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‘I shaped this role as I went along.’

Quebec’s first chief scientist, Rémi Quirion, looks back on his career and the challenges awaiting his successor.
News Students

Indigenous wisdom transforms science and mathematics learning in Ghana

IDRA scholarship recipient Kenneth Gyamerah worked with teachers to bring traditional knowledge into science and technology classes.
News Academic freedom

When democracy teeters, where do universities stand?

University of Regina Professor Marc Spooner analyzes the threats to academia’s public mission.
News Academic freedom

Who’s afraid of academic freedom?

Defenders of democratic debate are rising to meet the challenges of ideological polarization, governmental interference, and underfunding of academic institutions.

Opinion

Status hunt drives U.S. recruitment

Prestigious American universities have long exerted a gravitational pull on Canadian academia.
Opinion Mental Health

The Strengths Model

Quebec adopts a promising approach to promoting mental health in higher education.
Opinion Research

“Mission-driven” is not a bad word

When non-scientists help set research priorities, society can tackle big problems together.
Opinion

American recruitment in the Canadian academy: The case against

Hang on just a minute before we roll out the red-and-white carpet.

Features People to know

Louis Busch: weaving knowledge to heal and teach differently

Psychotherapist, researcher and member of the Bear Clan of the Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation, Louis Busch is working to transform university teaching by integrating Indigenous perspectives.
Features Arts

New coalition forms to advocate for art and design universities

It’s time to shine light on the impact of art and design schools, say presidents.
Features Enrolment

Solving the male enrolment puzzle

In Canada and around the world, young men are opting out of postsecondary education. What are the long-term effects of the gender imbalance on campus –– and what can we do about it?
Features Policy

The challenges facing Nova Scotia’s postsecondary institutions

Unexpected government policy changes have choked off revenues while rising costs threaten to topple painstakingly balanced budgets.

Career Advice Advice

How to get the most out of your sabbatical

Detailed planning keeps you on track toward your goals.
Career Advice Research funding

CIHR Project Grants

Peer reviewers’ perspectives
Career Advice Teaching

Bring more joy into your teaching

A new tool helps instructors appreciate the positive in pedagogy.
Career Advice Policy

The limits of graduate professional development

The gap between permanent academic positions and the number of PhD graduates.

Communication

Opinion Communication

Improving universities’ public standing

How universities can help make their case.

by
Paul Wells
November 22, 2024

Features Communication

Researchers investigate the effectiveness of public health messaging during the pandemic

Public health communicators, they say, need to show humility, admit what they don’t know, and most importantly foster a two-way dialogue.

by
Wendy Glauser
September 02, 2020
News Communication

Why this professor launched an Instagram Live show about COVID-19 and vulnerable communities

A Q&A with Tanya Sharpe, founder of U of T’s Centre for Research and Innovation for Black Survivors of Homicide Victims, about her timely new discussion series 30@8:30.

by
Melissa Fundira
May 05, 2020
News Campus news

The podcaster is in: Laurier Brantford launches podcast residency and studio

The new podcast studio and inaugural podcaster-in-residence have garnered interest both on campus and further afield.

by
Matthew Guida
April 09, 2020

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