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News Students

U Sports alum lace up for PWHL season

Canadian grads eager to show their mettle on women’s pro hockey teams.
News Students

The hidden problem of student homelessness

As high rents push more students into precarious housing, it's time to stop romanticizing the 'poor scholar'.
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’.

Opinion EDI

Committee’s EDI recommendations are based on flawed logic

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

Building resilience in Arts through interdisciplinary collaborations

In a technology-enabled future, Arts faculties have an opportunity to demonstrate their relevance by making collaboration across disciplines easier and more visible.
Opinion Research

Science in French? Bien sûr!

As English dominates the publication landscape, support for French-language research is a strategic investment in the quality, equity and the future of knowledge.
Opinion Academic freedom

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

Show up in person and do good trouble instead.

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.

David Lafferty

David Lafferty is a professional development coordinator in graduate studies at Carleton University

Career Advice Policy

The limits of graduate professional development

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

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David Lafferty
June 02, 2025

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