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Manitoba’s road to recovery
The oft-overlooked Prairie province’s higher education sector is beginning to recover after several years of budget cuts, strikes and government interference.
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Quebec’s tuition fee model: not able to see the forest for the trees
The Quebec government’s announced tuition fee increase for out-of-province students has sparked intense political debate over university funding.
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Why Canada is losing the next generation of researchers
With support for graduate students at a breaking point, Canadian universities are feeling the impact.
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The rising financial precarity of universities
Canadian universities emerged from the pandemic with investment growth, but long-term sustainability is a consistent concern.
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Mitacs reopens applications for graduate-student internships in Ontario
The research organization briefly suspended new applications in the province following a significant funding shortage.
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What’s happening with Canada’s superclusters?
After four years, the federal government’s billion-dollar superclusters are finding their feet, but they need more time.
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Higher-education scholarships and fellowships miss the mark by $8,500
The government is being urged to increase financial aid for graduate students and postdocs.
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Researching solutions to the growing ‘tragedy of homelessness’
Those affected include over 100,000 postsecondary students, one expert estimates.
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The curious story of the Global Innovation Clusters renewal
Why is the federal government still throwing money and resources at this project?
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Invention, innovation and commercialization: ‘old wine in new bottles’
Fundamental research, future researchers and scholarships: the university community reacts to Quebec’s new research and innovation strategy.
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Provincial budget round-up 2022: university sector highlights
This crop of provincial budgets focus on increasing health-care seats and funding infrastructure projects at postsecondary institutions.
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Celebrating 100 years of French language science in Canada
Looking back on a century of scientific growth.
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Aiming for the moon
Renewed international interest in our closest celestial neighbour is giving academics a chance to build out Canada’s space exploration expertise.
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Year-end spending inhibits proactive planning
Universities that frequently make additional funds available for a short period of time risk alienating new projects from early career researchers who don’t have large, established teams.
