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Looking at ways to stop Canadians from becoming radicalized.
Much can be done to better support Indigenous students at all levels, she says.
An expat explains how a temporary leave to study in the U.K. turned into a life abroad – and what the government could do to bring him back.
The number of predatory publishers is skyrocketing – and they’re eager to pounce on unsuspecting scholars.
For the last five semesters I have co-taught an introductory biology course. Until now, this has not been the norm in our department. This semester has been different for many instructors: half of our courses are now co-instructed. This dramatic restructuring has caused me to reflect on my experience as a member of a teaching […]
Researchers are discovering that the microbes in the human gut don’t just aid digestion, but likely play important roles in the development and regulation of many diseases.
Just starting out? Worried about your lectures, your students, your time-management skills and more? Eight academics offer up their advice.
Celebrating research that finds academic writers have varied writing practices.
Once seen as a silly topic for academic study, boredom is now attracting scientists as well as humanities scholars.
The approach of Canada’s 150th anniversary, or sesquicentennial, provides an opportunity to reflect not just on where the country is heading, but also on where it’s been. To that effect, we decided to take a look back in the pages of University Affairs circa 1964 to 1967 to see what was preoccupying universities in the […]
Multidisciplinary group based at Dalhousie University plans to track subjects into adulthood to see what strategies lead to success.
One parent finds that, despite efforts to make it fairer, the process still favours those with money.
Graduate students are trying out Three Minute Thesis-type competitions for the soft skills, public connection – and just a tiny bit of fame.
This series sponsored by the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences features notable humanities and social sciences researchers with smart ideas for a better tomorrow. This month, we spoke with Yoko Yoshida, associate professor in Dalhousie University’s Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology. After almost 20 years as a landed immigrant from Japan, Yoko Yoshida has extensive […]
At University of Waterloo’s Hack the North, 1,000 students compete to create a new program or project in a gruelling 36-hour contest.
For the benefit of the entire university community, we need to talk, we need to work together and we need to quell the self-righteous rhetoric.
Experts from within and outside of academia expound on what role universities can play to further the innovation agenda.
Over the last two years the department of educational studies at Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) has been attempting to push the limits of what a small department can do to create compelling online courses and digital resources. As part of this experiment our popular first year transitions course, Introduction to Higher Education, was offered in […]
Where are the women?
The programs not only upgrade their academic qualifications but expose immigrants to how their profession is practised in Canada.