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News Budget

Ontario unis avoid fiscal abyss, still anticipate cuts

Universities relish a multi-billion-dollar provincial infusion, but budgeting remains frugal for 2026-27.
News EDI

Scarborough Charter faces headwinds

Anti-racism group steps up efforts amid budget cutbacks, EDI backlash.
News Research

Federal $29M fund embeds PhDs and post-docs into tech firms

Talent Innovation Canada receives promised funding to match grad students with companies to develop new technologies.
News International students

Cuban students and scholars desperately await improvement amid continued blockade

Canada-Cuba relations expert Karen Dubinsky warns mood among Cuban colleagues continues to decline.

Opinion Policy

Science must become a pillar of Canadian foreign policy

With technological developments reshaping global governance, science cannot remain isolated from international relations.
Opinion International students

The dangers of over-securitization

Are Canadian universities losing out on valuable transnational education opportunities with China?
Opinion Climate Change

UBC student mobilizes climate advocacy to drive change

Sadie Vipond, a plaintiff in the country’s landmark youth climate lawsuit, is urging universities to prepare students to meet the realities of a warming world.
Opinion Arts

It’s time for philosophy to regain its rightful place

With an influence that extends to nearly every intellectual domain, philosophy is indispensable to the mission of a university.

Features History

Two solitudes: Quebec Universities in WWII

Historical researcher explores English-French divide over Second World War.
Features Policy

Northern Shift

The alarming rise of far-right movements in Canada.
Features History

How social movements shape Canadian universities

A history of clashes, challenges, and lessons learned.
Features Indigenous

U the North

Working together with Inuit, First Nations and Métis, university researchers are bolstering sovereignty and improving living conditions in the Arctic.

Career Advice Research

How to hook an SSHRC postdoc grant

Two tips for a catchy opening that will make your proposal stand out.
Career Advice Equity

Breaking through the “A” track

A woman’s guide to academic leadership.
Career Advice Advice

Learn when to say no… and yes!

How to strike your own balance between ambition, institutional expectations, and personal limits.
Career Advice Students

PhD studies: perception vs reality

How do I tell my friends and family about what I really do as a doctoral student?

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Opinion Policy

Science must become a pillar of Canadian foreign policy

With technological developments reshaping global governance, science cannot remain isolated from international relations.

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Anna-Lena Rüland, Pooneh Maghoul, Catherine Régis, Valérie Pisano & Annie Chaloux
May 27, 2026

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