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Getting research out of the lab: supporting the “Third Mission” of Canadian universities
Nationally consistent express licences can unlock untapped value in Canadian universities.
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Grad start-ups tackle pollution
Canadian university teams competing for the prestigious Hult Prize have gone on to found companies that create plastic from seaweed and purify water with quantum chemistry.
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Making the Canada Research Chairs our next major project
Expanding the CRC program is the best path to attract talent, build research capacity and raise Canada’s international profile.
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Narrative CVs put researchers front and centre
New format is a vast improvement over the old Canadian Common CV.
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Ottawa injects $27M into COVID-19 research
The federal government is funding research teams to study COVID-19, while the Tri-Agencies announced they will reimburse some fees incurred due to coronavirus-related travel cancellations.
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Agriculture programs change with the times
Agriculture faculties are becoming some of the most exciting hubs of interdisciplinary collaboration on Canadian campuses.
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The University of Manitoba’s archive of the paranormal just became a little more extraordinary
A donation of 30,000 UFO-related materials makes the university the place to be for paranormal research in Canada.
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Universities are diving deep into data science
Nearly everything we do now generates reams of data, and universities are helping Canadians to make productive use of it.
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The life of a voluntary cyborg
Carleton University grad student Tamara Banbury went from studying to being a part of the voluntary cyborg culture.
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It’s complicated: the ethics of pandemic preparedness and response
A Q&A with University of Toronto public health expert Ross Upshur.
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Paper raises concerns about the lack of research on academic lab safety
Gaps in reporting mishaps and inadequate data sharing between institutions leave universities vulnerable, the authors say.
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U of T’s Citizen Lab reaches out to academics targeted by spyware
The lab was itself subjected to a botched sting operation by undercover agents seeking to discredit its work.
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This religion professor has become the media’s go-to expert on radicalization
Queen's University terrorism researcher Amarnath Amarasingam is no stranger to intersectoral strife.
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UBC is growing some of the world’s most sought after truffles right here in Canada
Thanks to researcher Shannon Berch, UBC might be the first Canadian university to successfully cultivate the pricey foodie staple.
