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How our universities can compete in the world

May 8, 2013

A conversation with the Conference Board’s new executive-in-residence.

Four liberal arts colleges form new alliance

May 1, 2013

They aim to speak for the residential undergraduate experience.

Majority of Quebec universities say they intend to leave CREPUQ

May 1, 2013

10 of 11 members of the Université du Québec network of universities have told CREPUQ they intend to leave by this fall.

Teacher ed programs begin to contract

April 24, 2013

Drop in applications for teacher education most pronounced in Ontario.

City mayors come to the defence of their universities

April 24, 2013

Stand up to government rather than capitulate to bad policy, urges one mayor.

Interlibrary loans constrained by licences for e-books

April 10, 2013

Publisher licences make it difficult for libraries to share books by interlibrary loan, hampering small universities most of all.

University senators say senate should play larger role

April 10, 2013

Canadian study shows just half of senate members think it is an effective decision-making body.

Joining forces against 10,000 orphan diseases

April 10, 2013

A Université Laval professor laments the lack of funding for research into promising gene therapies.

Behold the NanoLeaf

April 10, 2013

Trio of inventors met while working on a solar car project at U of T.

The tweeting university president

April 10, 2013

Queen’s U head Daniel Woolf is a Twitter enthusiast.

Another campus newspaper bites the dust

March 27, 2013

University of British Columbia’s UBC Reports prints its last edition in March.

Your research explained in three minutes flat

March 20, 2013

Competition that forces grad students to quickly and clearly summarize their work gaining in popularity.


Archive
Survey asks: Who is the Canadian postdoctoral fellow?

Lack of data makes it difficult to craft good policy to meet postdocs’ needs, say organizers.

April 8, 2013
Federal budget stays the course, while provinces begin to pull back

As universities react to tough provincial budgets, the federal budget contains only modest changes to the sector.

March 22, 2013
SFU-developed device lets users generate electricity while walking

Aimed at the developing world, the PowerWalk has also caught the interest of the military.

March 18, 2013
Changes to immigration rules are a boon to international student recruitment

Fastest growing economic immigrant class is Canadian Experience Class, which favours foreign graduates of Canadian universities for permanent residency.

March 6, 2013
Finding the source of the ‘Windsor hum’

Researchers from University of Windsor and Western University received funding to locate the disruptive sound.

March 6, 2013
Queen’s stylish Human Media Lab marries art with technology

“Boutique” laboratory has created some groundbreaking prototypes that have made international headlines.

March 6, 2013
Academics’ cookbook celebrates the taste of the islands

Edited and published at UPEI, book includes recipes and essays from around the world.

March 6, 2013
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