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From studio to spotlight: inside Canada’s largest student art show

Each May, nearly 800 graduating students from OCAD University showcase the culmination of their undergraduate journeys. The 110th instalment of Toronto’s largest free art and design exhibit, GradEx, welcomed more than 40,000 people to celebrate work by emerging artists, designers and media makers. Graduates explored themes such as eco-grief, gender and the immigrant experience – among myriad others.
News Climate Change

Fighting fire with science

Powerful analytical tools and a new generation of wildfire specialists take to the woods as Canadian forests burn.
News Campus news

Reflecting the cultural temperature

A look back at some of Spring’s convocation speeches at Canadian universities.
News Q&A

‘I shaped this role as I went along.’

Quebec’s first chief scientist, Rémi Quirion, looks back on his career and the challenges awaiting his successor.

Opinion Mental Health

Be well. Be yourself.

Post-secondary students may experience psychological challenges as they attempt to discover their true selves.
Opinion Research

Rethinking academia’s role in innovation

Why Canadian universities need to better support scholar-innovators to catalyze academic entrepreneurship.
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.

Features Artificial intelligence

Former Facebook VP champions Canadian digital sovereignty

CIFAR AI Chair Joelle Pineau believes ethics and the common good must guide technological development.
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.

Career Advice Postdocs

From Postdoc to Research Faculty crash course

A collaborative approach to supporting Toronto postdocs with academic job searches.
Career Advice Teaching

Memes — we got that

How I turned an internet trend into a teaching tool.
Career Advice Advice

How to get the most out of your sabbatical

Detailed planning keeps you on track toward your goals.
Career Advice Research funding

CIHR Project Grants

Peer reviewers’ perspectives

Evan Liu

Evan Liu is a teaching assistant and PhD student in communications and culture at York University.

Career Advice Teaching

Memes — we got that

How I turned an internet trend into a teaching tool.

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Evan Liu
July 08, 2025

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