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Teaching in a world of bleakness
Instructors have the opportunity to provide students with empathy, context and skills to manage our current context.
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Emphasize this: structuring highly readable sentences and paragraphs (Part 1 of 2)
If your writing is being labeled as ‘too dense’, there are some simple ways to reorder the words in your sentences.
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The curious incident of the nobbled college and university retiree associations
All soon-to-be-retired academics should be encouraged to join their institution’s retiree association – but some don’t even know it exists.
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Plotting out your summer
Summer is a great time for both rest and productivity, so some serious planning on the front end can help you make the most of both.
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Meet Wisdom Tettey, Carleton University’s new president
Transformation through education.
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Thompson Rivers University seeks experts to shape the future of online education
Subject matter experts collaborate with instructional designers to create high quality content for online courses.
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AI in Education Forum 2024: Unleashing AI’s potential for transformative learning
This groundbreaking conference on AI is organized by the Chartered Institute of Professional Certifications.
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Designing a pathway through our post-pandemic teaching challenges
How to support the teaching mission at your institution.
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Mentorship matters: Building relationships that shape your grad school success
Having a mentor who is available when you need them and listens to your dreams and concerns objectively is key.
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Should your supervisor be your boss?
Working for your supervisor is a choice, not an obligation.
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Addressing the gap in academic professionalization for graduate students
Academic support units have an important role to play in the professionalization of graduate students.
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The New Frontiers in Research Fund: peer reviewers’ perspectives
Often, interdisciplinary research projects don’t fit into the standard funding competition requirements, but the NFRF values true interdisciplinarity.
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How university education prepares students to be engaged and informed citizens
Instructors across all disciplines can advance citizenship development through knowledge and skills training.
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10 actions supervisors can take to create a healthy lab culture
Supervisors and trainees have a shared interest in carrying out high quality research – and need a conducive environment in order to do so.
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“Ici, on parle français”: Navigating graduate studies as an anglophone/allophone in a francophone environment
Four non-francophone graduate students reflect on their experiences studying at Université Laval.
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An academic version of New Year’s resolutions
Instead of setting big, broad unreachable goals at the start of the new year, try instilling some new regular habits into your life.
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The weight of books
On dispersing your personal library at retirement.
