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U of Guelph produces its first bachelor of One Health grad
The program’s 160 students learn about health from a wider lens.
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Curling has arrived at U of Calgary
The coaching team includes former Olympic curlers Jocelyn Peterman, Brett Gallant, Lanie Peters and John Morris.
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SFU gets a lift from a planned public transit gondola
This unique mode of transportation will have capacity for about 3,000 passengers per hour in each direction.
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Moshe Safdie donates professional archive and Habitat 67 apartment to McGill
With over 100,000 pieces spanning the architect’s career, the archive will be the university’s largest collection.
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McGill to overhaul its mental health service model
The Rossy Student Wellness Hub will include embedded wellness advisors, an online service portal and an upgraded bricks-and-mortar location.
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Podcast round-up: administrators take the mic
From personal revelations to behind-the-scenes conversations, here’s what happens when university administrators get their own podcasts.
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Advancing academia with Wikipedia
University libraries are integrating the massive online encyclopedia into their operations to share their unique resources, improve teaching and learning, and raise their profile.
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Libraries publish free colouring books curated from their collections
More than 114 institutions participated in the U.S.-based #ColorOurCollections campaign from February 4 to 8.
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The Genome Foundry ushers Canada into the era of automated genetic engineering
The Concordia research facility is the first of its kind in Canada, and one of about 15 labs in the world to specialize in the automated assembly of DNA parts.
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Ontario student groups fear fees opt-out policy will reduce quality of campus life
Ancillary fees fund many campus activities, including student clubs, student media, food banks, and equity and peer support services.
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Quebec university to open country’s first ‘body farm’ research site
Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières has recruited top Australian forensics expert to study the open-air decomposition of human remains.
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Why a York professor prefers album liner notes – and the Grammys – to academic journals
Rob Bowman conducted extensive research while writing the 20,000-word liner notes for a Grammy-nominated album from transgender R&B pioneer Jackie Shane.
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Pocket public library branch opens at UBCO
Public and university libraries are partnering up across Canada to make the most of shrinking collections budgets and limited study space.
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Living-learning communities connect like-minded students in residence
More students are opting to live in theme-based residences.
