BY ANQI SHEN | January 30 2019
Canadian universities have historically enjoyed high levels of institutional autonomy
Continue reading to their counterparts in other countries, but
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/university-autonomy-is-shrinking-in-canada-study-finds/
In my opinion
BY MICHAEL O’SHEA & LEPING MOU | January 18 2021
An analysis of written communications related to COVID-19 at colleges and universities in China, Canada, and the United States during the first six months of the pandemic.
Almost exactly a year ago, on January 21, 2020, a university in Southern China issued new health guidelines to protect students and teachers from a strange new virus that was rapidly spreading. The message was sent via the school’s official WeChat social media channel just hours after China’s Na...
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/in-my-opinion/crisis-messaging-how-universities-are-communicating-the-pandemic/
Margin Notes
BY LÉO CHARBONNEAU | March 05 2013
The heads of Canada’s universities are rarely hired from outside academe.
It was a week of big news in Canadian postsecondary education (and I’m writing this on
Tuesday) with the naming of the two new executive heads at two of Canada’s flagship universities. On Monday, the University of Toronto named the current dean of its faculty of arts and science,
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/margin-notes/thinking-inside-the-box-on-university-presidential-appointments/
News
BY LÉO CHARBONNEAU | June 09 2008
Changes signal the end of university colleges in name, but not spirit
A quick succession of announcements at the end of April shook up British Columbia's postsecondary education sector. Over the span of a week, Premier Gordon Campbell declared that his government was changing the status of five postsecondary institutions, turning them all into universities. Once the l...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/five-new-universities-in-bc/
In my opinion
BY CHERYL FOY | August 29 2019
In a world of increasing legal risks and fiduciary obligations, it is difficult to understand why a university would do without one.
All universities should have a chief legal officer, or what is commonly known as a general counsel or GC. This is an executive-level role with primary responsibility for providing strategic legal advice to the corporate entity or organization for whom the lawyer works. Ideally, the GC is a trusted a...
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/in-my-opinion/all-universities-should-have-a-general-counsel/
In my opinion
BY BRIAN BIRD | October 29 2020
The notion that universities exist, first and foremost, to discover and impart knowledge is no longer in vogue. That’s a tragedy.
From day one, COVID-19 has posed enormous challenges for universities. Almost overnight, postsecondary institutions around the world had no choice but to radically adapt to the realities of the pandemic. Distance education became the norm, rather than the exception.
Much has been said on what thi...
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/in-my-opinion/rediscovering-the-truth-seeking-mission-of-universities/
Features
BY MARK CARDWELL | February 27 2018
There are many folks on campus who play important but unrecognized roles “behind the scenes.” We highlight a few deserving of recognition.
They're not the president, a dean, or even a faculty member. However, these six individuals have important jobs that ensure a university is running smoothly.
A university runs on its stomach
Vijay Nair, executive chef in hospitality services, University of Gue...
https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/unsung-heroes-keep-universities-running/
News
BY ROSANNA TAMBURRI | May 08 2013
A conversation with the Conference Board’s new executive-in-residence Carl Amrhein.
The Conference Board of Canada recently tapped Carl Amrhein, provost and vice-president academic at the University of Alberta, to help create its new Centre on the Future of Post-Secondary Education. The 14-month appointment, expected to run until July 1, 2014, was announced while Dr. Amrhein was on...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/how-our-universities-can-compete-in-the-world/
Features
BY SUZANNE BOWNESS | January 10 2018
“Parents felt very isolated. They didn’t fit in with the other students or feel welcomed.”
Five years ago, Kayla Madder unexpectedly became pregnant while finishing up a second undergraduate degree at the University of Saskatchewan. After taking eight months off following the birth of her son Amari, she started a master’s degree in animal and poultry science. Still nursing, she and anot...
https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/students-kids-press-universities-support/
Features
BY LÉO CHARBONNEAU | September 23 2019
To mark the magazine’s 60th anniversary, current editor Léo Charbonneau sits down with the magazine’s two preceding editors to look back on the issues, events and personalities covered in its pages over the years.
When Christine Tausig Ford was first hired as a staff writer for University Affairs in 1979, the magazine was marking its 20th anniversary. She had recently completed a one-year honour’s degree program in journalism at Carleton University (coincidentally, her two successors also graduated...
https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/reflections-and-recollections-from-university-affairs-editors/