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BY BONNIE STEWART | July 10 2013

Understanding MOOCs as a battle between marketization and traditional higher education blocks us from envisioning other viable futures for higher education.

In the ongoing buzz and backlash around MOOCs (massive open online courses) clogging higher education news these days, the narratives are hardening. Dialogue around change in higher education increasingly centres on the illusion of a simple divide: the https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/in-my-opinion/moving-beyond-a-binary-view-of-moocs/
Graduate Matters
BY STEPHANIE DUPLEY | March 21 2018

To build an effective network that can lead to referrals, starting early is best.

networking event) and informally (meeting a friend of a friend who works at a company that interests you), as well as online, and in person. However, the very thought of actively meeting new people and conversing can make students shudder (especially us awkward folk), but the process of creating and...
https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/graduate-matters/networking-catalyst-academic-career-success/
News
BY SHAUNA MCGINN | February 01 2017

Several Canadian universities have had their IT systems taken hostage over the past year.

The word “ransom” usually brings to mind harrowing kidnappings by armed thugs. But, in the digital age, it’s taken on a new meaning with ransomware: malicious software, or malware, targeting personal computers or computer net-works at places like banks, hospitals – and uni-versities. Instead...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/universities-must-take-steps-protect-ransomware-attacks/
In my opinion
BY ROBERT HACHÉ & ROBERT GREENWOOD | February 27 2017

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

In last spring’s call to action, “Continue reading,” Canada’s Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, Navdeep Bains, challenged all sectors of society, including academia...
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/in-my-opinion/mobilizing-knowledge-benefit-communities-industry-government/
Responsibilities May Include
BY REBECCA MAYMON | April 28 2023

By using labour market information as a tool for targeted career exploration, you can facilitate a smoother transition to employment following graduation.

Labour market information can be a useful tool in career exploration by helping you to situate your career options within the context of the employment landscape. Information on the labour market can be general (e.g., Canada), moderately specific (e.g., the academic sector), or very specific (e.g., ...
https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/responsibilities-may-include/why-phds-should-consider-the-labour-market-when-exploring-careers/
News
BY SHARON ASCHAIEK | November 27 2017

Five universities and three community colleges hire a shared chief information security officer to help fend off attacks.

On a recent late Friday afternoon at Brock University, an administrative assistant received a phone call from someone identifying himself as being from Microsoft tech support. The caller alerted her to unusual activity on her PC and asked her to download an app so he could control her computer and s...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/several-ontario-universities-join-together-fight-cybercrime/
News
BY BRIAN OWENS | January 15 2019

Final applications are due February 7, just weeks after inaugural competition was launched.

networking opportunities provided by the Stem Cell Network, both the technical skills as well as softer skills like ethics, law and policy that are often not provided by universities. She said she fears future trainees will miss out on those opportunities. Ms. Yammine is working with the network ...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/researchers-scramble-to-meet-deadline-for-new-frontiers-research-fund/
News
BY MAXIME BILODEAU | March 01 2022

Whether they like it or not, Canadian institutions will have to address the issue of cybersecurity – before it’s too late.

Are Canadian universities vulnerable to cyberattacks? Not according to them. Unless regular operations are affected, very few postsecondary institutions report being victims of cybercrime. Case in point: when a major security flaw was discovered in December 2021, it wasn’t until the Quebec governm...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/universities-need-to-start-taking-cybersecurity-seriously/
News
BY SHARON ASCHAIEK | March 30 2022

New network will bring together academia, businesses, non-profits and government to collaborate on R&D, commercialization and talent development projects.

The federal government is moving to strengthen Canada’s national cybersecurity ecosystem with the help of five universities, amid rising digital crimes perpetrated by hackers, companies and governments. The Cyber Se...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/five-universities-supporting-canadas-cybersecurity-strategy/
The Black Hole
BY DAVID KENT | June 30 2010
networking events. This is exactly the type of thing that off campus research institutes need to create and support in an effort to compensate for the lack of a physical university campus. Importantly, there needs to be space and time given to exposing graduate students and post docs (and profess...
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/the-black-hole/doctors-of-philosophy-i-fear-not/
Career Advice
BY ROCHELLE MAZAR | February 27 2013

Aliases aren’t just for the infamous. Bibilotech podcast host Rochelle Mazar offers advice on separating the personal and the professional online.

Welcome to BiblioTech – the podcast about emerging technologies for academics. Your host is Rochelle Mazar, an emerging technologies librarian at the University of Toronto Mississauga. Every month you can listen in as Rochelle talks about what's new in technology and what academics should ...
https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/career-advice-article/episode-15-of-bibliotech-online-pseudonyms/
Career Advice
BY JOSÉ F. DOMENE | January 08 2019

Partners who accompany international students tend to be well-educated, yet many experience difficulties pursuing their own career goals once in Canada.

networking-the-social-costs/">positive and negative aspects of networking, the reality is that many Canadians find work through their networks of personal contacts. Even if your priority is not your career, developing a network of people that you can connect with locally can provide an important...
https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/career-advice-article/five-survival-strategies-for-spouses-and-partners-of-international-students/
Sponsored Content
BY BRAD SAFFER | January 08 2021

A flexible approach to teaching and learning – whether that’s onsite or remote – is now integral to delivering uninterrupted learning.

networking, collaboration and security technologies can help universities and colleges to navigate these uncertain times to drive student and educator success, maintain physical and virtual security and streamline operations to help with cost savings. https://universityaffairs.ca/magazine/sponsored-content/higher-education-institutions-must-embrace-technology-at-all-levels-to-survive-the-covid-19-crisis/
Responsibilities May Include
BY CLAIRE KAMALIDDIN | June 30 2023

Four steps graduate students, postdocs and their allies can take to advance equality.

Despite an increased proportion of full-time female faculty at Canadian universities, as reported by Continue reading, the “leaky pipeline” is not fixed. Women represent the majority of university graduat...
https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/responsibilities-may-include/how-to-take-action-against-gender-inequality-and-discrimination/
Graduate Matters
BY KULPREET CHEEMA | October 16 2023

By building a strong LinkedIn profile and reaching out to your network to do some information interviews, you are setting yourself on a path for success.

networking-catalyst-academic-career-success/">network with non-academic professionals with graduate degrees and learned about different career paths. In this column, I will focus on how to explore these fascinating non-academic career options with LinkedIn and informational interviews.

1. B...

https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/graduate-matters/beyond-the-books-a-practical-guide-to-linkedin-networking-and-exploring-diverse-careers/
Features
BY TIM LOUGHEED | June 09 2008

Canadian researchers have been chronicling the decline of the world’s fisheries for years yet some remain cautiously optimistic that we may still be able to turn the tide on their fate

Economics is known as the dismal science, but with numerous apocalyptic reports on the state of the world's fisheries, one could be forgiven for awarding the gloomy title to fisheries research. Canada has had a front-row seat to the drama of our depleted oceans with the collapse of the cod stocks...
https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/a-ray-of-hope-on-the-dark-seas/
Features
BY TIM LOUGHEED | April 06 2010

Enthusiastic volunteers help researchers with the labour-intensive task of collecting data and specimens in the field.

Nova Scotia’s Pugwash Estuary, on the Northumberland Strait across from Prince Edward Island, is the type of place that attracts the attention of naturalists. Featuring a largely undeveloped coastline and forested upland, the area hosts dozens of bird species, both on shore and on surrounding isla...
https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/citizens-sold-on-science/
Features
BY MARK CARDWELL | February 06 2017

Looking at ways to stop Canadians from becoming radicalized.

For Canadian scholar Lorne Dawson, it isn’t the Continue reading in Paris, the slaughter at Continue reading or the murderou...
https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/academics-investigate-roots-radicalization/
Features
BY KERRY BANKS | March 24 2021

Researcher’s early-career findings were controversial but ultimately gained wider acceptance.

In the late 1990s, while pursuing her PhD in forestry, Suzanne Simard began to develop some radical ideas that clashed with established beliefs about how forests function. According to veteran foresters, trees were isolated loners engaged in a cutthroat competition for ...
https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/suzanne-simard-overcame-adversity-to-unlock-the-secret-world-of-trees/
News
May 01 2013

Nine of 10 members of the Université du Québec network of universities have told CREPUQ they intend to leave by this fall.

A majority of Quebec universities have announced their intention to leave the Conference of Rectors and Principals of Quebec, according to reports today in Quebec in Le Soleil,...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/majority-of-quebec-universities-say-they-intend-to-leave-crepuq/
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