UnivCan.ca UniversityStudy.ca

University Study

En Fr

English Français

UnivCan.ca UniversityStudy.ca

Keeping Canada’s university community informed, inspired and connected

News

Opinion

Features

Career Advice

News Israel-Hamas conflict

NDP urges federal government to provide biometrics options for Palestinian students awaiting study permits

Critics accuse Ottawa of bureaucratic double standards.
News International students

Committee urges penalties, random audits to crack down on foreign student visa fraud

Lax oversight, followed by a bungled foreign student permit cap, have wreaked damage on institutes of higher education, a parliamentary committee report concludes.
News Policy

Medical profs question Ontario’s “merit”-based admissions law

Societal needs should be considered alongside academic prowess in med school admissions, doctors argue.
News Budget

$21 M allocation gives USudbury ‘a solid foundation to build on’

Provincial funding allows the northern Ontario university to continue operating after its breakup with Laurentian.

Opinion Research

Curiosity over canon

The benefits of research beyond methodological silos.
Opinion Communication

What do universities owe the public?

Institutions of higher learning exist to serve the needs of society, from global to local.
Opinion Research

Beyond protection?

The impact of ethics sprawl on researchers at Canadian universities.
Opinion Academic freedom

Why should academic freedom protect ineffective teaching?

The status quo is in desperate need of change.

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.
Features Policy

Degrees of Change

British Columbia’s funding pressures, shifting enrolment and policy reforms signal sweeping changes ahead for colleges and universities across the province.
Features Artificial intelligence

Flight of the Valkyrie

Waterloo engineering students compete for glory with an AI-enhanced urban firefighting drone.
Features Artificial intelligence

Behind the curve

Learning to embed AI in the medical curriculum.

Career Advice Administration

Reconsidering the value of exams in the age of AI

Logistical, security and validity challenges present an opportunity to rethink the role of exams in assessment.
Career Advice Students

Heading to France for your master’s?

Quebec’s Bourse Frontenac could help fund your graduate studies.
Career Advice EDI

Bridging science and inclusion

MISI Summer School reimagines equity in research training.
Career Advice Advice

Take it easy this conference season

Before committing to a colloquium, consider carefully whether the time and cost are worth the payoff.

Tag archive

Laurentian University

News Campus news

Faculty strike at Laurentian

Negotiations fail, picket lines rise at northern Ontario university.

by
Andréanne Joly
January 20, 2026
News Campus news

Canada’s francophone universities: drivers of thriving communities

Despite challenges, Canadian universities in francophone minority settings actively contribute to their communities and the advancement of knowledge.

by
Andréanne Joly
February 03, 2025

Most popular

The University Affairs Newsletter

Keeping Canada’s university community informed, inspired and connected