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News Teaching

UNB trains Indian nurses to bolster province’s health care

Partnership with Manipal Academy of Higher Education brings Canadian component to international nursing education.
News Artificial intelligence

New federal AI strategy emphasizes university research, training and commercialization

Expansion of Canada CIFAR AI Chairs signals ‘Canada really can be a leader.’
News Teaching

Learning through community service

When students work with social organisms, everyone benefits.
News Artificial intelligence

Universities urged to work together to ramp up AI adoption

COU report outlines AI’s risks to privacy, security, integrity, autonomy, copyright, and the environment, while advising institutions to responsibly embrace the technology.

Opinion Research

Training graduate students in research means investing in the future

Graduate research training shapes the thinkers, innovators and engaged citizens our society needs to address the defining challenges of the 21st century.
Opinion Policy

Science must become a pillar of Canadian foreign policy

With technological developments reshaping global governance, science cannot remain isolated from international relations.
Opinion International students

The dangers of over-securitization

Are Canadian universities losing out on valuable transnational education opportunities with China?
Opinion Climate Change

UBC student mobilizes climate advocacy to drive change

Sadie Vipond, a plaintiff in the country’s landmark youth climate lawsuit, is urging universities to prepare students to meet the realities of a warming world.

Features History

Two solitudes: Quebec Universities in WWII

Historical researcher explores English-French divide over Second World War.
Features Policy

Northern Shift

The alarming rise of far-right movements in Canada.
Features History

How social movements shape Canadian universities

A history of clashes, challenges, and lessons learned.
Features Indigenous

U the North

Working together with Inuit, First Nations and Métis, university researchers are bolstering sovereignty and improving living conditions in the Arctic.

Career Advice Retirement

Share your expertise and write what you know

Writing a book in retirement can be a source of immense satisfaction.
Career Advice Mental Health

The double-edged sword of autonomy

Professors enjoy enviable freedoms, but our inner taskmasters can put us in chains.
Career Advice Research

How to hook an SSHRC postdoc grant

Two tips for a catchy opening that will make your proposal stand out.
Career Advice Equity

Breaking through the “A” track

A woman’s guide to academic leadership.

EDI

News EDI

Scarborough Charter faces headwinds

Anti-racism group steps up efforts amid budget cutbacks, EDI backlash.

by
Caroline Samii-Esfahani
May 21, 2026

Career Advice EDI

Bridging science and inclusion

MISI Summer School reimagines equity in research training.

by
Anick Jasmin, Diego Herrera, Emily Bell & Aurore Palanque
March 31, 2026
Opinion EDI

The viewpoint diversity debate in Canadian universities

Taking free inquiry seriously means rejecting unverified crisis narratives.

by
Malinda Smith
October 10, 2025
News EDI

Parliament reviews EDI for research grants

Witnesses testify for and against applying diversity criteria to scientific funding.

by
Doug Ronson
October 07, 2025

Opinion EDI

The Excellence Dividend

How Diversity and Inclusion Strengthen Research Ecosystems.

by
Malinda Smith
September 09, 2025

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