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Aligning curricula with the workforce: the case in favour
Matthew McKean and Valerie Walker argue that students aren't choosing between learning and work, so why should universities?
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Be well. Be yourself.
Post-secondary students may experience psychological challenges as they attempt to discover their true selves.
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Rethinking academia’s role in innovation
Why Canadian universities need to better support scholar-innovators to catalyze academic entrepreneurship.
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Cancelling in-person Congress wounds humanities research
Budget squeeze and logistical complexities leave the century-old conference without a host.
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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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Reflections on a life devoted to postsecondary education
Universities are the backbone of our society, strengthening collective identity in all regions and reinforcing the hope for a better future in the minds of our fellow citizens.
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From combat to conversation and community: reimagining university writing
We need to use research to identify and implement the most effective ways to support student writing development.
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Black excellence fatigue: seeing it and doing something about it
While celebrating the achievements of Black colleagues is important, we need to acknowledge that it can also be exhausting and even harmful.
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Can lower tuition fees grow a population?
The results of a recent study suggest it hasn’t worked for Newfoundland and Labrador.
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Early-career professors want changes in how tenure is evaluated in wake of pandemic effects on productivity
Researchers in a survey said they don’t want to delay their tenure review but have the criteria for it shift.
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Wasting time and money through ineffective evaluation
We need to start thinking about why a process exists and whether the proposed mechanism actually achieves that goal.
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Online learning: confusions, conflations, and conundrums
Let’s make sure these mediated formats really are about facilitating students’ learning and procedural knowledge construction.
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An update on the renaming of Ryerson University
The work of equity asks leaders to support movement toward justice, even when we cannot always foresee or predict the path forward.
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Canadian universities are quietly being repurposed
It is difficult to see performance-based funding as anything but an ideologically based attempt to redesign the fundamental mission of our universities.
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How administrative ambiguity and devaluating language hurts Canadian postdocs
Redefining how university and institutional administrations see this vulnerable population of highly skilled workers is an important first step toward countering inequity and mending the gender gap in academia.
