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BY BRENDA BROUWER | MAY 09 2017

By its actions, the country has shown its deep commitment to diversity, inclusivity and global citizenry.

BY MICHAEL SINATRA | MAY 02 2017

The recently announced awards from the Trans-Atlantic Platform support projects across the disciplinary spectrum.

BY ANDRE COSTOPOULOS | APR 21 2017

Shouting down controversial speakers and obstructing campus events are not new phenomena, and there are ways to handle it appropriately.

BY ANGELA CAMPBELL | APR 17 2017

If developed and implemented with meaningful consultation, such policies can have both a symbolic and instrumental impact.

BY DEENA SHAFFER | APR 11 2017

What calls to action will we take on? And, how can student affairs not only fulfill but exceed these commitments and calls?

BY DEBORAH POFF | APR 04 2017

COPE’s principal objective is “to educate and advance knowledge in methods of safeguarding the integrity of the scholarly record for the benefit of the public.”

BY DANIEL WOOLF | MAR 28 2017

In exchange for a company funding their doctoral program, grads would commit to four years’ employment afterward at that firm.

BY JEAN-CHRISTOPHE BÉLISLE-PIPON ET AL | MAR 20 2017

Patterned after the existing Quebec model, such a committee would be an essential bridge between the chief science advisor and student researchers.

BY ELIZA BATEMAN, CATHERINE NYGREN & PAUL YACHNIN | MAR 14 2017

Organizers are reviewing results of the pilot project and aim to launch the next phase this fall.

BY MITCH DIAMANTOPOULOS | MAR 07 2017

“While ‘truthiness’ suggests at least a semblance of truth, ‘post-truth’ declares its utter obsolescence.”

BY ROBERT HACHÉ & ROBERT GREENWOOD | FEB 27 2017

For a decade now, the ResearchImpact network, representing 12 Canadian universities, has been engaged in knowledge mobilization with measureable impacts.

BY ROBERT O'KELL | FEB 22 2017

They should be used to inform and encourage, not to penalize.

BY KIM MCKECHNEY | FEB 14 2017

A university communications and marketing director tries to cut through the bafflegab.

BY TERESA KRAMARZ & KOUROSH HOUSHMAND | FEB 03 2017

“We see an opportunity to breathe new life and richer content into the growing number of incubators across campuses.”

BY TED HEWITT | JAN 30 2017

The film’s authenticity owes a special nod to a McGill linguistics professor.

BY MARC COUTURE | JAN 25 2017

If the famous blacklist is to be replaced, it needs a rethink.

BY DANIEL NIVEN | JAN 17 2017

Newer tests and treatments are not always better and too much care can be bad for your health.

BY GERALD WALTON | JAN 09 2017

Why should stretched public dollars go to undeserved six-figure salaries for people who do not do their jobs?

BY G. RAPLEY BUNTING | JAN 04 2017

The program would be modeled on our system of mortgage financing, with repayment periods of up to 25 years.

BY PAUL DAVIDSON | DEC 09 2016

The search is now on for Canada’s chief science advisor.