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Halifax

Our travels took us from Sackville to Antigonish to Halifax, where the average age of a Haligonian is 28, thanks

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Smile, you’re at X

I’ll admit it. I was totally taken with St Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. The campus is beautiful,

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Mount Allison University: $6 to anywhere

Sackville is a very small town nestled in rural New Brunswick, about thirty minutes from the Moncton airport. The town

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McGill: something for (almost) everyone, in and out of the bubble

Over the past four graduating classes, we have had an average of 47 students apply to McGill University each year

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Free rides, free spirits, and free lunches at Concordia University

If your parents are concerned about you getting enough vegetables while at university, let them know that Concordia University offers a …

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A university whose star is on the rise

What do Johnny Reid, the premier of PEI and the inventor of the “smart board” all have in common? They …

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Everything Middle School parents want to know about University Counselling and applying to university

Dr. Whitney Laughlin, Director of University Counselling, will talk to Middle School parents 7 – 8 p.m. Monday May 7 …

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Update on UBC Admissions

Wednesday I attended a meeting of independent school counsellors in Vancouver with Andrew Arida, VP for Enrollment at UBC, to …

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Australian Universities

Riding the ferry across Sydney Harbour to Manly beach on a warm July day, it is hard to believe that

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A different kind of summer school

In this past Saturday’s edition of the Globe and Mail, I came across an advertisement for the “Quantum Crytography

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