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Universities honour veterans and highlight the importance of peace

From the shores of Newfoundland and Labrador to British Columbia, Canadian universities will pause to reflect on Remembrance Day.
News Discovery Inc.

From bright idea to commercial partnership

How a University of Guelph grad student’s interest in immunology led to healthier cattle herds.
News Students

Ontario university students protest OSAP changes

Cuts to grants and rising cost of living put the squeeze on student finances.
News Budget

Budget 2026 provides small investment in post-secondary sector

Budget 2026 invests in defence innovation, emerging technologies and research commercialization.

Opinion Hiring

Global Canadians, Invisible at Home

If internationally educated scholars are considered an asset, why do we pay so little attention to Canadians who acquire that same experience abroad?
Opinion Accessibility

An accessible campus is only part of a university’s responsibility

Universities must embed disability knowledge into core professional learning.
Opinion Artificial intelligence

Faculty well-being in the age of GenAI

When every student has an AI assistant, the writing teacher's job becomes both harder and more essential.
Opinion EDI

Committee’s EDI recommendations are based on flawed logic

Excellence must be sufficiently rigorous and inclusive to identify talent wherever it exists.

Features Research

The Nuisance Variable

Two-thirds of Alzheimer’s patients in Canada are women. Why does research still treat them as an afterthought?
Features Policy

Quebec universities: 60 years of change

From the Quiet Revolution to the present day, universities have profoundly transformed Quebec society. As a provincial election rapidly approaches, we reflect on their changing mission over six decades of often tense history.
Features Research

A bridge to human rights

IDRA scholarship winner Karen Spring studies Central American communities seeking redress for harms caused by major development projects.
Features Research

Heat waves and brain waves

IDRA scholarship winner Tianqi Zhao studies climate change and mental health in South Africa.

Career Advice Students

Thinking about Harvard?

The Frank Knox Fellowship could fund your graduate studies.
Career Advice Retirement

Finding my family in retirement

Academic research experience comes in handy when tracking down ancestral geneaology.
Career Advice Writing

How to get published when your reviewers don’t get it

New theoretical approaches often encounter editorial skepticism.
Career Advice Research

How serendipity built a cross-disciplinary career

Taking research positions out of economic necessity allowed me to gather a broad set of skills and knowledge.

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Anton Clark

Anton Clark is a PhD candidate in Media History at Concordia University.

Opinion Research

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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Anton Clark
October 15, 2025

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