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BY JULIEN CAYOUETTE | February 01 2023

There are many lessons learned, but ensuring good university governance is the number one priority.

When Laurentian University invoked the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA) on Feb. 1, 2021, many saw it as a canary in the coal mine. Two years on, there are lessons to be gleaned from the debacle that could serve to strengthen Canada’s university community. For now, Laurentian’s in...
https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/laurentian-university-what-are-the-takeaways-from-the-last-two-years/
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BY DANIEL HALTON | December 06 2023

Universities Canada’s new chair of the board of directors Deep Saini on the need to rebuild trust and other challenges facing the postsecondary education sector.

Deep Saini began his term as the chair of the board of directors for Universities Canada in October 2023. The 18th principal and vice-chancellor of McGill University, he is a career academic with a research background in plant biology. He most recently served as preside...
https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/positioning-canadas-universities-for-the-future/
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BY RAPHAELA NEHME | May 10 2017

As President Trump’s travel ban makes its way through the courts, Canadian universities reach out to international students and scholars facing uncertain futures in the U.S.

On January 27, when President Donald Trump announced an Continue reading to ban citizens from seven majority-Muslim countries from entering the United States, Amer Bin Muhana heard the news in the safety of his dorm room at Carleton Un...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/canadian-universities-shift-recruitment-efforts-trump-era/
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BY ANQI SHEN | August 04 2017

Legislation in three provinces mandates that postsecondary institutions adopt stand-alone sexual violence policies starting this year.

When Jen Sugar was hired as director of student affairs at Carleton University in August 2016, staff there had been developing a sexual violence policy for about a year, spurred by legislation mandating such a policy at all Ontario universities and colleges. Earlier that summer, as part of Bill 132,...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/universities-across-canada-implement-sexual-violence-policies/
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BY MATTHEW HALLIDAY | March 17 2021

Projects are prime opportunities for stimulating economic recovery, says Universities Canada president.

Anyone who spends much time on a Canadian university campus, whether faculty, staff or student, is probably familiar with the real-world ramifications of deferred maintenance. Leaky roofs, crumbling foundations, inadequate and out-of-date facilities, from libraries to laboratories. And the problem i...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/7-billion-of-shovel-ready-infrastructure-projects-identified-across-canadian-universities/
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BY MOIRA MACDONALD | January 23 2023

In an effort to revitalize its long-neglected downtown core, the Ontario city has partnered with an international business group specializing in higher education.

The story behind Ontario’s newest university system entrant – the for-profit, private University of Niagara Falls Canada (UNF) – goes back at least a decade, and comes from a small yet well-known city’s desire to breathe new life into an abandoned downtown core. UNF’s intention to welco...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/niagara-falls-bets-on-a-new-private-university-for-economic-growth/
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BY LAURA BEAULNE-STUEBING | April 28 2021

Alberta and Manitoba reduced postsecondary funding while the other provinces budgeted increases.

Provinces focused their recent budgets on the continued fight against COVID-19 and economic recovery. For some provincial governments, this included decreasing operating grants to postsecondary institutions. For others, giving a boost to PSE funding was part of the package. In our last https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/provincial-budget-round-up-2021-university-sector-highlights/
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BY STEPHEN LEAHY | December 08 2021

Only 10 institutions have announced full or partial divestment, compared to more than half of public universities in the U.K.

After eight years of student-led divestment campaigns, the University of Toronto announced earlier this fall it would end its investments in the fossil fuel industry. The move followed similar announcements by other postsecondary institutions, notably Harvard University in September and the Universi...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/small-but-growing-number-of-canadian-universities-divesting-from-fossil-fuels/
In my opinion
BY YVES GINGRAS | January 12 2009
The director of communications at Lakehead University recently wrote, in this column, that it is time that academics realize that we live in a marketplace and thus have to “brand” our universities to sell our “products” to potential “buyers” – the students. She told us how, in much les...
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/in-my-opinion/marketing-can-corrupt-universities/
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BY UA/AU | May 05 1970
By UA staff Published May 1970 University full-time enrolment may reach 750,000 by 1980-81, compared to 293,000 in 1968-69, and university part-time enrol­ment could climb to 300,000 compared to the current 100,000 level. https://universityaffairs.ca/total-university-enrolment-could-reach-one-million-by-1980/
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BY SUZANNE BOWNESS | September 27 2017

Schools are also looking to encourage domestic students to benefit from international students’ presence.

As the blip-blip-bloop of the classic Skype ringtone connects me with Zack (Guanglong) Pang at Wilfrid Laurier University, it occurs to me that a little box like this on a computer screen may be the only window through which this international student has seen his family for the past few years ...
https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/universities-take-steps-help-international-students-succeed/
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BY MICHAEL RANCIC | January 18 2023

The search for a systemic response to a growing concern.

For over two years, McMaster University has been at the centre of a high-profile case of academic misconduct involving now-former academic researcher Jonathan Pruitt. Alleged to have falsified data in his research across multiple journals and studies, there have been https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/are-universities-doing-enough-to-address-academic-misconduct-in-research/
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BY ROSANNA TAMBURRI | April 10 2013

Canadian study shows just half of senate members think it is an effective decision-making body.

A new study examining the roles and responsibilities of academic senates revealed a significant gap between the governance role that senates play within a university and ...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/university-senators-say-senate-should-play-larger-role-aspx/
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BY UA/AU | October 27 2016
The member universities of Universities Canada Continue reading a new bylaw that the organization says will ensure that their institutions’ policies are not discrimi...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/universities-approve-bylaw-change-committing-them-to-non-discrimination/
Academic for life
BY BILL KOPS & MICHELLE PORTER | November 15 2023

Some of the principles of an AFU include promoting intergenerational learning and sharing expertise between learners of all ages.

One of the 10 principles of an Age-Friendly University (AFU) urges universities to actively engage their own retired community. While some principles provide guidance on fostering greater accessibility for older adults, this one speaks directly to the interests of the 40-plus university retir...
https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/academic-for-life/the-age-friendly-university-engaging-retirees/
From the admin chair
BY DOUG OWRAM | September 13 2010

After several stages of evolution, the very definition of a university could be changing.

As a historian, I tend to look for clear markers to make sense of the way things evolve. Looking at universities in Canada, this has been pretty straightforward. With a few exceptions, our universities developed in three distinct stages. The question now is whether we’re passing through a fourth s...
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/from-the-admin-chair/is-this-new-era-for-our-universities-aspx/
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BY EVA VOINIGESCU | September 21 2020

Investment management charters and international partnerships are just some of the ways universities are ramping up cross-sectoral efforts against climate change.

If you ask the presidents of three of Canada’s largest research universities what role they see for academic institutions in fighting climate change, their answers – like educating students, engaging in research and reducing campus energy consumption – aren’t surprising. But increasingly, ho...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/canadian-universities-accelerate-collective-climate-action/
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BY TIM JOHNSON | April 06 2010

Advocates for a revived officer training program at Canadian universities say it would prepare the next generation of leaders and bridge the gap between civilian and military society.

The Canadian Forces can be a very tight-lipped group. After all, everybody knows the old line about loose lips sinking ships. But soldiers and sailors alike can speak a little more freely on the Internet, and a recent topic on the public message boards of https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/will-universities-salute-a-new-campus-corps/
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BY ROSANNA TAMBURRI | September 11 2013

Many institutions now devote much time and resources to boosting their standing in various league tables.

When Twitter posted a job ad recently for computer science graduates at its proposed “global centre of excellence” in Vancouver, it had unusually specific requirements for bachelor’s degree-holders. Their bachelor’s had to come from one of the world’s top 100 universities as defined by the...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/university-rankings-gain-influence-despite-obvious-drawbacks/
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BY LÉO CHARBONNEAU | May 12 2015

Stepping down as president in August, Dr. Helfand discusses his role at this unique Canadian experiment in postsecondary education

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