Australian academic asked foreign students for sex: Probe
Sydney, Sep 2 (IANS) A former university tutor in Perth pressured a Chinese girl student and three other foreigners for sex in exchange of higher marks, Australia's corruption watchdog has said.

The former Curtin University tutor invited a vulnerable foreign student to his house and asked her to "satisfy him" for higher marks, Australian new agency AAP reported Thursday citing the Corruption and Crime Commission (CCC).

The CCC, in its report tabled in parliament Thursday, said ... Read More

Indian student visas fall by half in Australia
Melbourne, Sep 2 (IANS) The number of Indians granted student visas in Australia during the last financial year has fallen to 29,721, less than half of the number in 2008-09.

Overall, the number of international student visas dropped more than 16 percent. The results follow a year of turmoil in the education sector, with legislative changes, the global financial crisis and student security issues putting pressure on student numbers, The Age newspaper reported Thursday.

In 2008-09, ... Read More

Ottawa-Gatineau high in hate crimes
By Ellen Mauro and Tobi Cohen

Ottawa-Gatineau received an unwelcome distinction Monday after a Statistics Canada report ranked the capital fourth among Canada's Top 10 metropolitan areas for hate crime activity.

The report found that 5.6 hate crimes occurred for every 100, 000 people in Ottawa in 2008, making a hate crime more likely to occur here (on a per capita basis) than in Toronto, where the rate was 5.4 incidents per 100, 000 people.

Vancouver and Hamilton ... Read More

You are invited
You are cordially invited to attend the Canadian Race Relations Foundation’s (CRRF) biannual national Symposium/Award of Excellence 2010, which will take place on May 17-19 in Montreal.

As a crown corporation, CRRF is mandated to provide leadership in the building of a national framework for the struggle against racism in Canada. The Award of Excellence (AoE) is one of our initiatives to recognize public, private or voluntary organizations whose efforts represent excellence and innovation in ... Read More