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News Research funding

Feds launch $1.7 billion international talent attraction program

The program will provide funding to bring 100 top-tier international research chairs and their teams to Canada.
News Administration

The risks and rewards of overseas campuses

Universities wrestle with establishing satellites abroad.
News Teaching

Teaching physicians, med students battle Quebec’s Bill 2 with strikes and lawsuits

Students strive to make up for lost time after fall labour disruptions.
News Equity

Fourteen women receive engineering scholarships in commemoration of 1989 Montreal massacre

Initiated by Polytechnique Montréal in 2014, the scholarship program has vastly expanded its support for female engineering students.

Opinion Research

Funding the future

Investing in student research tackles youth unemployment while building Canada’s future economy.
Opinion Career

Unprestigious academia

How I unlearned academic elitism.
Opinion Research

Taking the loneliness out of academic writing

Group writing retreats for PhD students can lower psychological distress and improve well-being.
Opinion Research

Reinforcing Canada’s culture of innovation and discovery

A multidisciplinary approach is needed to help shape good policy and provide avenues for nation-building investment.

Features Q&A

Are universities ready for cyberattacks?

Canadian universities stand in the crosshairs of cybercriminals: Q&A with Benoît Dupont, Canada Research Chair in Cyber-resilience.
Features Students

Going hungry on campus

Quebec universities are launching food assistance initiatives to support students amid a housing crisis and rising inflation. But is it enough?
Features Campus news

Quebec universities weather an unprecedented storm

The province’s institutes of higher learning are navigating immigration restrictions, language policies, budget cuts and challenges to academic freedom.
Features Freedom of speech

Time To Disagree?

The Heterodox Academy wants to encourage uncomfortable debates on campus.

Career Advice Research

Understanding research-creation at SSHRC

Artistic works that explore socio-cultural questions may qualify for this unique grant.
Career Advice Students

International conferences: A springboard into the future

A few days in Greece or China give you more than just a line on your resumé — they’re an experience.
Academic for life Retirement

Bringing experience to shape the future of post-secondary education

Retired faculty can stay involved in a myriad of ways.
Career Advice Administration

Collegiality: the joys and pitfalls of a non-hierarchical workplace

Grounded in shared governance, collegiality is a demanding ideal that balances power, equity and collective learning.

Emily Baron Cadloff & Andréanne Apablaza

Emily Baron Cadloff is a freelance writer based in Halifax. Andréanne Apablaza was the UA French writer-reviser from 2019 to 2020.

Features COVID-19

Remote learning goes global

7 international students on how they’re managing a year of online learning.

by
Emily Baron Cadloff & Andréanne Apablaza
January 06, 2021

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