Town & Gown Association of Ontario

There are more than 400,000 international students in Canada, and no one is building housing for them.

Ten universities and colleges in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton areas have partnered with Metrolinx and the City of Toronto to conduct a three-year study investigating how postsecondary students use transportation.

In the last few weeks, student housing activists from the two Waterloo universities and beyond have rocked the boat with their calls for change in the housing and apartment market.

Do intercollegiate athletics have to be the only “entryway that allows the public to connect with traditions, values and campus life?” Using the “front porch” metaphor, the author argues that academic outreach is an instructive way to create dialogue between institutions and communities. Ennis recommends that institutions “foreground and reward academic outreach” by making it a professional priority.

With school back in session, some Thoroldites are fearful their peaceful neighbourhoods will erupt into noisy student parties. In efforts to prevent this, as well as unkempt student residences, a delegation of Brock University and city volunteers embarked on a proactive mission last Saturday—to meet students at the source of past problems—where they live.