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BY ASHLEIGH VANHOUTEN | NOV 20 2015

University Affairs magazine won five gold awards at the 7th annual Canadian Online Publishing Awards (COPA) in Toronto on November 19. The magazine’s website won in the blue division, representing business-to-business, trade and association publications. The COPA awards, produced by Masthead (a digital trade magazine for the Canadian magazine industry), have awarded University Affairs every year since its inception. […]

BY NATALIE SAMSON | NOV 17 2015

They and their colleagues are a well-educated bunch: 14 MPs hold PhDs while more than two-thirds have at least a bachelor’s degree.

BY ZACK BRADLEY | NOV 17 2015

Deaf graduate shares her research using innovative online tools.

BY NATALIE SAMSON | NOV 11 2015

To mark its anniversary, the organization launches a timeline of important events in its history.

BY BECKY RYNOR | NOV 11 2015

Recent gathering held in Toronto is part of the UN International Year of Light.

BY ZACK BRADLEY | NOV 10 2015

“Sometimes 10 seconds can be the difference between life and death,” says professor Carlos Ventura.

BY TIM LOUGHEED | NOV 03 2015

Much of this information is being used without our consent or knowledge, say SSHRC grant recipients.

BY SHAWNA WAGMAN | NOV 03 2015

“It’s not just for science geeks, it’s for everybody who loves the sky,” says physics professor Howard Trottier.

BY SHAWNA WAGMAN | NOV 03 2015

Call it Murphy’s Law of umbrellas: carry one around all day and you’ll never see a drop of rain; forget it at home and you’ll be sure to get soaked. For the weather-weary folks on the University of British Columbia campus, an umbrella-sharing service has come to the rescue. Founded by UBC alumni Amir Entezari […]

BY BECKY RYNOR | NOV 02 2015

The patient is stunned, then furious. “A mistake? You made a mistake?” he thunders, before breaking down in ragged sobs. The surgeon, a urology resident, has just told his patient that the pathology report indicating no evidence of prostate cancer had been misfiled in “Mr. Smith’s” chart. The patient’s actual report, however, shows aggressive prostate […]

BY ROSANNA TAMBURRI | OCT 28 2015

Institutions are working to privately sponsor refugee families and to help bring student refugees here to study.

BY KAREN BIRCHARD | OCT 27 2015

The “It doesn’t Have to Hurt” initiative aims to disseminate evidence-based research quickly through social media.

BY SHAWNA WAGMAN | OCT 21 2015

Nathan Hall opens up about his fabulously popular Twitter persona

BY SHAWNA WAGMAN | OCT 20 2015

Its ringmaster is circus scholar and Concordia professor Patrick Leroux.

BY NATALIE SAMSON | OCT 14 2015

HEQCO report raises concerns over the quality and design of writing assignments across disciplines.

BY NATALIE SAMSON | OCT 13 2015

Comic-book artist shares his passion for storytelling with writers.

BY MOIRA FARR | OCT 07 2015

Many survivors believed their confidential statements would be destroyed, not archived for posterity.

BY SHAWNA WAGMAN | OCT 07 2015

Carleton University students would have a tough time ignoring the presence of the bright yellow bench in their main quad. And that’s the point. The vividly painted bench, installed in September, is meant to be a daily visual reminder for students to open up and talk about mental health issues. The bench is the first […]

BY NATALIE SAMSON | OCT 07 2015

It’s not every Canadian university that can boast a Boeing as part of its teaching facilities. That’s exactly what the University of the Fraser Valley has been doing since it became the lucky recipient of a Boeing 727-200 jet aircraft this summer. The 727 was donated by KF Aerospace to the university’s aircraft structures technician […]

BY JENNY GREEN | OCT 05 2015

New book describes how historians are using longitudinal analysis to shed light on our collective past.

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