November 2014

Student evaluations are important.

Rape chants and allegations of sexual assault spur universities to think hard about how they’re handling violence against women.

Assessing student performance is an integral part of academic life, if not always a very appealing one. The good news is that it’s getting better and easier.

With retirement at age 65 no longer mandatory in Canada, members of the boomer generation – including academics – are asking that pivotal question.

Early findings suggest that the work and resources that schools invest in MOOCs are benefiting students on their campuses, too.

The typical PhD funding package is for four or five years but the typical PhD takes six or seven.

A requiem for 14 women.

The Canadian-led study has upended many assumptions about the causes of death, which are often poorly tracked in developing countries.

Seizing the moment through dance.

The upcoming program reform represents an immense opportunity for those who are still reeling from SSHRC’s 2009 decision to carve out new success at CIHR.

Nary a moot point at Canada’s oldest student law competition.

The Royal Society of Canada has created the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists. The inaugural 91 members, all university academics, were announced in September and will be officially recognized at the RSC’s annual meeting in Quebec City on Nov. 21. The college’s mandate is “to gather scholars, artists and scientists at a highly productive […]

Central attraction of Concordia-owned building is a chapel-turned-reading room.