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Who exactly is Nolan Quinn?
As Ontario postsecondary institutions juggle multiple challenges, the new minister of colleges and universities will need to get up to speed quickly, say sector pundits.
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Ryan Brook: Canada’s ‘Chairman of the Boar’
The Saskatchewan-based researcher has been studying and tracking super pigs for over 14 years.
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How one academic turned a fascination with how universities function into a successful career
Thirty years into his academic career, Glen Jones is still curious about what makes universities tick.
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Maud Cohen: The less travelled road to success
As Polytechnique Montréal celebrates its 150th anniversary, we shine a spotlight on the engineer’s path to becoming the first woman to lead the institution.
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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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Meet the ecologist who’s vacuuming DNA ‘out of the sky’
Elizabeth Clare’s work could help transform the way scientists study and monitor animal biodiversity around the world.
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Carleton researcher turned his passion for whales into an award-winning career
Marine biologist Shane Gero studies how sperm whales live. Now he wants to know what they are talking about.
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Universities have a sexual violence problem, Charlene Senn has part of the solution
The ‘Flip the Script’ program she developed is having an impact on campuses in Canada and internationally.
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A chancellor that stands apart
“I’m 48, I’m Black and I work in IT. That they chose me says a lot about the values of Université de Montréal.”
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How education became a ‘promise of a future’ for Jesse Thistle
The York assistant professor and author of From the Ashes says he has a responsibility to those who suffer from addiction, and to his former self, to tell his story of homelessness and redemption.
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Providing rich and rewarding learning experiences for the fall term
That’s the plan, says Gavan Watson of Memorial University, in a Q&A.
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Françoise Baylis wants to help you understand genome editing
The scholar’s latest book is not only the culmination of a career spent examining the ethics of biotechnology, it’s a call to action for the rest of us get in on the conversation.
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An age-old mystery: researcher catalogues humanity’s earliest symbols
PhD candidate Genevieve von Petzinger has scoured ancient rock art to create the world’s largest database of early abstract symbols – but what do they mean?
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Jane Philpott wants to make a difference in health-care education
A Q&A with the former federal health minister on her return to academia as dean of health sciences at Queen’s University.
