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BY EMMA MCPHEE | JAN 29 2020

In this program, Indigenous PhD students receive a stipend, teaching experience, faculty mentor and time to complete their dissertation.

BY MOIRA FARR | JAN 24 2020

The lab was itself subjected to a botched sting operation by undercover agents seeking to discredit its work.

BY FLORENCE SARA G. FERRARIS | JAN 20 2020

Under pressure from student groups and others, an increasing number of universities are setting objectives to reduce the carbon footprint of their investment portfolios.

BY NATALIE SAMSON | JAN 17 2020

A new hydroponic system will allow the university to harvest hundreds of pounds of greens a month out of a refurbished shipping container.

BY LAURA BEAULNE-STUEBING | JAN 16 2020

Efforts by the Canadian Association for Graduate Studies to standardize Three-Minute Thesis competitions across the country have been met with some resistance from participating universities.

BY NATALIE SAMSON | JAN 14 2020

This Wednesday at 1 p.m. EST, universities across the country will honour those who died aboard UIA Flight 752 last week.

BY JORDAN WHITEHOUSE | JAN 10 2020

Thanks to researcher Shannon Berch, UBC might be the first Canadian university to successfully cultivate the pricey foodie staple.

BY NATALIE SAMSON | JAN 09 2020

Dozens of students, professors and researchers from universities across the country have been identified among the 176 victims.

BY NATALIE SAMSON | DEC 20 2019

The university estimates that students who opt for the ZTC degree program could save $5,000 over four years by exclusively using open-access course texts and library course reserves.

BY EVA VOINIGESCU | DEC 19 2019

The 15 teams chosen for the Canadian Space Agency’s CubeSat program have until this fall to get their designs ready for a 2021 launch.

BY JEAN-FRANÇOIS VENNE | DEC 18 2019

The Intersectoral Student Committee in Quebec findings reveal that postdocs face financial and professional instability, among other challenges.

BY CHRISTINA FRANGOU | DEC 16 2019

The provincial budget hits students hard as universities adjust to a leaner financial future.

BY SHAUNA MCGINN | DEC 10 2019

The government policy resulted in a widespread loss of funding for student services and activities.

BY LÉO CHARBONNEAU | DEC 10 2019

Statistics Canada releases its latest data on the numbers and salaries of full-time teaching staff for the 2018-2019 academic year.

BY LÉO CHARBONNEAU | DEC 03 2019

Universities across the country mark the 30th anniversary of the shooting at Polytechnique Montréal.

BY LAURA BEAULNE-STUEBING | NOV 29 2019

70 percent of respondents said they had witnessed or experienced racism on campus.

BY NATALIE SAMSON | NOV 26 2019

He just wouldn’t stay away.

BY MICHAEL RANCIC | NOV 25 2019

As firms like Uber and Airbnb become ubiquitous, Canadian academics struggle to find reliable data to analyze how the “digital platform economy” affects labour and policy-making.

BY PASCALE CASTONGUAY | NOV 19 2019

The new board chair of Universities Canada lays out her priorities.

BY LESLEY EVANS OGDEN | NOV 19 2019

Variations in the language used by men and women in their applications didn’t seem to be a factor, however.

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