Government introduces Canada Emergency Response Benefit to help workers and businesses

Mar 25, 2020 | Education, North America, Trade

News release March 25, 2020 – Ottawa, Ontario – Department of Finance Canada The Government of Canada is taking strong, immediate and effective action to protect Canadians and the economy from the impacts of the global COVID-19 pandemic. No Canadian...

U.S. could become new epicentre of coronavirus pandemic, WHO says

Mar 25, 2020 | North America

The United States has the potential to become the new epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic due to a “very large acceleration” in infections there, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday. The highly contagious respiratory virus has infected more than 42,000...

Unemployment claims reach nearly one million as businesses battered by coronavirus pandemic

Mar 25, 2020 | North America, Trade

Nearly one million Canadians applied for unemployment benefits since the beginning of last week as sweeping business shutdowns related to COVID-19 deliver an unprecedented blow to the country’s work force. A source familiar with the data confirmed that the government...

COVID-19 Educational Disruption and Response

Mar 24, 2020 | Education

The number of children, youth and adults not attending schools or universities because of COVID-19 is soaring. Governments all around the world have closed educational institutions in an attempt to contain the global pandemic(link is external). ...

COVID-19: SKEMA Among the First Global Business Schools to Offer All Courses Online in Five Continents

Mar 24, 2020 | Education

PARIS, March 23, 2020 /CNW/ — With the temporary closure of SKEMA’s Suzhou campus in China in mid-January, SKEMA had already set up a comprehensive distance learning system to ensure the continuity of studies for its 550 students...