McGill University

It was a game of lacrosse like few get to see: a group of youths, shirtless and mostly barefoot, with no helmets or padding, racing after a leather ball with hand-made wooden sticks.

Canada Post and renowned architect Moshe Safdie unveiled a stamp depicting Montreal's famous Habitat 67 housing complex to commemorate the 150th year of Confederation.

Andrew Potter wrote that he deeply regretted the sloppy column which cost him the "dream job of a lifetime."

Although many Canadian schools had also ramped up recruiting in the U.S. recently, some say dismay over the presidential election has fuelled a spike in interest beyond their expectations.

"A senior executive at Shell... told me directly that the company is monitoring the university divestment movement closely and would look unfavorably on any university that divested," - science dean.