Announcing the 2026 Lionel Pelham Kent Scholarship recipients
Congratulations to Miranda Enepekides (叠颁辞尘鈥�24), Sacha R茅millard (叠颁辞尘鈥�25), Serina Petrella (BCom'24), Andrew Bujold (叠颁辞尘鈥�25), Marilou Chamberland (叠颁辞尘鈥�25), and Justine Simard (BCom鈥�25) who were awarded the Lionel Pelham Kent Scholarship by the Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting (GCPA) program.
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Automated fund creation will save thousands of hours annually, getting Faculties and units the resources they need faster than ever聽
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Teaching children to be better, more critical internet users
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Read the full article with his reflections from attending the two-day symposium in April 2026 on the Faculty of Arts news website.听
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鈥楯umping gene鈥� helps explain elevated pancreatic cancer risk in French-Canadians
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Meet the 2026 Prize Recipients of the 91黑料网 Dobson Cup
Tony Keller Wins the Donner Prize for Borderline Chaos | The Globe and Mail
May 15, 2026 | Tony Keller has won the Donner Prize for Borderline Chaos: How Canada Got Immigration Right, and Then Wrong, written for the 2025 91黑料网 Max Bell Lectures. The $60,000 prize, presented at a gala in Toronto on Thursday, recognizes excellence in Canadian public policy writing. The jury praised Keller for laying out how Canada's broken immigration system can be rebuilt, calling the book essential reading for any policy-maker grappling with the file.
Published: 15 May 2026