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March 2017

BY NATHALIE KINNARD | February 16 2017

Arctic researcher Dany Dumont has mobilized the varsity canoe team in the name of science.

BY SHAUNA MCGINN | February 13 2017

Stan Kutcher aims to improve mental health triage on campus with Pathway through Mental Health Care for Postsecondary Settings Project.

BY TARA SIEBARTH | February 08 2017

EDITOR’S NOTE No selfies, please: The ethics of service-learning abroad LETTERS Underperforming … or struggling? PEOPLE ON THE MOVE On Feb. 1, Carrie Bourassa became the scientific director of the Institute of Aboriginal Peoples’ Health, one of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, and other appointments. CAMPUS Poetry pops up on Mount Royal campus vercoming […]

BY MOIRA MACDONALD | February 08 2017

University students are increasingly seeking stints volunteering in developing countries. Now, there’s a move to make these trips more ethical and meaningful to both students and their hosts.

BY MIGUEL HAHN & REBECCA HUGLER | February 08 2017

“Each map features in its centerfold a visual timeline that suggests strategies for staying on track.”

BY BRIAN OWENS | February 08 2017

With a limited alumni pool and resources, small- and medium-sized universities leverage personal connections to find donors.

BY NATALIE SAMSON | February 07 2017

“I immediately fell in love with how visceral it is and how hard it is, and how it’s really like learning a language.”

BY JESSICA RIDDELL | February 07 2017

“Encountering different voices singing different tunes has the potential to create new and powerful combinations.”

BY MARK CARDWELL | February 06 2017

Looking at ways to stop Canadians from becoming radicalized.

BY SHAUNA MCGINN | February 06 2017

This is happening just in time for the university’s 50th anniversary in 2017.

BY TERESA KRAMARZ & KOUROSH HOUSHMAND | February 03 2017

“We see an opportunity to breathe new life and richer content into the growing number of incubators across campuses.”

BY SHAUNA MCGINN | February 01 2017

Several Canadian universities have had their IT systems taken hostage over the past year.

BY ADAM CRYMBLE | January 23 2017

An expat explains how a temporary leave to study in the U.K. turned into a life abroad – and what the government could do to bring him back.