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BY SPARROW MCGOWAN | APR 03 2018

“We’ll talk about anything they want to talk about, as long as we have something educated to say about it.”

BY NATALIE SAMSON | MAR 29 2018

24 researchers will soon join Canadian universities from institutions around the world – many of them expats looking for a way home.

BY ANQI SHEN | MAR 27 2018

The Canadian Association of Research Libraries proposes that institutions renegotiate unsustainable deals with journal publishers and transition toward open access.

BY ANQI SHEN | MAR 22 2018

The Varsity’s online content in simplified Chinese boasts a growing readership among thousands of Chinese international students on campus.

BY VIRGINIA GALT | MAR 20 2018

Notes from graduates at U of T, Western and McMaster give new students – and alumni engagement offices – a boost during a difficult time.

BY MARK CARDWELL | MAR 16 2018

The initiative will feature three co-chairs with different specialties from three separate universities.

BY SNEH DUGGAL | MAR 14 2018

Ontario universities came under the provincial ombudsman’s oversight in 2016. The office has since received more than 500 university-related complaints.

BY PIERRE BLAIS | MAR 13 2018

At a meeting of university leaders last month, Louise Champoux-Paillé offered advice for making overdue changes to higher-ed governance.

BY NATALIE SAMSON | MAR 12 2018

The Interior University Research Coalition in B.C. launched late in 2017.

BY ALEX GILLIS | MAR 05 2018

“When we noticed that people were using university or grant money for these conferences, we had to put a stop to it,” said one department chair.

BY ANQI SHEN | MAR 02 2018

Students in a prison law clinical course offered by Queen’s University help federal inmates with legal grievances.

BY SORAYA ROBERTS | MAR 01 2018

After purchasing Sam the Record Man’s flagship store in 2008, Ryerson University officially returned the music shop’s iconic sign to downtown Toronto in January.

BY ANQI SHEN | FEB 28 2018

An injection of $3 billion for research and expressed support for the “next generation of researchers” figures prominently in the federal budget.

BY DIANE PETERS | FEB 22 2018

On the 10th anniversary of the first massive open online course, they are more numerous than ever.

BY HELEN MURPHY | FEB 21 2018

New Zealand’s chief scientist Peter Gluckman was among a trio of advisers offering their insights at the recent AAAS annual meeting.

BY SPARROW MCGOWAN | FEB 19 2018

The campus training hubs aim to keep top athletes in Canada.

BY NATALIE SAMSON | FEB 16 2018

Federal funding of $950 million promised for the five winning bids from across the country.

BY TARA SIEBARTH | FEB 14 2018

Soapbox Science trains women working in STEM to engage the public about their research by taking it to the streets.

BY ANQI SHEN | FEB 12 2018

Leaders from multiple sectors discussed universities of the future at Univation event in Ottawa.

BY MARK CARDWELL | FEB 08 2018

“All of us are very supportive when it comes to helping our students reach their athletic goals,” says one dean.

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