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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.
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Taking the loneliness out of academic writing
Group writing retreats for PhD students can lower psychological distress and improve well-being.
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Reinforcing Canada’s culture of innovation and discovery
A multidisciplinary approach is needed to help shape good policy and provide avenues for nation-building investment.
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Canada falling behind in R&D, report warns
Universities provide one of the few bright spots, according to the Council of Canadian Academies.
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Canadian COVID-19 researchers face a growing threat of cyber-espionage
Foreign hackers are prying into COVID-19 research from around the world, and Canadian universities are not immune.
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The quest to build a reliable quantum computer
Researchers expect big things if and when dependable quantum computing becomes a reality, and they are eager to ensure that the country is well-positioned to play a meaningful part.
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Bringing hands-on learning to the virtual classroom
Instructors recreate campus laboratories and class field trips with at-home lab kits.
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Confidentiality of research data: revisiting l’Affaire Maillé
It is likely the tsunami of research triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic will generate its fair share of conflicts related to the confidentiality of research data and intellectual property.
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Canadian universities accelerate collective climate action
Investment management charters and international partnerships are just some of the ways universities are ramping up cross-sectoral efforts against climate change.
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A Q&A primer on contact tracing apps
They’ll alert you if you’ve been in close contact with an infected individual, explains U of T’s Emily Seto, but there remain many challenges to their widespread adoption.
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In the midst of the pandemic, academics are fighting a rising ‘infodemic’
As COVID-19 began to spread around the globe, so too did a toxic brew of rumours, misinformation and conspiracy theories.
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COVID-19 pandemic shakes up the world of scientific publishing
Scientific publishing is experiencing major changes these days, with increased production of scientific data, open-access publications and online prepublication. Can these changes last?
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Women academics worry the pandemic is squeezing their research productivity
Struggling to juggle myriad responsibilities, “the easiest thing to put off … is research,” says one professor.
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Climate change is having a calamitous effect on Indigenous archeological sites in Canada’s North
“We’re witnessing the disappearance of history,” says one expert.
