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Granting agencies grapple with scientific fraud

Sophisticated schemes are forcing the Tri-Agency to update its framework on research conduct.
News Academic freedom

Universities without borders: Teaching medicine to women in Afghanistan

Despite the ban on female higher education, a unique online program is training 146 Afghan women to become doctors.
News Students

Slim pickings in course calendars

Budget cutbacks leave Ontario students with meager options.
News Students

Student housing crunch eases

Greater supply brings slightly lower rents, but affordability remains elusive.

Opinion Policy

Help scientists ousted by America’s attack on knowledge

An open letter to leaders of higher education in Canada.
Opinion Students

Prescribing connection

A new approach to improving student mental health on campuses.
Opinion Artificial intelligence

Let’s keep the “human” in the humanities

The case for technology-free learning spaces.
Opinion International students

Reclaiming Internationalization

Keeping minds open as borders close.

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.
Features Students

Digital textbook deals spark controversy

Critics say automatic subscriptions to online course materials are a commercial cash grab that limits students’ choices.
Features Policy

Ontario: The new pragmatism

After a decade marked by funding cutbacks and a tuition freeze, the province’s universities face the future with an eye for opportunities.

Career Advice Teaching

Let’s talk about workload

If the judgement of our peers drives overwork, can conversations among peers alleviate it?
Career Advice Teaching

Read it and (don’t) weep

How to help students tackle texts in a digital age.
Career Advice Research funding

How to win the Rhodes Scholarship

A Concordia University graduate shares his tips for scoring a full ride to Oxford University.
Career Advice Writing

Five top writing tips explained

Question A writing buddy recently told me that I have to “murder my darlings,” by which she meant that I had to cut out part of my literature review that I still thought was important, but that...

Yukiko Asada

Yukiko Asada is a population health researcher with expertise in concepts, measurement, and public dialogues about health inequality and inequity.

Opinion Policy

Help scientists ousted by America’s attack on knowledge

An open letter to leaders of higher education in Canada.

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Yukiko Asada
September 29, 2025

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