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McGill appoints French emissary, makes peace with province
After dropping its legal battle over out-of-province tuition hikes, the university increases its efforts to promote French language and culture.
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The complex costs of Quebec’s international student policy reforms
International students have gone from being seen as the solution to many issues to the problem.
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Science diplomacy could bolster Canada’s research reputation
More initiatives are being launched in order to tackle humanity’s common challenges.
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The exploitation trap of hope labour
Non-tenured and precarious faculty deserve better.
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A map to the federal Post-Secondary Institutions Strategic Investment Fund
As SIF-funded projects wind down, a look at where the funding was distributed by project, institution and province.
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Three Ontario universities to create a joint pension plan for faculty and staff
A pooled plan, with an estimated $8 billion in assets, would allow for greater flexibility in terms of investments.
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The wide gap between rhetoric and reality regarding international education
We need to move away from facile handwaving and towards a culture of evidence-based argumentation.
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Who knows what Doug Ford’s government has in store for higher-ed in Ontario?
With a controversial pick leading the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities, don’t hold your breath on big ideas or transformative change for the sector.
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Major changes to the funding formula for Quebec universities
Quebec’s universities will see their operating grants increase under a new funding policy that uses a simplified calculation formula.
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Government reveals list of Canada 150 Research Chairholders
24 researchers will soon join Canadian universities from institutions around the world – many of them expats looking for a way home.
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The hard task of addressing “hot button” issues at universities
The nature of universities as organizations helps explain why so much symbolic management takes place when they are faced with thorny subjects.
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Budget 2018 gives a major boost to fundamental research in Canada
An injection of $3 billion for research and expressed support for the “next generation of researchers” figures prominently in the federal budget.
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Navigating the intersection of science and policy-making: advice from the advisers
New Zealand’s chief scientist Peter Gluckman was among a trio of advisers offering their insights at the recent AAAS annual meeting.
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The superclusters plan promises more than it can likely deliver
Creso Sá looks at what the recent superclusters announcement really means for universities and academic research.
