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BY JULIEN CAYOUETTE | October 27 2022

Collaboration and improved program offerings are at the heart of this proposed initiative, which draws inspiration from the Université du Québec network.

This past spring, a report was delivered to elected Ontario and federal officials touting the benefits of an official network for the province’s francophone universities. The founding institutions of the proposed Réseau des universités francophones de l’Ontario (RUFO) would include the fledgli...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/ontarios-french-language-universities-want-a-network-of-their-own/
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BY SPARROW MCGOWAN | August 20 2019

The new network of regional centers of excellence comes on the heels of Canada’s first national accessibility law.

Carleton University aims to draw on the power of partnerships to advance accessibility for people with disabilities through the recently announced Canadian Accessibility Network. “We are pursuing to establish Carleton as a centre of excellence in accessibility,” said Dr. Boris Vukovic, director ...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/carleton-to-lead-canadian-accessibility-network/
Graduate Matters
BY MARIA GALLO | April 26 2022

Connecting with others in your field can offer job search insights, networking opportunities and a chance to learn about different career paths.

After a decade of studying alumni relationships, I am keenly aware that most students and graduates don’t think about their alumni network very much at all. Your alumni network offers you connection to thousands of fellow graduates. Although your alumni network is often linked to your undergrad ex...
https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/graduate-matters/how-your-alumni-network-can-help-supercharge-graduate-school-success/
The Black Hole
BY DAVID KENT | May 10 2012
networking. Last week, I attended the inaugural Till and McCulloch meeting in Montreal (it's the offspring of the Canadian Stem Cell Network's annual general meeting) and was part of a full day workshop specifically designed for early career researchers on academic grant writing. I have been a me...
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/the-black-hole/networks-the-big-kind-and-how-they-drive-canadian-science/
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BY TAYO BERO | March 22 2022

The BRN aims to make Black scholars feel supported as well as provide them with a community of peers who can help them navigate their research journey.

networking events focused on topics ranging from wellness to money; they also held a roundtable where professors, postdoctoral, graduate students assembled to discuss the history of Black female teachers and pedagogy in Canada.

What’s next

Dr. Coleman said that although undergraduate st...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/u-of-ts-black-research-network-gearing-up-for-the-next-level/
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BY NAVNEET ALANG | June 03 2022

High-end applications represent the bleeding edge, but there are also opportunities for 5G technology to boost equity and close the digital divide.

Stranded in a remote community, a patient lies on an operating table, undergoing life-saving surgery. A doctor carefully sutures a wound shut – but through a sophisticated medical robot which she controls from hundreds of kilometres away. This is one of the many ways 5G could transform our live...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/using-campus-5g-networks-researchers-aim-for-the-next-big-innovation/
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BY HANNAH LIDDLE | February 07 2023

Five Canadian universities will each host a Jarislowsky Chair in Trust and Political Leadership starting this July.

Are universities doing enough to train the next generation of public sector leaders? Not according to one of Canada’s richest men, Stephen Jarislowsky. The billionaire business magnate, investor and philanthropist has endowed $2 million each to five Canadian universities in support of a new net...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/a-new-network-of-research-and-teaching-chairs-aims-to-rebuild-trust-in-public-institutions/
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BY BECKY RYNOR | March 09 2016

Registrars group signs the Groningen Declaration on behalf of universities and colleges.

The transmission of student transcripts and other personal data from one institution to another can be onerous, costly, precarious and “a pain,” according to University of Toronto PhD candidate Jessica Robin. “In my experience with two Canadian universities, every time you need to send (transc...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/canada-joins-network-to-improve-the-international-exchange-of-student-data/
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BY LAURA BEAULNE-STUEBING | September 02 2020

With the unveiling of its website on September 4, the National Black Graduate Network officially starts its work to connect and support Black graduate students across Canada.

Graduate studies can be a challenging, disconnected and isolating experience for Black students, according to two of the founders of a new graduate student group. PhD students Jamilah Dei-Sharpe and Cherie A. Daniel, who helped found the National Black Graduate Network with PhD candidate Julian Kapf...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/a-new-network-by-black-graduate-students-for-black-graduate-students-launches-this-week/
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BY BECKY RYNOR | April 05 2017

Thanks to ArcticNet, research in Canada’s Far North is thriving, but its funding runs out in 2018.

networking, collaborations and integrated work that goes on.” Dr. Lafrenière says these advances were made possible through Continue reading, a network that coordinates and supports multidisciplinary research into the impacts of climate change and moderni...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/arctic-research-crossroads-network-funding-winds/
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BY LÉO CHARBONNEAU | September 11 2013

Many Canadian universities boast new LEED-certified buildings (for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design), among other varied sustainability efforts. But, to date, there has been little coordinated analysis of policies and practices around sustainability in education in Canada.

Into that breach has stepped the Sustainability and Education Policy Network, a six-year research program involving eight universities launched last year through a $2-million pa...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/research-network-to-examine-universities-sustainability/
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BY MICHAEL RANCIC | February 04 2021

With three shows in development, the Amplify network aims to bring peer-reviewed podcasts to the public.

If it were up to Hannah McGregor, the tenure and promotion process at universities would catch up with the times. Across Canada academics are sharing their research with broader audiences in more accessible ways that challenge traditional modes of academic publishing and scholarship. “We see un...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/a-canadian-academic-podcast-network-is-reimagining-the-sound-of-scholarship/
The Black Hole
BY DAVID KENT | October 18 2010
Two of the most common complaints heard over coffee in medical science labs and the source of much mental anguish are 1) "Is there any hope in getting a Cell, Science or Nature paper" followed by 2) "Does my career hang in the balance"? Currently, it seems that the sole...
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/the-black-hole/new-metrics-for-assessing-scientists-collaboration-networks/
Speculative Diction
BY MELONIE FULLICK | March 28 2012
networking” is presented as an activity separate from other things, for example, as something that only happens when you’re at “networking events” and/or when you’re searching for a job. Not only does this make it less appealing to people like me, who would rather stay home and read a book...
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/speculative-diction/how-the-network-works/
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