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News Research funding

Parliamentary committee urges stronger support for research in French

Granting agencies should consider funding targets specifically for French-language projects, the Standing Committee on Science and Research recommends.
News EDI

Remove EDI from research funding decisions, parliamentary committee says

The Standing Committee on Science and Research says ‘discriminatory’ EDI policies are ‘weakening the quality of Canadian research’.
News Teaching

Good medicine: new programs train country doctors

Université de Montreal follows Queen’s prescription to heal the shortage of family physicians in rural areas.
News Quebec elections

Universities struggle to be heard in Quebec election

In a campaign dominated by the U.S. trade war and the soaring cost of living, universities assert their continued importance.

Opinion Academic freedom

Why Canadian academics shouldn’t boycott U.S. conferences

Show up in person and do good trouble instead.
Opinion Administration

It Takes a Village

University presidents require longer time in office and broad support from within and outside their institutions to confront today’s biggest challenges.
Opinion Artificial intelligence

Gen Z meets genAI

We are the first generation to learn alongside AI. What do we owe the next?
Opinion Indigenous

Canada’s sovereignty is being tested

As Canada faces mounting pressure from the United States, an Indigenous-led exhibition at the Gwangju Biennale offers a timely way to think about conflict, responsibility and the choices ahead.

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.
Features Research

Take me to the river

IDRA scholarship winner Peter Duker studies community fishing practices in Thailand.

Career Advice Research

From doctoral student to entrepreneur

Resources abound to help you turn your PhD research into a business startup.
Career Advice Indigenous

Internationalizing Truth And Reconciliation through multilingual storytelling

Faculty share stories in their home and heart languages in the University of the Fraser Valley’s Leq'áleq’el Video Series.
Career Advice Writing

Show it clearly: illustrating a report for your community partners

Part II: How to design figures that tell your story.
Career Advice Mental Health

Life lessons from the World Happiness Report

Happiness is a gift for elders to pass on to the younger generation.

Catherine Chan

Catherine Chan is a transdisciplinary artist who uses installation and photography to explore social-ecological change across human to geologic timescales.

Career Advice Advice

From marketer to MFA

How I returned to graduate school as a working professional.

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Catherine Chan
October 02, 2025

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Parliamentary committee urges stronger support for research in French

Remove EDI from research funding decisions, parliamentary committee says

Good medicine: new programs train country doctors

Universities struggle to be heard in Quebec election

Why Canadian academics shouldn’t boycott U.S. conferences

It Takes a Village

Gen Z meets genAI

Canada’s sovereignty is being tested

Quebec universities: 60 years of change

A bridge to human rights

Heat waves and brain waves

Take me to the river

From doctoral student to entrepreneur

Internationalizing Truth And Reconciliation through multilingual storytelling

Show it clearly: illustrating a report for your community partners

Life lessons from the World Happiness Report

Catherine Chan

From marketer to MFA

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