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The Black Hole
BY DAVID KENT | December 30 2010
feeding them out into other fields ((I have a good friend who has done well after getting her laboratory sciences degree from a college - increasing and further improving these types of programs would help to fill the need for mega-science operations that need highly skilled specialised labour)) . ...
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/the-black-hole/professionals-in-high-demand/
The Black Hole
BY JONATHAN THON | June 04 2012
feeding into these professions, it has become a prerequisite for most of these positions. As with any new profession, employment in an altogether different field carries with it its own learning curve, further delaying the career advancement of the scientist. A significant departure from the curr...
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/the-black-hole/introducing-career-streams-into-academic-research/
The Black Hole
BY DAVID KENT | November 02 2016
feeding, changing and playing with my son, I underestimated the other jobs. No single task was particularly cumbersome (laundry, cooking, bottle sterilizing, etc), but together they can certainly fill the day and then some. After a few weeks, it became much more manageable as I developed systems tha...
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/the-black-hole/reflections-male-scientist-parental-leave/
The Black Hole
BY DAVID KENT | December 12 2019

Many scientists are leaving academe, but why they leave and who remains will have substantial implications for how we train future scientists.

feeding many potential hunters with a single killed animal makes sense for the next hunt) and third, you need to build trust between the cooperative parties (i.e., getting people to think about collective good over individual good as in a https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/the-black-hole/survivorship-bias-in-science-is-individual-resilience-the-most-important-quality-of-a-good-scientist/
Speculative Diction
BY MELONIE FULLICK | February 04 2013
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https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/speculative-diction/mixed-messages/
Speculative Diction
BY MELONIE FULLICK | September 30 2014
feeding into the growing popularity of the practice. But as usual, I’m going to be a party pooper (sorry/not sorry!) and argue that this new form of funding is a mixed blessing. And since the only criticisms https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/speculative-diction/milking-crowd/
Speculative Diction
BY MELONIE FULLICK | September 25 2015
feedback,” instead of trying to get others to read it and give advice first. This is inconsiderate practice—not only does it take time to prepare a draft for publication and find an appropriate journal to send it to; reviewers also need to take time to read and comment on it with the assumption ...
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/speculative-diction/hiding-in-plain-sight-changing-the-unwritten-rules-of-academe/
Features
BY CAILYNN KLINGBEIL | February 21 2024

The Saskatchewan-based researcher has been studying and tracking super pigs for over 14 years.

feeding on all manner of native wildlife, they've absolutely exploded and been incredibly successful,” he says. Dr. Brook’s interest in these animals goes back many years. He was raised on a farm in Manitoba and describes himself as a practical farm boy who wants to solve problems and help pe...
https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/ryan-brook-canadas-chairman-of-the-boar/
Features
BY TIM JOHNSON | June 13 2011

How Canadian researchers are continuing the nation’s 60-year record of excellence in aerospace.

feeds a different sort of innovation in aerospace, graduating master’s and doctoral students who work in 120 countries in government and industry. Some have founded similar programs in the developing and developed world. The cosmos, unlike its Wild West image in movies like Star Wars a...
https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/a-space-legacy/
Features
BY ROSANNA TAMBURRI | November 07 2012

Whether you see them as a catalyst for change or mostly as hype, MOOCs are fundamentally different from other forays into open online learning.

feeds into the desire for lower-cost alternatives to traditional higher education, he says. “There’s a rising need worldwide – a massive need – for higher education, and maybe this is just one window or access point for learners to do that. I see it as an opportunity.” Still, analysts c...
https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/all-about-moocs/
Features
BY ROSANNA TAMBURRI | April 10 2013

Desire2Learn, one of Canada’s technology success stories, can trace its roots directly to a university classroom.

feeds to vent their frustrations. D2L said the outage affected about 25 percent of its clients and lasted up to 72 hours. “Learners and employees were frustrated and angry, and justly so,” Mr. Baker wrote in a contrite message on D2L’s website. “We have to work to rebuild your confidence in ...
https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/flipping-the-classroom-desire2learn/
Features
BY TIM JOHNSON | August 06 2014

Schools are unpaving paradise and creating a stronger sense of place.

feeds the needy. “The number of students using these areas is startling,” says Mr. Adler. “Where there used to be dozens [of people], we now have hundreds, and a lot of the downtown community comes over here to eat lunch. It’s been a huge success.” ... https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/unpaving-paradise/
Features
BY BECKY RYNOR | September 26 2016

Researchers at universities across the country are struggling, says Dr. Woodgett of Toronto’s Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute.

feeds you. But they stuck their necks out, so I was surprised. And there was a lot of feedback. I had tons of emails from people explaining the situation they were in and not knowing what to do because they could see this was just going to be such a disaster of a competition. UA: Was that...
https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/jim-woodgett-wrote-open-letter-blasting-cihr-reforms-comes-next/
Features
BY LISA PHILIPPS | March 29 2017

One academic’s journey in search of new perspectives.

feeds the academic soul and keeps us connected to their points of view. It also generates meaningful discussion with colleagues, and good ideas about how we can best innovate and respond to a changing context for postsecondary education.

Phase two: Government

While on leave, I accepted a...
https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/in-praise-of-secondments/
Features
BY ANQI SHEN | September 26 2018

We asked our readers: what is the one teaching tip, tool or technique you can’t live without?

feeds and photographs can be accessed through the classroom computer and organized for presentation through a single application like PowerPoint. Additionally, experts and cultural practitioners can be brought into the classroom virtually through applications like Skype. This worked particularly ...
https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/7-teaching-tips-to-consider-for-your-classroom/
Features
BY ERIKA THORKELSON | March 06 2020

How controversy, curriculum change and emerging perspectives are shifting the study of Canadian literature.

feeds, and they wanted to create a record of that “ephemeral” discourse. “They are sites of cultural discourse that matter,” says Dr. Wunker, an assistant professor of English at Dalhousie University. She notes that part of her job as a scholar of Canadian literature is to create resources f...
https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/setting-the-canlit-canon-on-fire/
Features
BY EVA VOINIGESCU | June 24 2020

The Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital is pioneering an open-science model that could change the way medical research is conducted across the globe.

feeds the Neuro’s Early Drug Discovery Unit (EDDU). The unit brings together researchers and industry partners to identify molecular targets that hold promise for the drug-development process. The institute has partnered with multinational pharmaceutical companies like Merck and Takeda, as well as...
https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/could-the-montreal-neuro-herald-a-paradigm-shift-in-scientific-research/
Features
BY KERRY BANKS | October 28 2020

Chronic procrastination is on the rise, say experts, and appears to be prevalent among academics. We really should get around to doing something about it.

feeds back into the negative emotions that led them to procrastinate in the first place, thus fueling a vicious circle,” says Dr. Sirois.
“I love deadlines. I love the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.”

Douglas Adams, author of https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/the-pull-of-procrastination/

Features
BY HANNAH LIDDLE | February 14 2024

David Robinson, executive director of the Canadian Association of University Teachers, shares his thoughts on how the debate over the Israel-Hamas conflict is threatening fundamental principles of academia.

feeds into our current moment, where it’s much easier to vilify someone for their position then to understand whether that position is crossing a line. Is this going from what is legally acceptable to illegal behaviour? UA: Let’s turn to a few specific exampl...
https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/defending-academic-freedom/
News
BY LÉO CHARBONNEAU | October 06 2008

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