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UNB educates Indian nurses to bolster province’s health care

Partnership with Manipal Academy of Higher Education brings Canadian component to international nursing education.
News Artificial intelligence

New federal AI strategy emphasizes university research, training and commercialization

Expansion of Canada CIFAR AI Chairs signals ‘Canada really can be a leader.’
News Teaching

Learning through community service

When students work with social organisms, everyone benefits.
News Artificial intelligence

Universities urged to work together to ramp up AI adoption

COU report outlines AI’s risks to privacy, security, integrity, autonomy, copyright, and the environment, while advising institutions to responsibly embrace the technology.

Opinion Artificial intelligence

Feeling disillusioned? The Pope is on your side

Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical on AI has much to say about the culture of profit, technocracy and competition pervading today’s universities.
Opinion Research

From research to impact: How graduates transform society

A Université Laval study shows that most research-trained graduates contribute to innovation and act as catalysts for societal change.
Opinion Artificial intelligence

The race to reimagine higher education

How Canadian universities can lead the AI transformation.
Opinion Research

Training graduate students in research means investing in the future

Graduate research training shapes the thinkers, innovators and engaged citizens our society needs to address the defining challenges of the 21st century.

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 Retirement

Share your expertise and write what you know

Writing a book in retirement can be a source of immense satisfaction.
Career Advice Mental Health

The double-edged sword of autonomy

Professors enjoy enviable freedoms, but our inner taskmasters can put us in chains.
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.

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Study Permits

News Policy

Why has the Atlantic region been hit hardest by IRCC’s student visa cuts?

Reduced international student intake threatens local economies, workforce pipelines and long-term growth in less populous regions.

by
Hannah Liddle
May 06, 2026
News International students

No more ‘soft touch’ on student visa fraud, IRCC vows

New technology and better enforcement will pre-emptively deter rule-breakers, deputy minister says.

by
Audrey Pridham
April 22, 2026
News International students

International student visa permits: What to know

IRCC announces 2026 international student targets.

by
Hannah Liddle
November 28, 2025
News Budget

Budget cuts international student permit targets by 49 per cent in 2026

Carney government also proposes $1.7 billion to recruit international researchers.

by
Hannah Liddle
November 04, 2025

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