News

Ice hotel ignites students’ imaginations

January 25, 2012

Annual contest invites architecture students to design ice-and-snow-themed suites.

CFI awards $33.6 million

January 25, 2012

Leaders Opportunity Fund awards go to 38 universities.

Are high school marks enough?

January 18, 2012

Competition for the best students and grade inflation prompt changes in the way some universities assess student applicants.

Keeping capable elderly drivers on the road

January 9, 2012

Canadian researchers are working to create tools that can determine how long a senior is still safe behind the wheel.

A new take on autism

January 9, 2012

A Université de Montréal researcher suggests autism can be an advantage in some spheres.

Tri-council changes policy to curtail incidents of academic fraud

November 30, 2011

Release of new rules catches universities by surprise.

Web crawler takes aim at child porn

January 9, 2012

Researchers at Simon Fraser University’s International Cybercrime Research Centre have developed a special web crawler that they hope will help to track and disrupt these websites.

Research chair to combat homophobia

January 9, 2012

UQAM professor the first to hold this position.

NeXus program links ‘business minds’ to social missions

January 9, 2012

University of Toronto initiative is a student-run management consulting practice.

Meet Carleton’s intrepid cycle-canoe commuter

January 9, 2012

Neither wind, nor rain – but maybe ice – will keep Root Gorelick from his appointed rounds.

Learning leadership in grand style

January 9, 2012

Trinity Western students call the Booth Mansion home while interning in Ottawa.


Archive
Student groups to lead violence-prevention projects on campus

Federal funding won’t be available to faculty, administrations.

December 6, 2011
Is Canada producing too many PhDs? Yes, no and maybe

The real question, said panelists at the Canadian Science Policy Conference, is how to better prepare graduates for life outside academe.

November 30, 2011
University, giving meaning to one’s life

A new program is being offered to retirees to think about the meaning of their lives and to develop a life project.

November 29, 2011
Does short-term volunteering abroad create global citizens?

Research study finds personal concerns like job preparedness are the main motivations for students going abroad to volunteer.

November 29, 2011
International group calls for end to selective reporting of clinical trials

Free access to all data will provide the best care for patients, says Cochrane Collaboration.

November 29, 2011
Student presents a varied portrait of UBC community

“Photography is a way for me to express myself and learn about the world around me.”

November 28, 2011
Easing the transition between high school and university

Program targets first-generation students.

November 28, 2011
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