News
BY ROSANNA TAMBURRI | October 29 2014
A wide range of new programs in design and media broaden their appeal to a job-focused cohort of students.
When Ron Burnett arrived in Vancouver to become president of Emily Carr University of Art + Design in 1996, a majority of students were enrolled in the visual arts. Today about 35 percent of the students are pursuing degrees in the visual arts, 40 percent are in design programs – the fastest growi...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/universities-art-design-adapt-show-value-degrees/
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BY SHAUNA MCGINN | September 08 2022
The four-month pilot project will see staff work a 28-hour week instead of the typical 35.
Administrative staff at Saint Paul University in Ottawa transitioned to a four-day work week in July, the first step of this kind in Canada’s postsecondary realm. The four-month pilot project will see staff work a 28-hour week instead of the typical 35, with no change to pay, time off, or pensions...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/saint-paul-university-staff-move-to-a-four-day-work-week/
In my opinion
BY ANANYA BANERJEE | April 01 2021
Including social justice in public health curriculum will equip students with an equity lens.
Recently, I
transitioned from being a professor at the University of Toronto’s Dalla Lana School of Public Health for the last four years to McGill University’s School of Global and Population Health. As a
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/in-my-opinion/how-the-pandemic-has-shown-social-justice-needs-to-be-central-to-public-health-education-in-canada/
Careers Café
BY LIZ KOBLYK | April 22 2019
Sitting on a board can help develop your ability to handle situations of accountability without authority.
When I worked with staff at the University of Waterloo, the clients I met with who transitioned from non-managerial roles to managerial ones often had something in common – and it wasn’t a love of management books. It was experience on a non-profit board of governors.
Maybe a managerial role ...
https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/careers-cafe/branch-out-your-career-path-by-sitting-on-a-board/
Features
BY DAVID NEWLAND | April 21 2022
My past experience is always with me, below the surface, yet my teaching work hasn’t been about what I’ve done. Instead, it’s been about trusting the depths of my experience to stabilize me.
When the pandemic first hit in March 2020, I lost a dream job in the travel industry. I didn’t imagine that two years later, I’d call “graduate teaching assistant at Trent University” a dream job, too – but I do. And it’s all thanks to lessons learned from icebergs.
Previously, I work...
https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/lessons-learned-from-icebergs-reflections-on-learning-and-teaching/
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BY PIERRE BLAIS | June 30 2023
L’arboretum qui prend actuellement forme sur le campus de Shippagan de l’Université de Moncton se veut un point de rencontre avec la communauté mi’kmaw d’Esgenoôpetitj.
La forêt acadienne est au cœur d’une initiative de taille sur le campus de l’Université de Moncton à Shippagan. Déjà en cours de réalisation, un arboretum permettra dès l’automne non seulement de verdir le campus, mais également de rapprocher deux peuples qui cohabitent dans la Pénin...
https://www.affairesuniversitaires.ca/actualites/actualites-article/verdir-et-collaborer-pour-se-rapprocher/
In my opinion
BY ROSEANN O’REILLY RUNTE | February 08 2010
Les universités canadiennes doivent miser sur ce qu’elles ont déjà.
La période de restrictions budgétaires actuelle exige à la fois créativité, renforcement de la coopération et souplesse. Plutôt que de créer de nouveaux établissements et des hiérarchies qui étouffent l’innovation, il est temps pour l’Ontario et le Canada de trouver les moyens de sout...
https://www.affairesuniversitaires.ca/opinion/a-mon-avis/inutile-de-reinventer-la-roue/
News
BY MAXIME BILODEAU | December 23 2021
Contributing to the most powerful space telescope in the world has helped the country emerge as a leader in astronomy research.
On Dec. 25 at 7:20 a.m. eastern time, Christmas morning will be the last thing on René Doyon’s mind. The Université de Montréal physics professor will be among the more than 100 carefully selected scientists, engineers and journalists attending the James Webb Space Telescope launch at a space...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/the-james-webb-space-telescope-has-a-bit-of-canadian-in-it/