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News Freedom of speech

UBC leads the way on civil discourse

A successful debate series places universities at centre stage in ending polarization.
News Budget

Quebec makes 5-year, $392M investment in universities to drive economic growth

With targeted investments in research and innovation, the provincial budget banks on universities to boost the economy — but fails to address structural underfunding.
News Budget

Saskatchewan increases funding to universities, confirms multi-year agreement in 2026 budget

Universities will receive $33.6 million in operating funding in 2026-27.
News Budget

New Brunswick effectively freezes post-secondary funding in 2026 budget

Universities given reprieve after cuts proposed earlier this month.

Opinion Artificial intelligence

Rethinking the role of higher education in an AI-integrated world

Mark Daley, Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer at Western University, reflects on the role of universities in a world where intelligence is abundant.
Opinion Policy

Recalibrating Canadian universities to meet the Mark (Carney)

How university leadership can better support Canadian innovation and economic growth.
Opinion Policy

Bob Rae urges universities to remain climate-change leaders

In a volatile world, universities form bulwarks of scientific integrity and technological development, says former U.N. ambassador.
Opinion Climate Change

The Campus Green

University Affairs launches new sustainability column.

Features Campus news

Quebec universities weather an unprecedented storm

The province’s institutes of higher learning are navigating immigration restrictions, language policies, budget cuts and challenges to academic freedom.
Features Freedom of speech

Time To Disagree?

The Heterodox Academy wants to encourage uncomfortable debates on campus.
Feature articles Research

Science interrupted

How the Trump administration’s cuts to U.S. science are derailing Canadian research.
Features Q&A

Meeting the moment together

Universities Canada’s new chair of the board of directors Joy Johnson on the path forward for higher education.

Career Advice Students

Studying in French as an anglophone? Mais oui!

Pursuing graduate studies in a second language is daunting but, ultimately, rewarding.
Career Advice Students

Preparing for flexible career paths in academia and beyond

A new open education resource helps train grad students for professional life outside the academy.
Career Advice Communication

Public engagement: duty or detriment?

Should speaking on topics of public concern be part and parcel of academic life?
Career Advice Career

Documenting your work for promotion and tenure

Setting up a filing system now is a gift to your future self.

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