June-July 2018

EDITOR’S NOTE Telling our stories: A voice for the university community LETTERS A pledge for university presidents PEOPLE ON THE MOVE Melissa Merrigan was named associate registrar, student records and services, at MacEwan University, effective April 3, and other appointments. CAMPUS An ancient language goes digital An artful celebration of Brandon U King’s in Halifax […]

Many of these campus gardens have become leaders in botanical education, horticultural research and conservation.

Colleges seeking university status aren’t just looking to change their institutions – they’re aiming to change what a university can be.

In more than 4,000 paintings over 15 years, Brandon University stands out as a favourite subject of plein-air painter Weiming Zhao.

Finding success in rejection.

There are challenges of course. Inevitably negative messages quickly go viral and it can be difficult to respond.

Quebec needs more teaching graduates to respond to growing K-12 enrolment; meanwhile, the rest of Canada is also looking for French-speaking teachers.

An excerpt from the latest novel by University of Calgary professor Suzette Mayr.

Women shouldn’t feel obligated to take up administrative roles to mitigate past gender biases – we are doing so already, in whatever academic positions we already hold.

“Tackling these questions in an open, transparent and scholarly way is one of the things we’re doing to make ourselves more welcoming as a community to people of diverse racial backgrounds,” said King’s president.

“There is a sense of pride, a sense of continued resilience in language learning,” says coordinator at the University of New Brunswick’s Mi’kmaq-Wolastoqey Centre.