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2018

BY TARA SIEBARTH | November 07 2018

EDITOR’S NOTE A few things: How it all comes together LETTERS Don’t like it, don’t go PEOPLE ON THE MOVE Gavan Watson will step into a new role as director of Memorial University’s Centre for Innovation in Teaching and Learning, starting Nov. 5, and other appointments. CAMPUS Memorial’s new Signal Hill Campus taps into local […]

BY BRIAN OWENS | November 07 2018

Working with international colleagues can provide new insights and even a career boost, but it takes patience and planning.

BY SHEILA COTE-MEEK | November 06 2018

For lasting transformation to occur, these changes need to be embedded in our administrative and educational structures.

BY NATALIE SAMSON | November 05 2018

New conference centre, residence and business park in St. John’s focuses on tech and social innovation.

BY TARA SIEBARTH | November 02 2018

The researcher’s curiosity about comics culture all started in childhood.

BY MOIRA FARR | October 31 2018

In all the strategizing, expanding and refining of services on offer to students who struggle with anxiety, depression or any number of other serious mental illnesses, faculty are asking, where do we fit?

BY SALMA MAHGOUB | October 30 2018

Fourteen students were admitted to the medical school through the Black Student Application Program this year.

BY JULIA EASTMAN | October 26 2018

It’s up to all of us, with a bit of mutual understanding, to stem the tide of increasing regulation at Canada’s universities.

BY ANQI SHEN | October 24 2018

An array of new programs gives students an opportunity to tackle issues of importance to their local communities.

BY EMILY BARON CADLOFF | October 22 2018

With the Adopt-A-Soldier project, Wendy Robicheau is giving life to the names on Acadia’s war memorials.

BY DIANE PETERS | October 05 2018

The growing field of family economics applies the basic economic concepts to the family unit, allowing researchers to explore some fundamental policy issues.

BY BRIAN OWENS | October 04 2018

From state-of-the-art research trucks to drones and satellites, Flux Lab uses an arsenal of tools in its quest to measure greenhouse gas emissions across Canada.

BY TARA SIEBARTH | October 03 2018

EDITOR’S NOTE Crisis? What crisis?: The theatrics of campus free speech LETTERS A disservice to students PEOPLE ON THE MOVE Ryerson University has appointed David Cramb dean of the faculty of science, effective Oct. 15, and other appointments. CAMPUS Why this librarian is unearthing the lives of war dead With more than 150,000 kilometres already […]

BY ANQI SHEN | October 03 2018

Hansard, a massive document of every word spoken in Canada’s parliamentary debates, is now online.

BY MOIRA MACDONALD | October 03 2018

Clashes over the limits of free speech continue to divide students and faculty.

BY ANQI SHEN | October 02 2018

The federal government wants to bring a pilot version of the U.K. charter to Canada to promote equity and inclusion in research.

BY JESSICA RIDDELL | October 01 2018

Disruption does not occur without dissonance. The more disruptive the idea, the higher the likelihood of significant disturbance.

BY TIM LOUGHEED | September 28 2018

The Science Meets Parliament event will take place on Parliament Hill to coincide with annual science policy conference in Ottawa.

BY ANQI SHEN | September 26 2018

We asked our readers: what is the one teaching tip, tool or technique you can’t live without?

BY SUSAN PORTER & LISA YOUNG | September 24 2018

A new taskforce report by the Canadian Association for Graduate Studies says it’s time to rethink the PhD.