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    Where do Quebec’s political parties stand on higher education? 

    With the provincial election less than a month away, we provide a roundup of platforms and promises.

  • News Students

    Kids with wealthy grandparents more likely to attend university 

    High-income grandparents can compensate for low-income parents in higher-ed access, a recent study shows.

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    Ottawa extends successful program to recruit French-speaking international students

    Minority communities, universities, benefit from demographic boost of young francophones.

  • News Research

    Ottawa announces 64 new research chairs in international talent attraction strategy

    Top-tier researchers from 13 countries to join Canadian universities in first wave of appointments.

  • Opinion Academic freedom

    It’s time to boycott U.S. conferences

    As trade hostilities continue, we shouldn’t use taxpayers’ dollars to travel stateside.

  • Opinion Academic freedom

    Rebuilding Jewish students’ trust in universities 

    As students return to campus, discussions of the Middle East conflict deserve a scholarly, responsible and robust treatment that recognizes antisemitism in all its forms.

  • Opinion Retirement

    Mandatory retirement: the case against

    Joe Norris argues that forcing academics to retire is a form of systemic violence.

  • Opinion Retirement

    Mandatory retirement: the case in favour

    Jamie Paris argues that guaranteed employment for life skews the age balance of the professorate while enabling the exploitation of early- and mid-career scholars.

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    A bridge to human rights

    IDRA scholarship winner Karen Spring studies Central American communities seeking redress for harms caused by major development projects.

  • Features Research

    Heat waves and brain waves

    IDRA scholarship winner Tianqi Zhao studies climate change and mental health in South Africa.

  • Features Research

    Take me to the river

    IDRA scholarship winner Peter Duker studies community fishing practices in Thailand.

  • Features History

    Two solitudes: Quebec Universities in WWII

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

  • Career Advice Students

    The paradox of doctoral learning

    Completing a PhD doesn’t mark the end of learning, but rather the loss of the illusion that learning ever ends.

  • Career Advice Administration

    The secret to good labour relations

    Two negotiators — one from a faculty association, one from a university administration — share their advice for building trust and achieving the common good.

  • Career Advice Mental Health

    Teaching in the great outdoors

    A unique creative writing class at the University of Toronto connects students to nature.

  • Career Advice Retirement

    From scholar to loller

    The joys of retiring early.

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