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Post-secondary leaders express mixed reactions to Budget 2025

Cuts to international study permits raise alarm, research investments welcomed.
News Students

Budget proposes more than $1B for student and youth employment

Funds also promised for TMU med school, Inuit Nunangat University.
News Budget

Budget cuts international student permit targets by 49 per cent in 2026

Carney government also proposes $1.7 billion to recruit international researchers.
Features International students

Fostering inclusion on a multi-cultural campus

With an increasingly diverse student body, Canadian universities seek to make students feel at home.

Opinion Equity

The Mintz Report is wrong on EDI

Demanding ‘institutional neutrality,’ Alberta’s report on the post-secondary system risks silencing equity.
Opinion Policy

Responding to the global displacement crisis

A role for Canadian universities?
Opinion Research

Making the Canada Research Chairs our next major project

Expanding the CRC program is the best path to attract talent, build research capacity and raise Canada’s international profile.
Opinion EDI

The viewpoint diversity debate in Canadian universities

Taking free inquiry seriously means rejecting unverified crisis narratives.

Features International students

Fostering inclusion on a multi-cultural campus

With an increasingly diverse student body, Canadian universities seek to make students feel at home.
Features Arts

Comrades in arms

The Canada-Korea theatrical collaboration, R;Link tells a story of soldiers’ friendships in the Korean War.
Features Teaching

For whom the book tolls

How declining reading levels are reshaping the way universities teach.
Features International students

Organized criminals target international students

Canadian study permits are being misappropriated by crime rings on a massive scale, threatening the integrity of post-secondary institutions and the aspirations of international students.

Responsibilities May Include Teaching

Teaching experience in the academic job market

“Evidence of teaching effectiveness” adds to the ever-growing demands on graduate students.
Graduate Matters Research

More than a doctoral degree

My journey of research, volunteering and advocacy.
Career Advice Research funding

Answering the “So what?” in SSHRC applications

How to articulate the expected scholarly outcomes of your proposed research project.
Career Advice Teaching

Supporting students through better communication

Three practical strategies to enhance student success.

Rebecca Dirnfeld

Rebecca Dirnfeld is the lead for graduate career education at the Ryerson Career & Co-op Centre at Ryerson University.

Career Advice Advice

Your graduate skills are always transferable

Leveraging the skills you acquired in grad school is key to enhancing any future employment you delve into.

by
Rebecca Dirnfeld
November 09, 2018

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