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Media Coverage
2010
March 5
Globe and Mail: Innovation gets a cash infusion
March 4
Chronicle of Higher Education: Canada's New Budget Holds Small Gains for Research
February 22
Globe and Mail: Report on Colleges
2009
December 11
Comox Valley Record: North Island College president makes colleges' case in Ottawa
November 18
From GlobeCampus.ca: Your questions on colleges answered –
Live chat, with James Knight, president and CEO of the Association of Canadian Community Colleges
October 19
Hill Times: Goodyear should look to Canada's colleges, institutes and polytechnics to get innovations 'out the door'
August 22
National Post: Recession refugees go back to school
May 26
Education-related infrastructure spending in high gear
February 10
Winnipeg Sun: Comment: Education bias alive and well
February 7
National Post: Reshaping how we live
February 6
CBC News: Recession resistant jobs: Finding a new groove
February 4
Globe and Mail: Report on Colleges (8 pages)
Globe and Mail: A select guide to Canada's top college programs (9 pages)
February 3
Canadian Press: Students call space station wtih home-built radio
Globe and Mail: Ontario students reach out and touch outer space
January 28
Globe and Mail: Commentary: A reasonable prescription for pain relief
January 26
CTV National News: Story on the government's infrastructure announcement featuring comment by James Knight, President of ACCC (link to video of newscast on CTV site, James Knight appears approximately 7 minutes in)
Kingston Whig Standard: Letter to the Editor: Invest in community colleges
Canadian Press: Ottawa to pour $7 billion into infrastructure, featuring comments from James Knight (Canadian Press plus 3 dailies)
CTV.ca News: Feds pledge 6-point action plan in throne speech
Globe and Mail: Tories to pump $7-billion into public works
Canwest News Service: Budget targets $7b for infrastructure
Canwest News Service: Baird pledges $7B for infrastructure
January 23
Regina Leader-Post: Colleges hoping for a piece of the pie
January 22
Regina Leader-Post: Saskatchewan colleges seek project funding
January 20
Globe and Mail: The confusing world of student loans
January 15
Canwest News Service: Recession pushes people back to school (Canwest plus 4 dailies)
Victoria Times Colonist: VIU expects surge of students as economy worsens
January 14
Globe and Mail: As jobs tonic, big digs may be a thing of the past
Nanaimo Daily News: VIU expects surge of students as the job situation on
Island becomes tighter:
Many people may seek retraining when work is harder to get
January 13
Globe and Mail: Training for the New Economy: Colleges demand funding and a more flexible system as laid-off workers seek new skills
January 9
Globe and Mail:
Drop in economy spurs spike in college applicants
Canwest News Service: Trades shortage threatens stimulus plan
January 7
Globe and Mail: Academics tout wisdom of spending on decaying campus infrastructure
January 5
Canwest News Service: Colleges Want Cut Of Stimulus; Not On PM's List; Create jobs now,
invest in future, group urges (Canwest plus 7 dailies)
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