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BY MICHAEL ROBIN | February 19 2014

Rocky Mountain retreat brought together Norwegian and Canadian students to roll up their sleeves and get to work.

Take a dozen or so graduate students, add a pile of raw satellite data for them to analyze and sequester them in a remote location for 10 days. The end goal: the preparation of two scientific papers ready for publication. That was the recipe for a high-intensity graduate course for budding Canadi...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/sequestered-students-write-space-science-papers-in-10-days/
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BY ARIK LIGETI | April 30 2014

For computer programmers, it’s GitHub.

In the world of computer programming, “It's more important to have a GitHub page than it is to have Facebook or Twitter,” says Adam Tindale, a professor at OCAD University. GitHub is an online network that allows people to share code. Over...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/whats-a-bigger-social-media-site-than-facebook/
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BY ROSANNA TAMBURRI | March 11 2015

Move reflects the fact that research is increasingly global in scope, scholars say.

This year’s Continue reading will feature more speakers and panelists from the United States and Europe, as organizers seek to broaden the appeal of the event and attract more international delegates to Canada’s largest interdis...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/congress-of-the-humanities-and-social-sciences-welcomes-more-international-delegates/
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BY UA/AU | January 07 2016

“Although there are some initial start-up costs … we believe that the costs of maintaining the site would be minimal.”

From a final report of the publications committee regarding “a World Wide Web site for AUCC” (now Universities Canada, publisher of University Affairs) dated Jan. 10, 1996, almost exactly 20 years ago. “If you build it, they will come.” AUCC’s Publications Commi...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/throwback-1996-universities-canada-gets-a-website/
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BY NATALIE SAMSON | March 23 2016

Organizations praise funding boosts for campus infrastructure, research and financial aid, but more could be done for indigenous students, some say.

The university sector responded swiftly to the first budget released by the federal Liberals under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on March 22. The government pledged billions of dollars that will directly and indirectly benefit postsecondary education through funding for infrastructure, research and ...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/university-sector-responds-favourably-to-federal-budget/
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BY BRENNA BAGGS | June 07 2016

Our cars and refrigerators “are spying on us,” says Ray Boisvert at SFU Mindshare event.

The internet of things is here, and ever-expanding. Most see objects like cars and fridges that can send and receive data as cause for celebration. But few pay attention to the fact that these connected devices can be used for surreptitious surveillance, warned global cybersecurity expert Ray Boisve...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/your-smart-appliances-may-be-hacked-warns-security-expert/
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BY BRIAN OWENS | February 08 2017

With a limited alumni pool and resources, small- and medium-sized universities leverage personal connections to find donors.

In fundraising, it’s the personal relationships that matter, says Susan Montague, senior campaign advisor at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton. “People give to people.” Those personal relationships will be vital in the coming months, she says. In December, UNB launched its late...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/smaller-universities-fundraising-challenge-scale-not-technique/
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BY GRACE KARRAM STEPHENSON | February 09 2017

Drawing on post-Tiananmen Square experiences, Ruth Hayhoe says it’s better to engage with U.S. colleagues.

As professors and graduate students across Canada soon head into conference season, many are reconsidering their plans to attend academic events in the United States. As of February 7, more than 6,200 scholars have signed an https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/dont-boycott-u-s-academic-conferences-u-t-prof-urges/
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BY TIM LOUGHEED | March 29 2017

Eleven PhD grads are serving for one year in various federal departments around Ottawa.

For more than 40 years, the American Association for the Advancement of Science has maintained Continue readingthat creates temporary placements each year for hundreds of scientists and engineers in various parts of the U.S. ...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/mitacs-fellows-pursue-science-policy-halls-government/
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BY JEAN-FRANÇOIS VENNE | July 05 2017

There’s been a substantial turnover of university leaders recently in Quebec, and finding replacements has sometimes proven difficult.

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https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/tough-job-university-rector-quebec/
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BY HANNAH HOAG | September 19 2017

The new station in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, will study Arctic issues including climate change.

This October, as the sun begins to settle low on the horizon and the snow piles up in the Nunavut hamlet of Ikaluktutiak (Cambridge Bay), the Canadian government will officially throw open the doors to its new $250-million Arctic research station. The copper-toned main research building at the heart...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/canadas-new-arctic-research-station-readies-grand-opening/
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BY ANQI SHEN | March 20 2019

The federal government’s pre-election budget contains several key items for students and universities.

Ahead of the fall election, the federal Liberals tabled a budget on March 19 focused on skills, employment and youth, along with other items related to affordable housing, pharmacare and seniors. The budget contains several key items for the postsecondary sector, including a target to create 84,000 ...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/budget-2019-promotes-skills-scholarships-and-indigenous-student-access/
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BY ANQI SHEN | July 08 2019

The centre, hosted by Ryerson University, has an ambitious mandate that includes funding and evaluating new approaches to skills development.

In the offices of an arts and cultural hub in Toronto’s Regent Park neighbourhood, a handful of staff of the Continue reading are settling into their new jobs. In February, it was announced that Ryerson University won the bid to host the FSC – not to be conf...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/future-skills-centre-looks-at-scaling-up-best-practices-for-canadas-workforce/
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BY DIANE PETERS | March 25 2020

“We’ve had dress rehearsals with MERS, SARS and H1N1. We’ve been there before,” says one researcher. “What are we going to learn this time in a way that actually sticks?”

We don’t yet know how to prevent, treat and address all the ramifications of COVID-19, but many university-based researchers are trying. Canadian academics are working on dozens of research projects on the virus, with more to follow as the Canadian Institutes of Health Research has just released <...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/how-three-canadian-research-teams-are-battling-the-pandemic/
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BY NATALIE SAMSON | March 31 2020

Here’s how several universities have responded so far to Ottawa’s appeal for critical supplies, expertise and labour in response to the pandemic.

A week after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Continue reading for help in the fight against COVID-19, institutions and researchers a...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/canadian-universities-heed-the-call-for-help-in-the-fight-against-covid-19/
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BY UA/AU | July 31 2021

July 28, 2021

Brock students in residence will need to be vaccinated this fall

Continue reading is now requi...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/covid-19-updates-for-july-2021/
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BY TARA SIEBARTH | November 30 2021

November 24, 2021

USask will bring back in-person lectures of 200 or more students

The University of Saskatchewan is announcing more in-person instruction for the winter team, according to the https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/covid-19-updates-for-november-2021/
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BY HANNAH LIDDLE | April 08 2022

Budget 2022 largely focuses on housing affordability, clean growth and defence, with few targeted investments in scientific research.

The precarious global economic situation served as a backdrop for the tabling of the 2022 budget by Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland on April 7. Although Canada’s economy has largely rebounded from the pandemic, shocks from the war in Ukraine, the resurgence of COVID-19 in China, and the effects...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/federal-budget-prioritizes-innovation-but-the-postsecondary-sectors-role-is-unclear/
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BY WENDY GLAUSER | September 28 2022

The new framework advises medical school instructors to develop a global health curriculum that emphasizes cross-cultural competencies and a patient-centred approach.

In the early 2000s, Kevin Pottie was a physician working in Canada and around the world with people displaced by conflict, famine and persecution. At times, however, Dr. Pottie worried that the burdensome amount of medical tests he and his colleagues were required to perform was undercutting the c...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/global-health-experts-release-new-medical-training-framework-to-improve-care-for-refugees-and-migrants/
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BY HANNAH LIDDLE | May 08 2023

‘Adopt a Grand-Student’ is part of the university’s commitment to being an age-friendly university.

During the Winter term, some 60 third- and fourth-year kinesiology students at Ontario Tech University were matched with older adults of varying activity levels. The older adults volunteered to share a favourite activity with the student, like walking along a trail or going curling. Students shared ...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/ontario-tech-kinesiology-course-combats-agism/
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