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The compassionate leader in the post-pandemic university
Festina lente: the new leadership agenda for higher education.
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International student offices must respond to the pandemic’s disruption of students’ life cycle
We need to minimize the impact the pandemic has had on international learners.
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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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As provincial COVID-19 restrictions are lifted, universities must figure out how to proceed
Across the country, administrators are having to balance a range of factors as they consider what measures they are willing to enforce and for how long.
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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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COVID-19 updates for June 2021
June 30, 2021 Important updates for incoming, returning international students and faculty International students will be exempt from quarantine, the requirement to stay at a government-authorized accommodation and COVID-19 testing on their eighth day in the country if they...
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Key takeaways from the inaugural Canadian Career Symposium for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows
How an online career symposium created connections for graduate students, postdocs and staff.
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How universities can help mitigate the pandemic’s effects on our future STEM workforce
Offer free tutoring in math and science to high school students to help level the playing field, suggests engineering dean.
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Is philosophy having a moment?
Enrollment in philosophy programs and courses are on the rise recently. The discipline is being seen by young people as a tool to understand their world and help change it.
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UBC national forum aims to develop ‘bold and concrete action’ to address anti-Asian racism
‘Escalating anti-Asian racism is something that’s very real in Canada,’ said UBC’s president.
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The new normal on campus
Moving to online delivery of programs and services forced universities to be creative. Here are some of the initiatives they’ll keep as we return to campus in person this fall.
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It’s time to tackle climate change in all university disciplines
The entire university community should systematically incorporate issues of climate change and the collapse of biodiversity into introductory courses.
