2012
Move over, X-Ring, there’s a new kid on the block.
Pass the okra, please.
Canada’s first new law school in more than three decades opens at Thompson Rivers University in the B.C. interior.
As journals test the waters of open peer review, authors and editors remain divided over the merits of tinkering with a tried-and-true system.
A Canadian doctor combined instinct, medical knowledge and historical research to pinpoint the emergence of HIV and its spread through Africa and beyond.
Roughly half the intellectual property in this area leaves the country, say researchers.
As China updates its research protocols and Western scientists gain access to huge populations for genetics research, such partnerships are way of the future.
A professor wants LGBT people to be able to express themselves openly.
Video extolling the virtues of moderate exercise viewed by nearly two million people.
Cape Breton University’s integrative science program works to bring indigenous learning and science together.
Federal government must decide how much funding to give Canada’s high-speed computing network.
A professor helps to revive a Cape Breton Island tradition.
Vancouver’s transit service agrees the project has merit.
Hard Rock Medical follows a group of medical students at a fictional school in Northern Ontario.
UBC professor Ernest Mathijs deconstructs what makes a film a cult classic.
Presidents and senior administrators from 36 universities convene for AUCC workshop about mental health issues on campus.
In the social-media age, “face time” between students and professors is becoming rare.
Nuclear imaging has revolutionized how we diagnose and treat life-threatening diseases. But the technology requires a reliable supply of isotopes to produce the high-quality images. Canada had it, but nearly lost it, throwing the nuclear imaging field into crisis. The federal government wants to ensure that doesn’t happen again.
It may not let you forget all your troubles and cares, as Petula Clark once sang, but going downtown is proving popular for many universities.