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This Canadian scientist helped lay the groundwork for pandemic-taming COVID-19 vaccines
UBC’s Pieter Cullis is gaining wider recognition for the discovery of a ‘delivery system’ used in mRNA technology.
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What teaching issues we need to think about as we transition back to in-person learning
Getting students back to pre-COVID-19 standards will be a delicate act.
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‘The great reset’: what universities should look like post-COVID
The pandemic has made the important work of reconciliation with Indigenous peoples, and of aggressively fighting resurgent racism at an institutional level, all the more urgent.
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Why we must, and how we can, make the post-pandemic university a more intellectually productive learning commons
There’s no need to create a teaching schedule for the fall. Students have been telling us how to create a learning environment that makes sense. We should listen to them.
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Confidentiality of research data: revisiting l’Affaire Maillé
It is likely the tsunami of research triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic will generate its fair share of conflicts related to the confidentiality of research data and intellectual property.
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COVID-19 updates for September 2020
September 30, 2020 Infectious disease expert steps down from federal task force on COVID-19 vaccine Gary Kobinger, director of the centre for infectious disease research (Centre de recherche en infectiologie) at Université Laval, has left the national COVID-19 Vaccine...
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Looking back on COVID-19: how university archives are preserving this moment in history
From partnerships with heritage organizations to web crawlers, university archivists, librarians and historians are using a range of tools to capture life in the pandemic.
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University leaders highlight to Commons committee the importance of international students and research
Speaking to Parliamentarians last month about universities’ response to COVID-19, university presidents asked for support for international students and continued emergency research funding.
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What does a good teacher sound like? Voicing difference in the virtual classroom
Being told your voice is too feminine, or too accented, lays bare what scholars already know: the important link between voice and power.
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The student experience this fall: a tale of two Ivans
A vice-provost, student affairs, and an incoming first-year student sit down to talk about the student experience during a pandemic.
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Half of recent graduates finished postsecondary education with debt, Statistics Canada reports
As COVID-19 continues to create economic challenges for young Canadians, StatCan releases data on student debt and graduate earnings.
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An all-inclusive isolation stay
The University of Alberta is offering a full-service residence package for self-isolating staff and students.
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5 recommendations from teaching centres to teaching centres to help faculty shift online
Ensuring equitable and quality education, as well as effective and efficient evaluation of student learning are among the imperatives identified for this disrupted academic year.
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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.
