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News Indigenous

Hydroelectric buffalo jump

A mural at the University of Manitoba connects traditional and modern engineering technologies.
News International students

Canada’s intake of international students needs to be ‘sustainable,’ says immigration minister

Diab promises to consult students, university administrators on policy approach.
News

Canadian film schools still standing in face of U.S. tariff threats

Defiant movie profs vow Trump won’t send their industry up Schitt’s Creek.
News

Data vs MAGA

Academics and librarians scramble to save U.S. government records from Trump’s axe.

Opinion Research

Cancelling in-person Congress wounds humanities research

Budget squeeze and logistical complexities leave the century-old conference without a host.
Opinion Mental Health

No student is an island

Improving the collective environment benefits students’ mental health.
Opinion

Status hunt drives U.S. recruitment

Prestigious American universities have long exerted a gravitational pull on Canadian academia.
Opinion Mental Health

The Strengths Model

Quebec adopts a promising approach to promoting mental health in higher education.

Features Q&A

Political turbulence poses threats, opportunities

Université de Montréal rector Daniel Jutras reflects on how Canadian universities are reacting to events in the U.S. and the grounds for optimism amid the turmoil.
Scholarship winner studies cancer care in Nigeria

International PhD student Otuto Amarauche Chukwu goes on the ground to interview patients and caregivers.
Features International students

Inside the life of an international student

Every day brings new adventures, challenges and opportunities for a student coming from abroad.
Features People to know

Louis Busch: weaving knowledge to heal and teach differently

Psychotherapist, researcher and member of the Bear Clan of the Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation, Louis Busch is working to transform university teaching by integrating Indigenous perspectives.

Career Advice Teaching

Bring more joy into your teaching

A new tool helps instructors appreciate the positive in pedagogy.
Career Advice Policy

The limits of graduate professional development

The gap between permanent academic positions and the number of PhD graduates.
Career Advice Advice

SSHRC Insight and Insight Development Grant

Peer reviewer’s perspectives.
Career Advice Writing

Teaching students the connection between writing and thinking

Writing is an important skill because of its role in thinking processes. Instruction should be designed to reinforce this.

Dan Rubinstein

Dan Rubinstein is the senior writer at Carleton University and the author of Water Borne, forthcoming in June 2025 from ECW Press.

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