Angela Mombourquette

3 weeks ago | universityaffairs.ca | Angela Mombourquette

Welcome to Nova Scotia: your gateway to extraordinary experiences and endless opportunities!” reads the EduNova homepage. The cooperative in international student recruitment works to “champion Nova Scotia as a leader in the international student experience while advancing social and economic growth in the province.” That mission – which once seemed so straightforward – has become much more challenging in the last year.

3 weeks ago | affairesuniversitaires.ca | Angela Mombourquette

« Bienvenue en Nouvelle-Écosse, votre porte d’entrée vers des expériences extraordinaires » — du moins, c’est ce que promet encore la page d’accueil de EduNova. ​​La coopérative spécialisée dans le recrutement d’étudiantes et étudiants internationaux veut faire de la Nouvelle-Écosse un « chef de file en matière d’accueil et d’intégration de cette clientèle tout en favorisant la croissance économique et démographique de la province.

2 months ago | universityaffairs.ca | Angela Mombourquette

Who knew a flower could bloom in space? Photo courtesy: @_abracadeborah_ | Photographer: @katzmanphotography The sky is no limit for a University of New Brunswick undergraduate student who is blending fashion, space technology and culture into a unique project.  Jagriti Luitel, who is studying culture and media studies, boarded the G-Force One – a highly specialized aircraft that does zero gravity flights – in Bostonlast May.

Nov 26, 2024 | universityaffairs.ca | Cara Gordon |Tara Siebarth |Susan Goldberg |Angela Mombourquette

This year, a sidewalk astronomy project started by two friends who have a passion for astronomy is celebrating 10 years of building an urban stargazing community with pop-up events and experiential learning. Called #popscope, the project began almost by accident when co-founders Michael O’Shea and Viva Dadwal set up a telescope in Ottawa’s ByWard Market one evening in 2014.

Nov 14, 2024 | universityaffairs.ca | Angela Mombourquette

A group of McGill University computer scientists, in collaboration with private sector partners, has developed a citizen science video game in which players are helping to map the genetic sequences of the human microbiome.