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BY TARA SIEBARTH | November 27 2019
diversity and inclusion are sweeping Canada’s campuses

LETTERS

Tragedy of the commons

PEOPLE ON THE MOVE

The University of Saskatchewan has appointed Chelsea Willness its next universi...
https://universityaffairs.ca/magazine/issues/december-2019/
Responsibilities May Include
BY MICHAL KASPRZAK & SAMANTHA CHANG | October 14 2022

A cross-institutional, open-source series helps graduate students and postdoctoral fellows articulate their teaching experiences for various career pathways.

diversity statements, cover letters and job interviews). By applying the teaching values, experiences and skills articulated in your teaching dossier to other professional documents, you can enhance your ability to communicate the value of your teaching experience to a range of audiences.

Refle...

https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/responsibilities-may-include/how-to-tell-your-authentic-teaching-story/
Global Campus
BY MIYUKI ARAI & MICHAELA PETERS | January 14 2022

A team of students from diverse cultures, abilities, fields of study and experiences is helping the university to advance its intercultural development goals.

diversity – longstanding values for the Saint Mary’s community. In January 2021, the Global Learning and Intercultural Support Office at Saint Mary’s mobilized Continue reading through the new https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/global-campus/intercultural-learning-for-students-by-students-a-saint-marys-experience/
The Happy Academic
BY ALEXANDER CLARK & BAILEY SOUSA | October 21 2022

Exercise your core skills to clear the hurdles of a growing workload.

diversity and inclusion through all of this work in a changed and changing world Indeed, as we have concluded, academic work is Continue reading. And must always be handled as such. Some cling ...
https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/effective-successfull-happy-academic/why-were-radically-wrong-about-how-we-equip-ourselves-for-academic-work/
The Happy Academic
BY BAILEY SOUSA & ALEXANDER CLARK | September 28 2023

When we feel inadequate, we need to better understand the impact of our systems.

diversity, we need conformity: in research, the adoption of the principles of the San Francisco Declaration in Research Assessment (Continue reading) is needed at every university across Canada. These recognize wide diversity and the importance of both qualitative and quantitat...
https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/effective-successfull-happy-academic/is-academic-imposter-syndrome-an-imposter/
News
BY CAILYNN KLINGBEIL | March 21 2024

While progress is being made, queer students at some universities still face challenges from administration.

diversity, inclusion and decolonization. They soon had institutional support from the dean of students and staff interested in facilitating the group. Then, on an evening in October 2023, the new 2SLGBTQIA+ support group met at King’s for the first time. The group provides a safe and suppor...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/creating-inclusive-spaces-for-2slgbtqia-students-at-faith-based-institutions/
Career Advice
BY NANA LEE, PAMELA PLANT, ZAYNA KHAYAT AND REINHART REITHMEIER | May 14 2015

The importance of mentorship in graduate education

While cutting-edge research remains the backbone of graduate education, it is imperative that universities and faculty members be more proactive in helping their trainees develop a full range of soft skills, as well as a network beyond academia to allow them to succeed in career opportunities in the...
https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/career-advice-article/training-the-trainers/
Features
BY UA/AU | June 08 2009
Les universités canadiennes et les étudiants sont-ils de moins en moins tolérants envers la libre expression? Dans les derniers mois, des restrictions diverses ont limité les activités des groupes d'étudiants sur les campus des universités de l'ensemble du pays. Certains ont perdu leur statut...
https://www.affairesuniversitaires.ca/articles-de-fond/article/la-libre-expression-sur-les-campus/
Features
BY DANIEL DROLET | October 05 2009
Cinquante ans de vie universitaire doit se raconter par l’entremise des gens qui, à diverses époques, ont fréquenté les universités, ont pris part à ce que le milieu avait à leur offrir et y ont modelé leur vie. Les anciens que nous avons choisis pour illustrer chacune des cinq décennies ...
https://www.affairesuniversitaires.ca/articles-de-fond/article/cinq-decennie-danciens/
Features
BY DIANE PETERS | January 09 2020

Les universités et les organisations du secteur privé conviennent qu’il faut aider les jeunes femmes talentueuses à accéder à une carrière en génie.

En 2009, alors que Liz Hofer était en sixième année, son école primaire située à Kitchener, en Ontario, avait prévu de séparer filles et garçons pendant le cours sur la santé. Les filles parleraient menstruations pendant que les garçons construiraient des voi...
https://www.affairesuniversitaires.ca/articles-de-fond/article/lecart-entre-les-sexes-en-genie-aller-au-dela-des-chiffres/
Features
BY MOIRA MACDONALD | April 08 2020

Les conférences conventionnelles en personne ont déjà été critiquées pour diverses raisons, mais la pandémie actuelle de COVID-19 les remet en question d’une toute nouvelle façon.

Un peu plus tôt cette année, Orad Reshef essayait de retrouver un rythme de vie normal après avoir été absent de chez lui, à Ottawa, dix jours en deux semaines. Tout d’abord, il y avait eu cette conférence à San Francisco. Au retour, il avait les poches plei...
https://www.affairesuniversitaires.ca/articles-de-fond/article/lurgence-soudaine-de-tenir-des-conferences-scientifiques-virtuelles/
Features
BY ASHLEY OKWUOSA | June 21 2023

L’écologiste évolutionnaire et professeure à l’Université de Toronto à Scarborough qui s’est fait un nom tôt dans sa carrière grâce à une découverte qui a fait les manchettes veut assurer la réussite de la prochaine génération de scientifiques noir.e.s.

Quand Maydianne Andrade anime des ateliers sur l’équité, la diversité et l’inclusion (EDI) en enseignement supérieur pour ses collègues universitaires, elle énonce d’abord les faits. Elle présente des données qui montrent, par exemple, que les femmes et le...
https://www.affairesuniversitaires.ca/articles-de-fond/article/maydianne-andrade-un-pilier-du-changement/
News
BY AFFAIRES UNIVERSITAIRES | October 31 2020

Jeudi 29 octobre

Les étudiants internationaux pourraient bientôt retourner en Nouvelle-Écosse

Les universités de la Nouvelle-Écosse pourraient accueillir à nouveau des étudiants étrangers sur leurs campus dès la première semaine de novembre. Le gouvernement de la...
https://www.affairesuniversitaires.ca/actualites/actualites-article/covid-19-mises-a-jour-archivees-octobre-2020/
News
BY MOHAMED BERRADA | December 11 2023

L’ignorance des étudiant.e.s quant aux ressources financières disponibles, accentuée par les défis d’accès à l’alimentation et au logement, invite une réforme et une meilleure diffusion de l’information.

L’Union étudiante du Québec a publié le mois dernier Continue reading réalisé par le Groupe de r...
https://www.affairesuniversitaires.ca/actualites/actualites-article/au-dela-des-dettes-etudiantes-linconnu-des-ressources-accessibles/
Features
BY PEGGY BERKOWITZ | October 11 2011

No previous governor general of this country has known universities as intimately or as broadly as the one who currently holds the office.

diversity enriches, and we’re enriched by it. I would like every Canadian university student to have the experience that my children had. So, that is my motivation for international education. I really think that Canada has a great opportunity to be the Athens of the 21st century, that small natio...
https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/governor-general-of-canada-and-his-vision-for-the-country/
Features
BY VIRGINIA GALT | December 05 2012

“We are family,” sang Sister Sledge back in 1979, but today what form that family takes is undergoing tremendous change, with important implications for society.

diversity, says Roderic Beaujot, professor emeritus of sociology at Western University. “We can see it especially on how there was support for the idea of same-sex marriage,” he says. Recent polls show more than 60 percent of Canadians approve. There are more than 64,000 same-sex couples i...
https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/the-changing-face-of-the-canadian-family/
Features
BY DIANE PETERS | February 09 2016

MFA programs in creative writing are nurturing Canada’s next generation of authors.

diversity and educate hordes of writers for which there is almost no market, graduating writers to simply take up teaching posts at other schools. “Let’s not just swallow the workshop model whole,” says Catherine Bush, a novelist and program coordinator of the MFA at U of Guelph. Being late...
https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/mastering-the-fine-art-of-writing/
Features
BY MARK CARDWELL | February 06 2017

Looking at ways to stop Canadians from becoming radicalized.

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https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/academics-investigate-roots-radicalization/
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