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BY ROSANNA TAMBURRI | September 09 2015

The drop is seen as a worrisome trend for some universities in the province.

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BY ANQI SHEN | January 30 2019

A study of six research-intensive universities finds that government regulation and accountability measures have been increasing across five provinces.

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/
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BY LAURA BEAULNE-STUEBING | October 23 2019

Participants at the fifth annual Building Reconciliation Forum discussed the importance of acknowledging past mistakes, building meaningful community relationships and “unlearning.”

Deep and meaningful engagement between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people must be part of a university’s reconciliation efforts, participants at the fifth annual Building Reconciliation Forum heard. The forum, which took place at Algoma University on the site of the former Shingwauk Residential ...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/collaboration-and-community-key-to-universities-reconciliation-efforts-say-conference-speakers/
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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/
Legally Speaking
BY BRENT DAVIS | November 10 2015
If you want to kill an idea without being identified as the assassin, suggest that the legal department take a look at it.  – Scott Adams, Dilbert Gives You the Business During a second interview for a job that turned out to be my first as a university lawyer, the dean at a ...
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/legally-speaking/the-underappreciated-role-of-university-lawyer/
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BY LÉO CHARBONNEAU | December 16 2020

Latest review by Universities Canada of its member institutions also catalogues efforts towards reconciliation.

Universities Canada has released the results of its latest survey on the services and programs for Indigenous students offered at its member institutions. The survey also catalogues universities’ progress towards reconciliation. Among the findings: more than 90 percent of universities offer fin...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/universities-report-a-wide-range-of-services-and-programs-for-indigenous-students-survey-finds/
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BY GARY BARRON | November 12 2014

When it comes to public talk of rankings, it’s a matter of playing at games to gain reputation and engage in advocacy.

Cries of disappointment and alarm have echoed across Canada in response to the release of Times Higher Education’s World University rankings this fall. Such d...
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/in-my-opinion/university-rankings-game-snakes-ladders/
Features
BY PASCALE CASTONGUAY & MOIRA MACDONALD | November 25 2020

New university presidents face unique challenges resulting from the current crisis. Four recently installed presidents look back at the first few months of their terms.

Compassion comes first

Daniel Jutras, rector, Université de Montréal...
https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/becoming-a-university-president-in-the-midst-of-a-pandemic/
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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/
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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/
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BY EDMUND ADAM | February 14 2019

Linking universities to the UN’s sustainable development goals will draw greater scrutiny to higher education, for better or worse.

A new global university ranking looms on the higher education horizon, and universities might need to start considering how to deal with what could be the beginning of a global rankings 2.0 generation. The U.K.-based Times Higher Education (THE), which already publishes an annual World Univ...
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/in-my-opinion/new-ranking-to-look-at-universities-contributions-to-sustainable-development/
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BY KIM MYRICK, E. KEVIN KELLOWAY & KARA A. ARNOLD | August 20 2020

Distinguishing a unique sense of place within a common virtual space of online learning will require significant investment.

After a rapid switch to distance education due to COVID-19, many universities will remain as Continue reading. For many universit...
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/in-my-opinion/6-ways-universities-are-being-put-to-the-test-by-coronavirus/
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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/
Features
BY LAURA BEAULNE-STUEBING | July 06 2021

Universities across the country are reassessing historical figures and renaming the buildings that commemorated them.

When Eva Jewell taught her first lecture at Ryerson University in 2019, she was nervous. Burdened by imposter syndrome, she was worried about the prospect of standing in front of a class of some 100 students. To counter those feelings, the sociology professor from Deshk...
https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/reconsidering-ryerson-why-indigenous-and-non-indigenous-students-faculty-and-staff-are-demanding-the-university-change-its-name/
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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/
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BY SNEH DUGGAL | July 20 2018

“It’s not as simple as saying we’ll just let people smoke wherever they want on campus,” says one administrator.

As a new academic year approaches, universities across Canada are struggling to develop policies in response to the legalization of recreational cannabis. Many uncertainties remain, and while universities differ in how they plan to deal with cannabis on campus, they tend to agree on one thing: i...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/universities-maneuver-through-the-complexities-of-cannabis-legalization/
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/
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