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2015

BY NATALIE SAMSON | August 06 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 […]

BY TARA SIEBARTH | August 05 2015

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 […]

BY JENNY GREEN | August 05 2015

Universities have started to think seriously about how to reach this historically large demographic – and maybe make money at the same time.

BY NATALIE SAMSON | August 05 2015

Philosophy professor Karyn Freedman took risks by using her own rape as a way of analyzing sexual violence and trauma.

BY LÉO CHARBONNEAU | August 05 2015

We’ve canvassed Canada’s
universities to compile a list of the country’s
best campus traditions.

BY ERIN CLOW | August 04 2015

An alt-ac career is not the traditional route for a PhD, but it’s not shameful.

BY LÉO CHARBONNEAU | July 31 2015

Mount Royal magazine plays off iconic war posters to encourage women to join up.

BY SPARROW MCGOWAN | July 31 2015

Famous Canadians tell us how one professor changed their life.

BY LAURA MOSS | July 30 2015

Improve your chances with academic journals.

BY JENNIFER HALSALL | July 29 2015

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 […]

BY ALAN MACEACHERN | July 29 2015

For a professor, there’s always more to be done than you feel capable of doing.

BY NATALIE SAMSON | July 21 2015

A collection of love letters from 130 poets past and present offers a slice of literary history.

BY NATALIE SAMSON | July 15 2015

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 […]

BY TARA SIEBARTH | June 10 2015

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 […]

BY TIM JOHNSON | June 10 2015

Scholars say the rise of automated, and increasingly autonomous, robotic technologies requires greater ethical scrutiny.

BY BECKY RYNOR | June 10 2015

From puppets to a personalized pizza box, libraries’ special collections are home to some very strange items.

BY ROSANNA TAMBURRI | June 10 2015

Even students who don’t choose to practice euthanasia will need to learn how to discuss the topic with their patients.

BY MARIE LAMBERT-CHAN | June 09 2015

The “Kijiji Index” looks at who is buying what online.

BY MELONIE FULLICK | June 09 2015

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 […]

BY JENNIFER HALSALL | June 09 2015

Stylish Student Learning Centre a new gateway to campus.