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Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ont., is at a critical point today as it goes before a judge, hoping to get approval of its efforts to address its financial problems and plan for the future.
TORONTO A University of Calgary professor says universities need to modernize themselves and adapt to the advent of remote learning, which isn t going away anytime soon. Post-secondary education researcher Loren Falkenberg, who is a professor at the University of Calgary s Haskayne School of Business, sat down with CTV s Your Morning on Thursday to talk about the future of Canadian universities. While the pandemic has forced classes to be held online, Falkenberg thinks online learning in some form is here to stay, and that universities will lose their geographic boundaries. What they have to do is start to look at what are the advantages of face-to-face, and what are the advantages of online. And I think there s an optimal level of advantages for both. But we cannot go back really to the 300-person lecture now that we recognize the value of online learning, said Falkenberg.
Prof raises questions about the appointment of Ontario s special adviser in Laurentian s insolvency case
Some academics at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ont. say they ve stumbled upon a previous professional relationship between the university s president Robert Haché and the special adviser on Laurentian to the Minister of Colleges and Universities, Alan Harrison.
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Biology professor Albrecht Schulte-Hostedde says he s discovered a past connection between Laurentian s current president and the province s special adviser on the Sudbury, Ont., school. (Laurentian.ca)