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BY ROSANNA TAMBURRI | January 12 2009

No one’s studying Canadian politics anymore, or not the way they used to. Should we care?

BY MOIRA MACDONALD | January 12 2009

Attending public lectures is a great way to sharpen the intellectual saw, as our correspondent discovered after spending a month attending free public lectures at Toronto universities

BY YVES LUSIGNAN | December 01 2008

Practical advice from the co-author of a new book

BY CHRISTAL GARDIOLA | December 01 2008

A handful of Canadian colleges and universities are exploring the learning possibilities of this virtual online world, with mixed results

BY PASCAL ZAMPRELLI | December 01 2008

The life of an independent scholar, without the safety net of a university, brings with it trepidation, financial challenges and, for some, exhilarating freedom. Meet four who’ve taken the ride

BY MOIRA FARR | November 03 2008

Gilbert Arbez loves his job. As a full-time “teaching associate” at the University of Ottawa’s school of information technology and engineering, Mr. Arbez has spent the past five years teaching undergraduate courses in computer science, software engineering and computer engineering. “I worked for many years in a lab with machines all day,” he says. “Now […]

BY SUZANNE BOWNESS | November 03 2008

Sometimes a teacher can learn from his students. For Dalton Kehoe, an award-winning communications studies professor at York University, the opportunity to record his lectures newscaster-style in a professional studio seemed like a great idea – until he solicited student feedback on the finished product. “I like teaching and I have all kinds of awards […]

BY DANIEL DROLET | November 03 2008

Why job prospects for philosophy grads are brightening

BY MARTHA PIPER | October 06 2008

Martha Piper preps university presidents on how to push their institutions into the 21st century

BY ANDREW NIKIFORUK | October 06 2008

University of Calgary’s Peter Facchini seeks to unlock the secrets of one of mankind’s oldest, most valuable and most controversial domesticated plants – the “sleep-giving” opium poppy

BY TIM JOHNSON | October 06 2008

Social networking sites are uncharted territory for cheating, identity theft and other mischief. How should universities address the growing possibilities for problems on the new frontier?

BY MOIRA MACDONALD | September 08 2008

No noisy nights or beer-fueled brawls at this residence

BY SHELDON GORDON | September 08 2008

Canada’s ultimate crash course in magazine journalism

BY ROSANNA TAMBURRI | September 08 2008

As Canada and the U.S. experience a generational turnover of university presidents, the tough task of filling the executive office gets even tougher

BY DAVID HAYES | August 05 2008

Comparative literature is a small field that’s often misunderstood, even by neighbouring disciplines in the faculty of arts. That’s partly why it’s in crisis

BY DANIEL MCCABE | August 05 2008

They’re still a rare breed but the flock is growing. Should it be?

BY LÉO CHARBONNEAU | August 05 2008

Fewer and fewer universities require students to master a second language. Some think that’s a shame

BY TIM LOUGHEED | June 09 2008

Canadian researchers have been chronicling the decline of the world’s fisheries for years yet some remain cautiously optimistic that we may still be able to turn the tide on their fate

BY ANGELA PEREIRA | June 09 2008

Now called human ecology, its practitioners say the shift to a more science-based discipline reflects a return to the field’s roots

BY JUDY NOORDERMEER | June 09 2008

Once bitten by the overseas volunteer bug, these very special faculty and staff members find the work so rewarding that it’s hard to give it up

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