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Proposed Alto rail route slashes through Queen’s field biology station

Federal government praises the wilderness station as ‘globally unique,’ considers cleaving it with high-speed train.
News Indigenous

Decolonization efforts entangle Franco-Albertan heritage

The University of Alberta’s Campus Saint-Jean is wrestling with the historical legacy of its founders, who represent French Canadian survival to some but colonial oppression to others.
News Students

Fostering Black brilliance

At two Atlantic Canadian universities, small teams are thinking big to promote the scientific potential of students of African descent.
News Research

High-stakes research

At the Alberta Gambling Research Institute, experts are uncovering the trends behind the bets.

Opinion Mental Health

When misconduct disappears into university bureaucracy

Universities have procedures for misconduct, but too often lack the governance structures needed to see the patterns that emerge across sectors.
Opinion Artificial intelligence

AI in universities: the case in favour

Joël Blit argues integrating AI into curricula and pedagogy can make universities more human, not less.
Opinion Artificial intelligence

AI in universities: the case against

Ping Lam Ip and Andrea DeKeseredy argue generative artificial intelligence has no place in higher education.
Opinion Policy

Universities participating in Canadian militarization: the case against

Henry A. Giroux argues that the militarization of Canadian universities threatens to transform institutions devoted to critical inquiry and democratic life into extensions of the warfare state.

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.
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.

Career Advice Writing

Say it plainly: Writing a report for your community partners

Part I: How to break away from scholarly style and serve the people who made the research possible.
Career Advice Retirement

Staying active — and activist — in retirement

People often ask me: why are you still doing all those professional things? Haven’t you “retired”? The underlying and well-meaning message is: why aren’t you relaxing more, travelling to faraway places, and binge-watching your favourite television shows? I...
Career Advice Career

The academic’s guide to pitching for podcast interviews

Three tips for snagging a spot on your favourite series.
Career Advice Artificial intelligence

Why are multiple-choice questions making a comeback?

Distinguishing the correct answer from plausible, but incorrect, alternatives sharpens students' skills in detecting AI slop.

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Opinion Teaching

Aligning curricula with the workforce: the case against

Mazen Guirguis argues that the university should return to its Socratic roots.

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Mazen Maurice Guirguis
July 21, 2026
Opinion Teaching

Aligning curricula with the workforce: the case in favour

Matthew McKean and Valerie Walker argue that students aren't choosing between learning and work, so why should universities?

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Matthew McKean & Valerie Walker
July 20, 2026

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