Features
BY TARA SIEBARTH | June 01 2023
The president and chief executive officer prepares to close the book on 14 years of advocacy for Canadian universities.
diversity and inclusion, and let’s not forget the pandemic. Recently, he sat down with me to reflect on his time at Universities Canada and what he considers will be the big issues that universities should keep an eye on.
Take me back to May 10, 2009. What was going through your mind th...
https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/exit-interview-with-paul-davidson/
In my opinion
BY THOMAS MERRITT | August 11 2017
To understand a system, to really answer a question in biology, you have to incorporate genetic diversity, look across multiple genotypes.
diversity and biological complexity. My research group essentially asks: How does the amazing amount of variation that we see in DNA at the genome level translate into the phenomenal amount of complexity that we see in biology?
My group does a lot of work with Drosophila melanogaster —...
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/in-my-opinion/sex-matters-male-bias-lab-bad-science/
In my opinion
BY BRAD NELSON | February 16 2021
It’s crucial that we restructure our PhD programs from beginning to end to reflect the actual – as opposed to imagined – career outcomes of our students.
diversity issues and policies are becoming ever more important and urgent.
McGill University, the University of Toronto, the University of British Columbia, and my own institution Concordia University, have carried out extensive studies of the career outcomes of our PhD alumni. A well-known examp...
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/in-my-opinion/we-need-an-outcomes-based-approach-to-doctoral-education/
Global Campus
BY ANA CHIARELLI & EUNJUNG RIAUKA | November 17 2022
The pandemic has highlighted opportunities to use the tool to build valuable intercultural competencies.
diversity and inclusion by allowing students to work alongside faculty and peers from a different cultural background who not only propose new ways of teaching and learning but also offer different views of the world.
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https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/global-campus/virtual-exchanges-provide-accessible-and-equitable-internationalization-alternatives/
The Many Faces
BY ROHENE BOUAJRAM | October 03 2023
Welcome to UA’s new column: The Many Faces.
diversity and inclusion, anti-racism and decolonization permeate many discussions, conferences and strategic plans. At the same time, anyone working at a university or college is mindful of the polarization that exists nationally, the polycrisis of climate change as well as the compounding stress po...
https://universityaffairs.ca/the-many-faces/test-the-many-faces/
Features
BY STEPHEN STRAUSS | January 07 2008
Only a tiny fraction of bees produce honey. Researcher Laurence Packer’s mission is to learn everything he can about the vast majority that don’t
diversity and pollination effectiveness from organic and non-organic farms outside Toronto. In the two plant species that have been studied, having greater diversity of wild bee pollinators increases crop yields. "Diversity is really important," says Dr. Packer.
He is also trying to change the wa...
https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/the-buzz-on-bees/
Features
BY DIANE PETERS | January 09 2020
Universities and industry groups agree the path to engineering needs to be smoother for talented young women.
diversity and prejudice into their curriculums. “We’re trying to shape how we train engineers,” says Dr. Staub-French of UBC. She and her colleagues have added a module about inclusion in the school’s introductory engineering course, and an upper-year project management course covers ethics,...
https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/the-engineering-gender-gap-its-more-than-a-numbers-game/
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BY HARRIET EISENKRAFT | February 12 2007
Usha George has lived the immigrant experience, but never really left that community behind, devoting much of her professional career to addressing the special needs of newcomers to Canada
diversity initiative") is seen as a model for diversity within social work schools across the country, and much of its work carries on at the faculty's storefront centre in Toronto.
Dr. George's scholarship remains rooted in the practical. In one study of various immigrant groups, she and colleag...
https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/of-service-to-her-community/
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BY SUZANNE BOWNESS | September 27 2017
Schools are also looking to encourage domestic students to benefit from international students’ presence.
diversity program was reaching out to a local immigration centre to connect the 50 to 60 students with recent immigrants for a community service experience. He wondered if there might be an opportunity for the class to connect instead with international ESL students, relieving the immigration centre...
https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/universities-take-steps-help-international-students-succeed/
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BY MOIRA MACDONALD | October 03 2018
Clashes over the limits of free speech continue to divide students and faculty.
diversity, sustainability and so on,” says Dr. Mercer, president of the Society for Academic Freedom and Scholarship. The advocacy group of 220 members, most of whom are Canadian scholars, focuses on the related but separate issue of academic freedom in teaching, scholarship and research.
https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/free-speech-the-age-old-debate-rages-on/