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BY MARIE LAMBERT-CHAN | April 07 2008

There’s growing interest in the role of the university as a tool for regional development, but the impact is hard to measure, warns expert Mario Polèse

feed his analyses. He's lost count of the number of projects and studies he has conducted for the Canadian and Quebec governments, various community groups, the network of Sociétés d'aide au développement des collectivités du Québec, the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, the World Bank, the...
https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/the-university-as-economic-engine/
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BY JEFF DAVIS | March 09 2009

An agricultural researcher who studied at UBC puts his knowledge to work as the new governor of Kandahar province

feed itself. Nothing seemed to excite him as much as Canada’s main “signature project”: the refurbishment of the Dahla Dam, a $50-million initiative of the Canadian International Development Agency. Dr. Wesa says the dam, which should irrigate some 10,000 hectares of arable land once it’s...
https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/leading-with-a-green-thumb/
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BY DIANE PETERS | November 06 2013

A large research consortium explores the links between religious beliefs and morality.

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https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/is-god-good/
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BY ROSANNA TAMBURRI | November 06 2013

Poet, artist, scientist.

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BY VIVIAN SMITH | September 09 2015

Adam Jones wrestles with the worst that humans can inflict on each other yet remains an optimist.

feed his optimism and emotional well-being. “Travelling,” he writes, “is the foundation of my faith in the basic goodness and potential of humanity.” If you are going to try to understand – perhaps even hope to prevent – mass slaughter, it seems important also to search out and record...
https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/genocide-scholar-remains-an-optimist-in-the-face-of-inhumanity/
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BY ASHLEIGH VANHOUTEN | February 03 2016

A few of the best mobile apps found on campuses across Canada.

feedback all the way around, and we used it during a recent lockdown situation on campus where it worked very well and was a key component to getting important messages out across the campus.” It boasts a multi-campus structure and a Twitter feed for real-time notifications from the school and the...
https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/three-game-changing-apps-for-students/
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BY SUZANNE BOWNESS | January 10 2018

“Parents felt very isolated. They didn’t fit in with the other students or feel welcomed.”

feed. “We called around to all of the places that we thought might be able to help us with finding a space and no one really knew. Some suggested using a bathroom, which isn’t safe to breastfeed in, and some suggested using our cars,” she says. Fast-forward to today and things have changed ...
https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/students-kids-press-universities-support/
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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.

feed a clientele drawn from the 5,000 students in residence, 4,000 university employees and roughly 18,000 daily visitors – including students, dignitaries and faculty members – at 19 different outlets on campus. (U of Guelph has a self-operated food service. This is rare for Canadian universiti...
https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/unsung-heroes-keep-universities-running/
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BY ANDRE COSTOPOULOS | July 17 2018

A student affairs officer shares his advice on how to assess and safely de-escalate a disturbing situation.

feedback. It is typically not possible to tell them much, but just the knowledge that their concern is being taken seriously and is being followed up usually makes a big difference. Go meet with them. Let them tell you their story. You will get a better sense of the nature of their concern. You may ...
https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/how-to-respond-to-worrisome-behaviour-on-campus/
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BY KERRY BANKS | July 29 2020

As COVID-19 began to spread around the globe, so too did a toxic brew of rumours, misinformation and conspiracy theories.

feed, the more likely we are to think that it’s true – even if we were originally skeptical. https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/in-the-midst-of-the-pandemic-academics-are-fighting-a-rising-infodemic/
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BY LAURA BEAULNE-STUEBING | March 03 2021

There aren’t enough midwives in Canada to meet the growing demand for their services. But getting more midwives in the workforce will take a lot more than just adding seats to the few midwifery programs that exist.

feed yourself. It’s kind of like you’re choosing between ‘do I want to shower, sleep or eat,’ it’s one of the three,” she says. “I don’t think you can really get through this program without family support.” Burnt-out preceptors as well as the demands of midwifery programs and ...
https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/call-the-midwife-get-on-a-waitlist/
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BY JENNIFER QUESNEL | January 19 2022

Home to one of Canada’s only Level 3 biosafety labs, VIDO was one of the first in the country to isolate SARS-CoV-2.

feed and house the animals, and to pay the scientists working with them. Yet he compares their work to that of emergency responders. “You cannot, when you have a fire, start looking for fire trucks or firefighters,” Dr. Gerdts says. “You need to be able to respond rapidly.”...
https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/inside-the-university-of-saskatchewans-vaccine-and-infectious-disease-organization/
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BY MICHAEL RANCIC | January 18 2023

The search for a systemic response to a growing concern.

feed into systemic racism. “It’s a case where the work had fundamental flaws, and many people consider the actual topic of the work itself as unethical,” Dr. MacDougall-Shackleton tells University Affairs. “And so on both of those grounds there’s a number of reasons why I think ma...
https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/are-universities-doing-enough-to-address-academic-misconduct-in-research/
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BY MOIRA MACDONALD | September 05 2023

How universities are overhauling operations in an effort to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.

feed-in tariff schemes that pay a premium to renewable energy generators looped into the province’s energy grid, and investment programs like the Continue reading and https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/the-race-to-net-zero/
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BY LÉO CHARBONNEAU | June 08 2010

They may be cute, but UVic’s rabbits have got to go.

feed the homeless. That, too, is not allowed....
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/hopping-on-campus/
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BY LÉO CHARBONNEAU | June 13 2011

We can do better to improve the student experience, say senior administrators.

feed into that.  As well, AUCC has a standing committee on educational issues and funding, so there is “a home institutionally within AUCC for these issues to keep moving forward,” he said. At the workshop’s close, Mr. Davidson said, “This is not just about rhetoric. We are actively sea...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/universities-have-lost-their-way-on-undergraduate-education/
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