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News International students

Ottawa won’t restrict student visas from countries with high asylum-claim rates

India will help Canada ‘crack down’ on student program abuses, high commissioner says.
News Students

Students and seniors under the same roof

Intergenerational living helps with loneliness and the high cost of rent.
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'.

Opinion Artificial intelligence

Faculty well-being in the age of GenAI

When every student has an AI assistant, the writing teacher's job becomes both harder and more essential.
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.

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

How serendipity built a cross-disciplinary career

Taking research positions out of economic necessity allowed me to gather a broad set of skills and knowledge.
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.

Ted Hewitt

Ted Hewitt is the outgoing president of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

Opinion Communication

What do universities owe the public?

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

by
Ted Hewitt
April 13, 2026

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