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How to write a narrative CV
This document should strongly demonstrate your capability as well as the feasibility of your proposed work.
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Writing winning partnership grant applications
Setting up for success with the SSHRC PG.
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Understanding university ownership of IP in foreign research collaborations
Imposing broad rules on universities around ownership of intellectual property in complex research collaborations is not the answer.
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A new era of research security
National security agencies are taking a renewed interest in universities and their research in the face of rising geopolitical concerns.
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Canadian researchers will be exposed to Brexit’s after-effects
As the U.K. proceeds with Brexit, Canada will likely prioritize collaboration with EU-based researchers over those in the U.K.
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University performance-based funding is bound to fail
Tying a significant portion of funding to any specific set of metrics places undue pressure on universities, and impinges on their traditional mission and collegial autonomy.
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The precarious practice of cluster hiring
Clusters are often described as prioritizing interdisciplinary collaboration, but that comes with its own unique set of challenges.
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Kill the Canadian Common CV, researchers urge the tri-council
In an open letter signed by hundreds, they argue it’s time to abandon the CCV and move to a simpler solution.
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Archives are adapting to an era of digitization and decolonization
“Acknowledging that [Indigenous communities] have sovereignty over the material and that it is indeed not yours is one of the key things we’re trying to promote in the work that we’re doing with the archival community.”
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The ludicrous idea of a provincial intellectual property framework
A new panel created in the 2019 Ontario budget will have the mundane task of clarifying the relationship between science and innovation.
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NSERC and Killam award winners announced
Some of Canada’s biggest research honours were recently bestowed by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council and the Canada Council for the Arts.
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Provincial budget round-up 2019: university highlights
In most provinces, it was the status quo for operating grants, but some budgets had a few surprises.
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Majority of the new round of CERC holders are women
The eight new Canada Excellence Research Chair holders come from a number of different countries to set up shop in Canada.
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A novel approach to funding postsecondary education
The introduction of a financial transactions tax would generate billions in revenue that postsecondary institutions desperately need.
