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By Alaina Saint Amour Despite the economic recession caused by the pandemic, more British Columbians are turning to entrepreneurship. According to a Royal Bank of Canada national survey, 112,000 Canadian small businesses closed…

By Hannah Snider  One year into the pandemic, post-secondary graduating students fear they are entering an economy of unprecedented unemployment and a financial recession. As of March, the national unemployment level rose to 9.4 per…

By Patrick Wachter Since the COVID-19 pandemic swept around the globe — shutting down economies, overloading health systems and halting travel — news outlets around the world have worked tirelessly to provide the public with the latest…

As B.C. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry announced that universities and colleges will be returning to in-person learning in the fall, students are anxiously wondering what that will look like. With questions around…

By Hannah Snider It’s been one year since Langara College shifted to remote learning to prevent the spread of COVID-19. On March 12, 2020, the college had to halt in-person instruction after WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic.…

By Maxine Ellis For some students, the COVID-19 pandemic has been the reason they decided to go to school this past year. While many chose to pick up baking and other hobbies during quarantine, others found that the pandemic was the…

By Tessa Bartholomeusz Student admissions to Langara did not go down overall in the current academic year as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Associate registrar Irina Bobovski said that while international student enrolment…

Transition to the online delivery of lessons in post-secondary institutions such as Langara College has been a learning experience for students and instructors.

By Sena Law Some Langara students are unhappy over a tuition increase in the midst of the pandemic when financial stability is not a guarantee. As Langara approaches the one year anniversary of transitioning to online schooling,…

By Christi Walter Since the pandemic began almost a year ago, many people have transformed their makeshift home classrooms into a productive space. Post-secondary students are navigating a new normal this year while learning online,…