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International Women’s Day: universities must work together to tackle inequality
Institutions with ideas for promoting gender equality should not keep them to themselves, says Kate Williams.
Washington Post
Universities in the U.S. respond to new executive order on immigration with concern
University leaders in the United States greeted President Trump’s revised executive order on immigration with a mix of relief and deep concern Monday.
Toronto Star
Opinion: Crucial for Canada’s scientific research efforts to be agile
With the greatest respect to David Naylor and his colleagues, their report was never the point of the exercise. The point was the political decisions, writes Paul Wells.
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Women ‘slipping down career ladder’ in Canadian universities
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CBC
Where are the women in science? Quebec wants to know
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