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BY SEYRAM KUDOLO & NATALIE SAMSON | May 06 2019

Some of Canada’s biggest research honours were recently bestowed by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council and the Canada Council for the Arts.

In the past few weeks, Canadian research-funding agencies took the time to announce the winners of some of the most prestigious awards in this country – just in time for the end of the academic year.

NSERC Prizes

On May 6, Governor General Julie Payette, Science Minister Kirsty Duncan, ...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/nserc-and-killam-award-winners-announced/
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BY BRIAN OWENS | August 16 2021

Building on the research that was done may help prepare for future pandemics.

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research and its partners have so far handed out more than 550 grants worth over $250 million for research related to COVID-19. Some will undoubtedly lead to significant breakthroughs that will help us deal with this pandemic and those that follow in future. Others,...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/emergency-covid-19-grants-need-careful-follow-up/
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BY HANNAH LIDDLE | December 01 2021

Universities and colleges are hoping to send students from non-traditional backgrounds to work and study abroad.

In 2018, international students Continue reading on tuition in Canada, having contributed an estimated 40 per cent of all Canadian tuition fees over a 10-year period. This is one rather obvio...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/global-skills-opportunity-program-launches-across-canada/
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BY MARK CARDWELL | January 28 2022

One sports psychologist says he’s seen a major upswing in mood and anxiety-related symptoms over the past two years.

Kaitlin Swartz was hoping for big things in 2022. A medalist at the last Canada West championships in February 2020, the middle-distance runner with the University of Alberta track and field team was expected to reach the podium again in February 2022. That’s when the meet returns after a one-year...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/pandemic-playing-games-with-canadian-university-athletes/
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BY SHARON ASCHAIEK | February 15 2022

Project aims to show it’s possible to remove gigatons of CO2 from the atmosphere and store it beneath the seabed.

A multi-university collaboration to mitigate the intensifying climate crisis is aiming high by going low – way down low, nearly three kilometres below the ocean. The ambitious goal of the Continue reading Project is to extract carbon dioxide from the atmosphere...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/university-partnership-exploring-rock-solid-solution-to-climate-change/
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BY SHARON ASCHAIEK | February 15 2022

Le projet vise à démontrer qu’il est possible d’extraire des gigatonnes de CO2 de l’atmosphère et de les stocker sous le plancher océanique.

Une collaboration interuniversitaire cherchant à atténuer l’intensification de la crise climatique vise haut en descendant très bas, c’est-à-dire à près de trois kilomètres sous l’océan. L’objectif ambitieux du projet Continue reading consiste à...
https://www.affairesuniversitaires.ca/actualites/actualites-article/changements-climatiques-des-chercheurs-explorent-une-solution-solide-comme-le-roc/
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BY JULIET O'NEILL | April 26 2022

Universities are reacting to the invasion in a range of ways, and some could affect the study of Russia and Ukraine for both scholars and students.

The Kremlin’s war on Ukraine has evoked such strong reaction in Canadian academia that scholars may remove the word “Russian” from at least one program title. That’s just one way the conflict is leaving a potentially permanent mark on the university sector. The fallout includes a surge of su...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/russias-war-on-ukraine-shakes-academia/
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BY ÉMILE BÉRUBÉ-LUPIEN | June 20 2022

Young leaders reflect on the legacy of the province’s largest-ever student protests.

In 2012, Quebec student organizations including the Fédération étudiante collégiale du Québec (FECQ), the Coalition large de l’Association pour une solidarité syndicale étudiante (CLASSE) and the Fédération étudiante universitaire du Québec (FEUQ) joined forces to reverse the Liberal go...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/whats-left-10-years-after-quebecs-maple-spring/
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BY BRIAN OWENS | March 21 2023

Concern rises about potential research chill as new rules are extended across federal research-funding agencies.

A pilot project by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) to identify and minimize national security risks in federally funded research will soon roll out at all federal research-funding bodies. But researchers whose grants were rejected under the pilot say the process was con...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/researchers-decry-a-lack-of-clarity-under-national-security-risk-assessments/
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BY MAXIME BILODEAU | October 26 2023

The English language may be king in science, but neural machine translation could well put an end to its dominance.

Google translate celebrated its 17th birthday in April. Like anyone coming of age, this online translation service continues to mature every year. So much so that one recent study concluded that “translation [of languages] can serve as both a short- and a long-term solution for making science more...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/machine-translation-a-game-changer-in-science/
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BY BRIAN OWENS | January 19 2024

New policy includes lists of sensitive research areas and foreign institutions considered national security risks.

After much uncertainty and multiple delays over the past year, university administrators are welcoming the clarity provided by a new federal policy on research security. “I don’t love this kind of thing, but if we had to have something because we felt we were under threat of some kind, this i...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/universities-welcome-clarity-on-national-security-rules/
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BY ANQI SHEN | January 10 2017
Globe and Mail Continue reading Some of Canada’s largest and most unique science labs and initiatives will share a $3...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/media-scan/headlines-jan-10-2017/
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BY ANQI SHEN | July 12 2017
CBC Continue reading International students in Ontario are paying nearly $1.3 billion in tuition, double the amount paid just ...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/media-scan/headlines-july-12-2017/
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BY ANQI SHEN | February 05 2019
CBC Continue reading Chinese organizations and companies have forged friendships and funding agreements w...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/media-scan/headlines-for-feb-5-2019/
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BY LAURA BEAULNE-STUEBING | January 14 2020
Cape Breton Post Continue reading More events honouring the passengers and crew ki...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/media-scan/headlines-for-jan-14-2020/
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BY LAURA BEAULNE-STUEBING | July 09 2020
CBC Continue reading An overwhelming majority of faculty union members at NSCAD University in Hali...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/media-scan/headlines-for-july-9-2020/
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BY HANNAH LIDDLE | October 17 2022
The Globe and Mail Continue reading Alberta’s ...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/media-scan/headlines-for-october-17-2022/
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BY EVAN BRYANT | November 01 2023
Financial Post Continue reading Canada saw record numbers of immigrants leave Canada between 2016 and 2019. A new study urges Canada t...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/media-scan/headlines-for-november-1-2023/
In my opinion
BY RICARDO DUCHESNE | December 20 2010

A response to the article “Racism in the academy”.

The November 2010 issue of University Affairs welcomes its readers with a rather eye-catching, if predictable, cover story, “Racism in the ac...
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/in-my-opinion/a-response-to-racism-in-the-academy/
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BY VICKY BUSCH | October 17 2012

Canada could do so much more in international student recruitment by relying on one of its great strengths – digital communication

Canada has failed to capitalize fully upon its expertise in e-learning, a postsecondary advantage with great potential to contribute both to Canada’s competitive position and to do good. A country that encompasses great distances, Canada has led the world in the digital communication revolution. H...
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/in-my-opinion/redefining-international-education-for-the-digital-age/
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