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Conservative MP wraps up campus tour aiming to “Restore the North”
Modelled on the late American conservative firebrand Charlie Kirk, Jamil Jivani’s tour brought discussion of economics, immigration and identity to universities across Canada.
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Addressing the gap in academic professionalization for graduate students
Academic support units have an important role to play in the professionalization of graduate students.
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How university education prepares students to be engaged and informed citizens
Instructors across all disciplines can advance citizenship development through knowledge and skills training.
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The fragile state of student housing
In an unprecedented housing shortage, Canadian and international students are facing a crisis that puts their studies – and their well-being – at risk. But innovative partnerships between universities, governments and private stakeholders are exploring long term solutions.
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StatsCan study looks at reasons why university graduates attend college
Many of the programs being pursued that teach more applied skills are ones that universities could provide but choose not to.
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Universities grappling with mandatory COVID-19 vaccines issue as fall return to campus approaches
Most universities say they will follow local public health guidelines and are strongly encouraging staff and students to get vaccinated.
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Microcredential programs on the rise in Canada
Low rates of awareness about microcredentials by prospective students and employers remains a challenge.
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‘Again, the North loses out’: the rifts and ripple effects from shuttering Laurentian’s midwifery program
‘Had the program not been offered in … northern Ontario, we would not have become midwives,’ says one Laurentian graduate.
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Job shadowing during a pandemic
Can an in-person job shadow program be adapted to an online environment?
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How mental health services for students pivoted during COVID-19
Counsellors say the transition has been like 'building a plane mid-flight.'
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Moving skills instruction from implicit to explicit outcomes
Give your students clear learning objectives and concrete opportunities to apply what they are learning.
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Misalignment between employers’ perceived skills needs and SSH’s ability to meet them provides opportunity to articulate value of SSH
There is no reason collaborative skills cannot be cultivated in SSH students as much as those associated with innovation and adaptability.
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The pandemic has stolen the central tenet of university start-ups: in-person, social interactions
Virtual formats can't replace face-to-face interactions, but will entrepreneurship programs use the past year to be, in true entrepreneurial fashion, innovative?
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Quebec wants more university graduates
The government is preparing an action plan to improve university access and success – and it may bring additional funding to the sector.
