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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 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 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 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/
In my opinion
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/