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Volume 14 Issue 357 Jamidi ul Awaal 7 1435 AH / March 7, 2014 - $1
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March 9, 2014. The official change of time begins at 2 a.m. early on Sunday morning when most computer and electronic clocks will automatically reset themselves and jump one hour ahead.
So instead of 2 a.m., the clocks will show 3 a.m
CANADA’S TOP UNIVERSITIES SLIP IN 2014 WORLD RANKING
The European Union announced Wednesday it will offer Ukraine at least $15 billion (€11 billion) in aid as the country struggles with dwindling cash and a military standoff with Russia. See Ukrine Special on Page 10
Most Anglos, allophones say secular ‘values’ charter targets Muslim women
6 Most non-francophones agree that Quebec’s secular charter singles out Muslim women and infringes on religious rights, a CBC-Ekos poll suggests. The Parti Québécois government’s proposed charter would ban public sector employees from wearing overt religious symbols, such as the hijab. Lawyer Shahad Salman, who works at the McGill Centre of Genomics and Policy, says she feels personally targeted by the charter, which is also known as Bill 60. A CBC-commissioned Ekos poll suggests the majority of Quebec anglophones and allophones agree with Salman. Seventy-eight per cent of anglophones and
70 per cent of allophones surveyed agreed the proposed legislation targets Muslim women. “When there is a proposal that hinders your fundamental rights, of course it targets me as a woman who actively wants to participate as a public servant,” Salman said. Salman says she sees herself as a Quebecer, and no charter of values will affect how she sees herself, or where she decides to live. The vast majority of non-francophones surveyed agreed the charter is an infringement of fundamental and religious
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All three of Canada’s top universities slipped marginally in the 2014 World Reputation Rankings — a sign that the federal government’s pledge in February’s budget to invest $1.5 billion in new research funding may be just what the country’s universities need to bolster their sex appeal in a competitive world market. Although the University of Toronto is still ranked higher than McGill University — and is the only Canadian university to crack the top 20 — the gap did narrow a bit between them. U of T slipped to the 20th spot from 16th, while McGill and the University of British Columbia both dropped two places to 33rd. The U.S.’s stable of elite universities remained solidly at the head of the pack, with the country’s universities only gaining strength and the U.S. being the undisputed superpower when it comes to university brands. The Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings, made public on Wednesday, is a list of the world’s 100 most prestigious universities. The 2014 results are based on 10,536 responses from published senior academics. It is valued not just by students, who consult such lists and rankings when choosing schools, but institutional reputation has also been shown to be of paramount importance for international academics deciding on job offers. Phil Baty, editor of THE Rankings, said in an interview from London, England that a drop by all three of Canada’s universities in the rankings is a
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