2015
The University of Alberta appointed Heather McCaw to the position of vice-president, advancement, effective Sept. 15. Ms. McCaw is currently co-director of the University of British Columbia’s $1.5-billion fundraising and alumni engagement campaign and associate vice-president, development. Previously, she was vice-president of Give Canada Fundraising Corporation and Spectrum Marketing Corporation. Molecular biologist Philip Barker was […]
EDITOR’S NOTE My generation: Look who’s coming PEOPLE ON THE MOVE York U Engineer Alidad Amirfazli named inaugural president of College of New Scholars, and other appointments CAMPUS Canadian poets write letters of love Rosie wants women in STEM A place for students to hang their weary heads The Mount honours women’s achievements NOTA BENE […]
Universities have started to think seriously about how to reach this historically large demographic – and maybe make money at the same time.
Philosophy professor Karyn Freedman took risks by using her own rape as a way of analyzing sexual violence and trauma.
We’ve canvassed Canada’s
universities to compile a list of the country’s
best campus traditions.
An alt-ac career is not the traditional route for a PhD, but it’s not shameful.
Mount Royal magazine plays off iconic war posters to encourage women to join up.
Famous Canadians tell us how one professor changed their life.
Improve your chances with academic journals.
For overtired students at the University of Calgary, salvation is at hand: a nap room to help you catch up on some much-needed rest. The nap room was a campaign promise by Kirsty McGowan, elected the student union’s vice-president of student life this past spring. She says she came up with the idea after researching […]
For a professor, there’s always more to be done than you feel capable of doing.
A collection of love letters from 130 poets past and present offers a slice of literary history.
Effective July 1, Deborah Hurst is the new dean for the faculty of business at Athabasca University. She served as acting dean for two years. In 2008, Dr. Hurst became MBA program director and, in 2009, associate dean of the faculty of business. Carleton University has named Jill Lahn Stoner director of the Azrieli School […]
EDITOR’S NOTE Moral of the story: How humans and robots get along PEOPLE ON THE MOVE William Robins appointed president of Victoria University in the University of Toronto, and other appointments Algoma University named Shirley Horn its first chancellor CAMPUS Cape Breton students work to save historic lighthouse Ryerson makes its mark on Yonge Street […]
Scholars say the rise of automated, and increasingly autonomous, robotic technologies requires greater ethical scrutiny.
From puppets to a personalized pizza box, libraries’ special collections are home to some very strange items.
Even students who don’t choose to practice euthanasia will need to learn how to discuss the topic with their patients.
The “Kijiji Index” looks at who is buying what online.
Recently, I’ve been thinking about the digital tools I use in the process of researching and writing and whether others may find these programs useful. Here, I focus on tools I’ve worked with in various ways for academic and other research over the past year. Topsy: Twitter research, past and present If you’re doing any […]
Stylish Student Learning Centre a new gateway to campus.