A recent decision to deny a Chinese student’s visa to complete his PhD in Canada is raising questions about presuming motivations.
By calling on student groups to withdraw certain controversial statements, the minister of colleges and universities is demonstrating that the policy was and is a hollow gesture.
Questions around Stanford U president Marc Tessier-Lavigne’s research represent a case in point.
The Advisory Panel on the Federal Research Support System continues a ritualistic cycle of reviews and reports into Canada’s scientific support infrastructure.
Why is the federal government still throwing money and resources at this project?
If the vaunted features of science that are used rhetorically to promote and justify its status as an aid to international affairs are truly valued, it would be precisely in the most trying circumstances that science diplomacy should remain a viable alternative.
We need to put aside our preconceived notions about how universities should be run, to better assess where we need to make improvements.
As it was not tasked with offering recommendations, the report’s conclusions are understandably generic and understated.
Virtual formats can't replace face-to-face interactions, but will entrepreneurship programs use the past year to be, in true entrepreneurial fashion, innovative?
As the 2021 federal budget looms, the time of “made-in-Canada Silicon Valleys” has passed.
A closer look at the four recommendations from Ontario’s expert panel on intellectual property, created to assess the commercialization activities of higher-education institutions.
