Canada is lagging in open access
Why is the free distribution of scientific literature such a contentious issue?
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Recalibrating Canadian universities to meet the Mark (Carney)
How university leadership can better support Canadian innovation and economic growth.
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Public engagement: duty or detriment?
Should speaking on topics of public concern be part and parcel of academic life?
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Documenting your work for promotion and tenure
Setting up a filing system now is a gift to your future self.
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The University of Manitoba strengthens engagement with retired academics
A new project offers emeriti many ways to connect.
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Faculty strike at Laurentian
Negotiations fail, picket lines rise at northern Ontario university.
Top 10 movies about university life
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Opinion
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Recalibrating Canadian universities to meet the Mark (Carney)
How university leadership can better support Canadian innovation and economic growth.
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Bob Rae urges universities to remain climate-change leaders
In a volatile world, universities form bulwarks of scientific integrity and technological development, says former U.N. ambassador.
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The Campus Green
University Affairs launches new sustainability column.
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Defending the Academy
Current challenges offer opportunity to reassert our public purpose.
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Diversity strengthens discovery
What Nobel Laureates reveal about diversity, discovery and societal impact.
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Public engagement: duty or detriment?
Should speaking on topics of public concern be part and parcel of academic life?
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Documenting your work for promotion and tenure
Setting up a filing system now is a gift to your future self.
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The University of Manitoba strengthens engagement with retired academics
A new project offers emeriti many ways to connect.
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Universities must appeal to non-traditional students
Meeting mid-career education needs is win-win for non-traditional students and academic institutions.
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The unpredictable path
What a sharp turn into the biotech industry revealed about the importance of building fundamental skills.
Reaffirming the role of universities
Lessons from the U.S.
Equity
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Fourteen women receive engineering scholarships in commemoration of 1989 Montreal massacre
Initiated by Polytechnique Montréal in 2014, the scholarship program has vastly expanded its support for female engineering students.
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The Mintz Report is wrong on EDI
Demanding ‘institutional neutrality,’ Alberta’s report on the post-secondary system risks silencing equity.
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The Scarborough Charter and addressing anti-Black racism among francophone postsecondary institutions in Quebec
Under the charter, Canadian postsecondary institutions pledge to establish frameworks to eliminate anti-Black racism from their campuses.
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Responding to growing criticism of equity, diversity and inclusion policies
An interview with David Robinson, executive director of the Canadian Association of University Teachers, which represents faculty, librarians and researchers at 125 postsecondary institutions.
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Meet Marie-Eve Sylvestre, the new University of Ottawa president who sees a world of possibilities
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Meet Wisdom Tettey, Carleton University’s new president
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