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Going hungry on campus
Quebec universities are launching food assistance initiatives to support students amid a housing crisis and rising inflation. But is it enough?
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‘We haven’t yet had an AI Hiroshima’
Regarded as one of the godfathers of artificial intelligence, Yoshua Bengio now urges caution when it comes to AI.
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Are university campuses safer spaces for 2SLGBTQIA+ folks?
Almost a year after the stabbing at U of Waterloo, what has changed?
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Can new approaches to medical curriculum solve the family doctor shortage?
Three new medical schools and an innovative family medicine program look to alleviate a crisis in primary care.
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The PhD conversion experience
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A brief history of clock towers on Canadian university campuses
Now mostly admired for their aesthetics, university clock towers were originally erected to reinforce the concept of an orderly sense of learning and to help students get to class on time.
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The student experience this fall: a tale of two Ivans
A vice-provost, student affairs, and an incoming first-year student sit down to talk about the student experience during a pandemic.
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Researchers investigate the effectiveness of public health messaging during the pandemic
Public health communicators, they say, need to show humility, admit what they don’t know, and most importantly foster a two-way dialogue.
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Ensuring students stay safe once study abroad returns
Students will again venture the globe one day as part of their education, and when they do universities must be ready to assist them when things don’t go as planned.
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As September approaches, universities prepare for a fall semester unlike any other
Remote teaching, half-empty residences and virtual orientations will mark this year’s return for most students.
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In the midst of the pandemic, academics are fighting a rising ‘infodemic’
As COVID-19 began to spread around the globe, so too did a toxic brew of rumours, misinformation and conspiracy theories.
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How education became a ‘promise of a future’ for Jesse Thistle
The York assistant professor and author of From the Ashes says he has a responsibility to those who suffer from addiction, and to his former self, to tell his story of homelessness and redemption.
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Where were you when the pandemic hit?
Seven academics reflect on the moment they realized the world had changed.
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Could the Montreal Neuro herald a paradigm shift in scientific research?
The Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital is pioneering an open-science model that could change the way medical research is conducted across the globe.
