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Funding the future
Investing in student research tackles youth unemployment while building Canada’s future economy.
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Ontario Tech kinesiology course combats ageism
‘Adopt a Grand-Student’ is part of the university’s commitment to being an age-friendly university.
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Negotiation: A skill that can transform your graduate school experience and beyond
The word often provokes fear, but it doesn’t have to be that way.
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Universities offer support for student-parents
Universities are increasingly working to respond to their communities’ calls for daycare centres.
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Students on Ice expedition brings the classroom to the polar regions
The award-winning organization specializing in educational forays into the Arctic and Antarctic celebrates its 20th anniversary next year.
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Pulling together: A collaborative model for student-centred career support
Sharing resources between career services and faculty/departments promotes successful career transitions for grad students.
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Federal government details $150-million strategy to promote study abroad
Program also aims to diversify source countries for incoming international students.
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Canada’s faculties of medicine commit to improving Indigenous health
Boosting the number of Indigenous medical students, bolstering Indigenous curriculum among measures promised.
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I matter here. Maybe.
We have to start being more intentional and transparent in promoting and celebrating empathy, inclusivity and kindness on our campuses.
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Student vets start rotations in Tsuut’ina and Siksika First Nations
“Typically in vet practice, the routine is to … check the boxes. I realized very quickly that that was not the way to go about it – it was about establishing a relationship first.”
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The growing field of Black Canadian studies
After decades of grassroots work by Black scholars, a few universities have started offering Black Canadian studies programs. Will it be enough to start reversing what one professor calls Canada’s “Black brain drain”?
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Following a series of controversies, do student unions need more oversight?
Recent allegations of mismanagement have stained the reputations of several student unions across Canada.
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How universities can really help PhD grads get jobs
Explicitly teaching graduate students project management – a skill set they typically learn through trial and error – could mean better research and employability.
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Canada vs. the U.S.: where should you attend grad school?
An exploration of some of the nuances between postsecondary education in the two countries, as well as some of the intangibles that are often not thought about.
