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News International students

Cuban students and scholars desperately await improvement amid continued blockade

Canada-Cuba relations expert Karen Dubinsky warns mood among Cuban colleagues continues to decline.
News Students

Red Alert!

Students tackle underground rescue scenarios as Laurentian University hosts the Intercollegiate Mine Emergency Response Competition.
News Policy

Why has the Atlantic region been hit hardest by IRCC’s student visa cuts?

Reduced international student intake threatens local economies, workforce pipelines and long-term growth in less populous regions.
News Research

Maple: from soil to syrup

Discover the ecology behind Canada’s sweetest treat in this documentary short, featuring Université Laval Professor Guillaume Moreau.

Opinion Teaching

What are universities really for and why does it matter now?

A review of Knowledge Under Siege: Charting a Future for Universities, University of Regina Press, 2026.
Opinion Research

Curiosity over canon

The benefits of research beyond methodological silos.
Opinion Communication

What do universities owe the public?

Institutions of higher learning exist to serve the needs of society, from global to local.
Opinion Research

Beyond protection?

The impact of ethics sprawl on researchers at Canadian universities.

Features History

Two solitudes: Quebec Universities in WWII

Historical researcher explores English-French divide over Second World War.
Features Policy

Northern Shift

The alarming rise of far-right movements in Canada.
Features History

How social movements shape Canadian universities

A history of clashes, challenges, and lessons learned.
Features Indigenous

U the North

Working together with Inuit, First Nations and Métis, university researchers are bolstering sovereignty and improving living conditions in the Arctic.

Career Advice Advice

Learn when to say no… and yes!

How to strike your own balance between ambition, institutional expectations, and personal limits.
Career Advice Students

PhD studies: perception vs reality

How do I tell my friends and family about what I really do as a doctoral student?
Career Advice Writing

Dr. Editor’s summer reading list

Five books to improve your academic writing.
Career Advice Retirement

Creating retirement, step by step

Building a fulfilling life after work means remaining creative, playful and open to opportunities.

Mehak Kapur

Mehak Kapur is an early career academic with a PhD from McMaster University who seeks to improve AI education.

Career Advice Students

PhD studies: perception vs reality

How do I tell my friends and family about what I really do as a doctoral student?

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Mehak Kapur
May 07, 2026

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