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Public engagement: duty or detriment?
Should speaking on topics of public concern be part and parcel of academic life?
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Why storytelling should be your next transformative skill
The aim should be to connect, not inform.
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Why are fingers being pointed at racialized international students?
Instead of placing blame, government and institutional actors must reconsider their role within the currently flawed systems in place.
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Embarking on the path to reconciliation
A list of helpful resources to help profs explore, learn and discuss the importance of Truth and Reconciliation with students.
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MDPI Toronto Summit 2026: Bringing together leaders to shape the future of scholarly publishing
Highlights, key discussions, and insights from two days of collaboration, innovation, and open dialogue across leaders within the global research community.
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Meet Kevin McCormick, Founding President of the Canadian Institute for Human Rights and Global Health
Bringing capacity to global engagement.
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From business journalism to entrepreneurial support
A Moroccan BCDI 2030 Scholar committed to empowering women entrepreneurs.
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How universities can support student professional development by supporting instructors
Considering York University’s Envision YU initiative model.
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Investing in humanities, social sciences is key to post-pandemic recovery
Our society is at risk if we undervalue or underfund social science and humanities disciplines.
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Happy New Year and cheers to new learning!
As you contemplate 2022, move your learning zone from that which is easy to what is hard: learning about yourself.
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Intercultural learning for students by students: a Saint Mary’s experience
A team of students from diverse cultures, abilities, fields of study and experiences is helping the university to advance its intercultural development goals.
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Finding your voice in educational development
Educational development is an alt-ac career that leverages teaching experience and ‘enhances the work of colleges and universities, with a focus on teaching and learning.’
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Should you watch Netflix’s The Chair?
While the series highlights many of the problems currently facing university English departments, it offers very few solutions.
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More curated programming is needed for diverse and underrepresented groups on Canadian campuses
Acting as models to society, the higher education community should attempt to be ahead of the curve and act accordingly.
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Can technology help advance writing skills instruction?
Universities must plan how and when to use AI for training.
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Making ambitious research look feasible
How to create global coherence and internal alignment in your research grant applications.
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Call yourself an academic leader? If so, get over yourself
Impoverished role-based definitions of leaders are endemic across universities, but we need to reclaim ‘leader’ as a gift word.
