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News Academic freedom

Attacks on higher education spread globally, including in liberal democracies, Scholars at Risk report finds

Canada urged to defend values amid erosion of institutional autonomy in the U.S.
News International students

Grad student visas double since 2025

Policy changes drive sharp rise in permits for international master’s and PhD candidates.
News Quebec elections

Where do Quebec’s political parties stand on higher education?

With the provincial election less than a month away, we provide a roundup of platforms and promises.
News Students

Kids with wealthy grandparents more likely to attend university

High-income grandparents can compensate for low-income parents in higher-ed access, a recent study shows.

Opinion Academic freedom

Rebuilding Jewish students’ trust in universities

As students return to campus, discussions of the Middle East conflict deserve a scholarly, responsible and robust treatment that recognizes antisemitism in all its forms.
Opinion Retirement

Mandatory retirement: the case against

Joe Norris argues that forcing academics to retire is a form of systemic violence.
Opinion Retirement

Mandatory retirement: the case in favour

Jamie Paris argues that guaranteed employment for life skews the age balance of the professorate while enabling the exploitation of early- and mid-career scholars.
Opinion Mental Health

When misconduct moves on

Universities need a fair way to share serious misconduct findings across institutions.

Features Policy

Northern Shift

The alarming rise of far-right movements in Canada.
Features History

How social movements shape Canadian universities

A history of clashes, challenges, and lessons learned.
Features Indigenous

U the North

Working together with Inuit, First Nations and Métis, university researchers are bolstering sovereignty and improving living conditions in the Arctic.
Features Policy

Degrees of Change

British Columbia’s funding pressures, shifting enrolment and policy reforms signal sweeping changes ahead for colleges and universities across the province.

Career Advice Mental Health

Teaching in the great outdoors

A unique creative writing class at the University of Toronto connects students to nature.
Career Advice Retirement

From scholar to loller

The joys of retiring early.
Career Advice Writing

Say it plainly: Writing a report for your community partners

Part I: How to break away from scholarly style and serve the people who made the research possible.
Career Advice Retirement

Staying active — and activist — in retirement

People often ask me: why are you still doing all those professional things? Haven’t you “retired”? The underlying and well-meaning message is: why aren’t you relaxing more, travelling to faraway places, and binge-watching your favourite television shows? I...

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