BY ROSANNA TAMBURRI | October 28 2015
As the civil war in Syria continues to displace the country’s citizens at an alarming pace, Canadian universities are launching efforts to help alleviate the growing refugee crisis. Several institutions are working to privately sponsor refugees while dozens more are partnering with the
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/universities-step-up-to-aid-syrian-refugees/
In my opinion
BY BART DE BAERE & ELICIA MAINE | September 18 2017
We advocate for a harmonized intellectual property policy based on the creator-owned model.
In today’s global knowledge economy, Canada needs to foster policies that encourage ambitious science research and the commercial translation of resulting inventions into innovation. The recently completed review of Canada’s science funding framework, commissioned by federal Minister of Science ...
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/in-my-opinion/canada-needs-national-overhaul-university-ip-policies/
News
BY MARK CARDWELL | November 30 2020
The pandemic-related pause is meant to give students, staff and faculty extra time to prepare and rest up.
Université de Sherbrooke is doing it. So are Concordia University and McMaster University, among others. Some universities are thinking about doing it. Others are saying no – at least for now.
“It” is the decision to delay the start of the upcoming winter semester due to the COVID-19 pand...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/some-universities-push-back-the-start-date-for-the-winter-term/
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BY HANNAH LIDDLE | May 13 2022
This crop of provincial budgets focus on increasing health-care seats and funding infrastructure projects at postsecondary institutions.
As provinces continue to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing health-care labour shortage, several targeted investments have been made to increase nursing and medical school seats at universities across the country. The provinces of Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Sas...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/provincial-budget-round-up-2022-university-sector-highlights/
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BY JULIEN CAYOUETTE | April 06 2022
Details shed light regarding the ongoing situation at the bilingual university in northern Ontario.
Three reports on Laurentian University and its 2020-2021 financial statements were made public in March. The documents paint a dismal picture of the university both before and immediately after it began its restructuring process.
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/new-reports-offer-an-update-on-the-tasks-ahead-for-laurentian-university/
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BY JULIEN CAYOUETTE | November 07 2022
With a restructuring plan formally approved, the university could exit creditor protection before year’s end.
On Sept. 14, Laurentian University’s proposed plan to creditors was approved. While this is good news for the survival of the university, some are calling the plan a “poison pill.” Laurentian currently expects to emerge from the protection of the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel-for-laurentian-university/
In my opinion
BY MARK MERCER | January 10 2014
Diversity at university is insignificant when compared to the differences between university culture and civilian culture: a response to “Women’s rights or religious rights: which comes first?”
Here’s a pernicious idea: Universities are diverse societies, microcosms of our own diverse Canadian society. It’s nonsense, of course. Universities are as mono-cultural as institutions can be. But the idea that they are diverse societies has enough surface plausibility for it to have gained tra...
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/in-my-opinion/saving-the-integrity-of-the-university/
Features
BY PAUL GESSELL | September 10 2014
It may the last big human-rights issue of our age – welcoming people who identify with the sex opposite to the one they were born with.
When student Bridget Liang of Hamilton, Ontario, went shopping for a university, she chose York University, partly because of its many gender-neutral, single-stall washrooms spread around campus. Ms. Liang is a transgendered woman. For her, large public restrooms can be terrifying places, where bull...
https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/universities-for-all-genders/
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BY ERIN MILLAR | August 17 2011
Administrators, students and industry experts meet in Victoria to discuss factors to consider when managing university funds.
Canadian universities are leaders when it comes to incorporating sustainability and social considerations in their purchasing policies, campus planning and research agendas.
However, they lag behind their European and American colleagues in applying these same values to their investments, accordi...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/canadas-universities-urged-to-embrace-ethical-investing/
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BY SHAUNA MCGINN | February 01 2017
Several Canadian universities have had their IT systems taken hostage over the past year.
The word “ransom” usually brings to mind harrowing kidnappings by armed thugs. But, in the digital age, it’s taken on a new meaning with ransomware: malicious software, or malware, targeting personal computers or computer net-works at places like banks, hospitals – and uni-versities. Instead...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/universities-must-take-steps-protect-ransomware-attacks/
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BY BRIAN OWENS | February 08 2017
With a limited alumni pool and resources, small- and medium-sized universities leverage personal connections to find donors.
In fundraising, it’s the personal relationships that matter, says Susan Montague, senior campaign advisor at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton. “People give to people.”
Those personal relationships will be vital in the coming months, she says. In December, UNB launched its late...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/smaller-universities-fundraising-challenge-scale-not-technique/