filed by David Healy, a University of Wales professor against University of Toronto and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) in Toronto, Ontario. Basis for the filing of the case; Reason for dismissal of Healy from CAMH; Amount of damage suit claimed by Healy.

Reports on an order to divulge the details of a confidential contract between Coca-Cola Bottling Co. and the University of British Columbia. Terms of the exclusive soft-drink sale agreement; Freedom of information request filed by the university's student newspaper; Controversy stirred by universities' confidential preferred-supplier contract with soft-drink firms.

Reports that the University of Toronto has become the first university in Canada to offer a guaranteed level of financial support for graduate students pursuing doctoral degrees. Increase in the average tuition fees for graduate students; Effects of the deregulation of graduate and professional program fees.

Focuses on the faculty recruitment system of universities in Canada. Pattern of the system; Presentation of the professional image of the institutions; Centralization of faculty recruitment offices; Establishment of faculty search committees.

Reports on changes in distance learning in Canadian universities. Need for educators to work instructional designers; Reduction of profit expectations from online programs; Offer of free online learning materials by nonprofit Merlot; Impact of the decision of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to post more of its online courses for free.

Reports that Canadian education minister Francois Legault questioned his government's commitment to higher education, and in the process may have saved Quebec universities millions in funding cuts.

Reports the decrease of academic salary budgets by universities in Canada.

Reports on the identity change sweeping over Canadian business faculties as they continue to name themselves after major benefactors. Concordia University's decision to change its faculty of commerce and administration to John Molson School of Business; Critics' concern over the change in the name of business faculties in Canada.

Focuses on Alverno College in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Alverno's influence on teaching methods; Alverno's development of a way to track student's progress that goes to the heart of who the student is and who they are becoming; Alverno's creation of confident graduates because of its focus on broader abilities.

Focuses on the launch of online institution called Canadian Virtual University in Canada in October 2000.

Reports on the growth experienced by the Vladivostok University in Russia, resulting from President Vladimir Kurilov's higher education programs. Details regarding Kurilov's efforts in forming new overseas higher education partnerships.

Reports that education professionals are mourning over the destruction of the Ambon Pattimura University in Ambon Island, Indonesia, during widespread violence that took place in the area. Indonesian government;s declaration of a state of civil emergency in the region; Overview on the importance of the destroyed university for education in the country.

Focuses on the Association of Pacific Rim Universities' efforts in establishing an advisory role in the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation, in an attempt to increase its influence for open trade and economic cooperation among Asia-Pacific economies. Organization's emphasis on the contributions they could make in their countries' science and technology success.

Deals with the support of technology firms for universities in Canada. Amount of donation received by the McGill University in Montreal, Quebec from Richard Tomlinson, founding director of Gennum Corporation; His association with the university.

Reports on the letter written by the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT), urging Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien to reject a report on university commercialization. Issue raised by CAUT spokesman Jim Turk about the report; Individuals whose signatures are included in the message of CAUT; Members of the panel that put out the report.

Announces the resignation of Paule Leduc as Vice Chancellor of the Universite du Quebec a Montrel, a French-language university in Montreal, Qeubec. Reason for her resignation; Financial status of the university; Cuts in operating budgets of Quebec universities.

Reports on the increased earnings of universities in Canada despite the declining government spending, according to a study conducted. Reason for the increase; Details of the government funding; Issue on student-teacher ratios.

Warns that Canadian higher education appears to be building a corporate university that places commercial opportunities ahead of academic freedom. Comments from Neil Tudiver of the University of Manitoba; Discussion on the case of Nancy Olivieri, blood specialist from University of Toronto.

Reports on the growth rate of American students transfering to universities in Canada. Reason for the trend; Findings of a related survey conducted by Canadian universities; Expenditures for an undergraduate degree in Canada.

Deals with the Educational Trading Center, a simulated high-tech trading floor at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. Comments from John Siam, director of the facility at McMaster; Aim of the university; Donations given by the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce.

States that Canadian universities are blaming some of their financial problems on the immigrants. Implication of the landed immigrant status; Decline in international enrollment in universities between 1992 and 1996; Percentage of visa students at the University of British Columbia who become landed immigrant students yearly.

Reports on the plans to establish the first university in Gambia in fall 1997. Construction of the university through an extension program launched two years ago by St. Mary's University in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Focuses on an MBA program adopted by universities and colleges in Canada which guarantees students of a high-paying job with their degree. Entry of the first MBA for science and technology class in Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario; Financial institutions' support for the program; Universities' plan to implement higher tuition fees with loan contingency plans.

Reports on the Ontario government announcement that universities in Ontario, Canada will face 15 per cent funding cuts in their budgets. Council of Ontario Universities' post-secondary institutions representation; When measures will take effect from; What education in Canada is managed by.

Reports that vice chancellors and Commonwealth universities, have approved a proposal to establish a Commonwealth International University to improve the quality of member universities. Comment from Michael Gibbons, secretary-general of the Association of Commonwealth Universities; Reference to Graham Day's, chancellor of Dalhouise University, request for an association of professional university managers.

Examines the impact of low tuition fees in universities in Quebec and British Columbia and other universities throughout Canada. Why the fees are lower than other provinces; Comments from Tara Wilson, spokeswomen for British Columbia's minister of advanced education, training and technology; Views of Desmond Morton, director of the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada; Which province has the highest fees.