Media Scan
feed the students' hunger for a taste of home....
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/media-scan/headlines-for-feb-26-2019/
Media Scan
feed the city’s most vulnerable residents during the novel coronavirus pandemic....
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/media-scan/headlines-for-april-22-2020/
Media Scan
feed-university-of-alberta-medical-students/">Edmonton firm donates $10,000 to feed University of Alberta medical students
The Rohit Group and the Covenant Foundation have teamed up to give the gift of food to University of Alberta medical students who are helping reduce the spread of ...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/media-scan/headlines-for-april-27-2020/
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feed-struggling-burnaby-university-students-1.24179258">Food hub set up to feed struggling Burnaby university students
COVID-19 has dramatically impacted many aspects of our daily lives. Disparities in our society have become increasingly apparent as more of the population, inc...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/media-scan/headlines-for-august-4-2020/
In my opinion
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https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/in-my-opinion/the-emotional-winger-of-publishing-its-worth-it/
In my opinion
And why Atlantic universities need to champion their arts programs.
feed us,
Gone now, forever more.
La mer ne pardonne pas.
(Lyrics reprinted with permission of James Keelaghan)...
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/in-my-opinion/the-power-of-the-arts/
In my opinion
Patterned after the existing Quebec model, such a committee would be an essential bridge between the chief science advisor and student researchers.
feed into the committee’s work, guiding them in carrying out their role as student advisors. By such means, the committee contributes in an active manner to the governance of the FRQ. It is also important to draw attention to the direct communication that takes place between the committee and the ...
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/in-my-opinion/graduate-student-advisory-committee-help-inform-canadas-future-chief-science-advisor/
In my opinion
We have to start being more intentional and transparent in promoting and celebrating empathy, inclusivity and kindness on our campuses.
feed, I wonder about students and colleagues who might not feel that they do in fact matter here. Students who are struggling in significant ways, gasping for breath under the desperate pressures of school, life, family. Colleagues on mental-health leaves, forgotten and unpaid, crawling their way ba...
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/in-my-opinion/i-matter-here-maybe/
Margin Notes
University recruitment offices must contend not only with blogs and Facebook, but also Flickr, YouTube, iTunesU and now Twitter, to name the obvious suspects. I feel your pain.
feed aggregator where I attempt to keep track of all those interesting blogs that I've bookmarked. I'm also on Facebook, although I really haven't done much with it - I just don't have the inclination to start amassing all those virtual friends.
And now, with Twitter, I can follow the scattered t...
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/margin-notes/the-siren-song-of-social-media/
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“Sciencefeed” is a new micro-blogging service just for scientists — a great idea that should be replicated.
feed.com/">Sciencefeed,” which the article describes as a “scientific version of [the] popular social-networking site Twitter."
The article continues:
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/margin-notes/twitter-for-scientists/
The aim is to speed up international scientific debate, with rapid-fire exchanges of thought between informed academics. Wher...
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The Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada looks at new directions in its advocacy agenda.
feed into making the case with the public that investing in higher education is critically important to Canada’s wealth, prosperity and civility going forward.”
It also seems possible that research and innovation will not be the overriding, number one advocacy item that it has been in the pas...
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/margin-notes/aucc-the-next-15-years/
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A few observations from the Canadian Science Policy Conference held last week in Ottawa.
feed six billion. Two hundred million of those underfed people are children. The population is projected to grow to nine billion by 2050. If we think that humanity will be able to survive by doing more of what we do now, we’re crazy. We have to do things differently. We have to do things better. ....
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/margin-notes/the-big-picture-perspective-on-science-policy/
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Harvey Weingarten of HEQCO shares his lessons learned over 30 years in higher education.
feed them into a government so they can make the best policies they can?”
He listed five lessons:
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/margin-notes/potent-principles-for-influencing-public-policy/
- Governments are thinking about themselves. So if you want to influence government, “use their language, solve their problems, write things in ways that they can understand.” Becaus...
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Accusations, allegations and recriminations filled media reports throughout the year.
feed the narrative. Among these were allegations that surfaced this past January of a sexual assault by members of the University of Ottawa’s hockey team. U of Ottawa president Alan Rock sus...
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/margin-notes/campus-sexual-assault-newsmaker-2014/
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A panel at next week’s Congress will discuss a new compendium of Canadian postsecondary education data sources.
feed the panel discussion....
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/margin-notes/what-canadian-higher-ed-data-are-you-missing/
The Black Hole
Peer Review and Publishing – the best of the worst?
A look at the peer review system and the idea that anonymity of reviewers is an idea of the past.
feed, or join theirContinue reading. Continue reading just made a heartfelt plea on his blog regarding the Charter - I encourage a read!
TheMarkNews has been flying under my radar for some time now and ...
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/the-black-hole/peer-review-and-publishing-the-best-of-the-worst/
The Black Hole
feed - we'll try to keep people posted on other interesting reports, articles, etc a little more quickly than we can generate content here on our own....
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/the-black-hole/we-caved-now-you-can-follow-scienceadvocacy-on-twitter/
The Black Hole
feed and Continue reading
If you get an email each time we post, this will continue as it has before. I will also post updates on my personal LinkedIN and Facebook accounts....
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/the-black-hole/facilitating-the-transition-new-posts-at-university-affairs/
The Black Hole
feed families. Despite the chronic undervaluing of postdoctoral fellows, these postdocs are not starving nor do they have “no other option” to make more money – they can (and do) leave. It doesn’t mean that academic researchers should be poorly paid, but it does again mean that the case for ...
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/the-black-hole/shorter-phds-and-more-active-thesis-committees/
The Black Hole
If you want to build or change something, you need to find a band of people who share that vision.
feed off their energy.
At the end of the day, if you want to build something or change something, you need to find a band of people who share that vision. You need to find a way to trust those colleagues to make the right decision and stick up for the principles that underpin that vision. If you...
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/the-black-hole/trust-is-the-key-to-being-more-productive-and-academics-stink-at-it/