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  • News International students

    Cuban students and scholars desperately await improvement amid continued blockade

    Canada-Cuba relations expert Karen Dubinsky warns mood among Cuban colleagues continues to decline.

  • News Students

    Red Alert!

    Students tackle underground rescue scenarios as Laurentian University hosts the Intercollegiate Mine Emergency Response Competition.

  • News Policy

    Why has the Atlantic region been hit hardest by IRCC’s student visa cuts?

    Reduced international student intake threatens local economies, workforce pipelines and long-term growth in less populous regions.

  • News Research

    Maple: from soil to syrup

    Discover the ecology behind Canada’s sweetest treat in this documentary short, featuring Université Laval Professor Guillaume Moreau.

  • Opinion Arts

    It’s time for philosophy to regain its rightful place

    With an influence that extends to nearly every intellectual domain, philosophy is indispensable to the mission of a university.

  • Opinion Research

    Getting research out of the lab: supporting the “Third Mission” of Canadian universities 

    Nationally consistent express licences can unlock untapped value in Canadian universities.

  • Opinion Artificial intelligence

    Universities must steer AI in the public interest

    TMU provost calls for collective effort to apply ethics, human good to AI governance.

  • Opinion Teaching

    What are universities really for and why does it matter now?

    A review of Knowledge Under Siege: Charting a Future for Universities, University of Regina Press, 2026.

  • Features History

    Two solitudes: Quebec Universities in WWII

    Historical researcher explores English-French divide over Second World War.

  • 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.

  • Career Advice Advice

    Learn when to say no… and yes!

    How to strike your own balance between ambition, institutional expectations, and personal limits.

  • Career Advice Students

    PhD studies: perception vs reality

    How do I tell my friends and family about what I really do as a doctoral student?

  • Career Advice Writing

    Dr. Editor’s summer reading list

    Five books to improve your academic writing.

  • Career Advice Retirement

    Creating retirement, step by step

    Building a fulfilling life after work means remaining creative, playful and open to opportunities.

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