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As COVID-19 began to spread around the globe, so too did a toxic brew of rumours, misinformation and conspiracy theories.
The York assistant professor and author of From the Ashes says he has a responsibility to those who suffer from addiction, and to his former self, to tell his story of homelessness and redemption.
Seven academics reflect on the moment they realized the world had changed.
The Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital is pioneering an open-science model that could change the way medical research is conducted across the globe.
This May, Yukon College officially became Yukon University. The journey to becoming Canada’s first university north of the 60th parallel has been more than 45 years in the making.
The scholar’s latest book is not only the culmination of a career spent examining the ethics of biotechnology, it’s a call to action for the rest of us get in on the conversation.
What the history of pandemics can tell university leaders about the aftermath of COVID-19.
PhD candidate Genevieve von Petzinger has scoured ancient rock art to create the world’s largest database of early abstract symbols – but what do they mean?
Traditional in-person conferences have been criticized for a variety of reasons, but the current COVID-19 pandemic puts them in a whole new light.
How controversy, curriculum change and emerging perspectives are shifting the study of Canadian literature.
Universities across the country are tweaking their admissions processes to attract students from less-privileged backgrounds.
Agriculture faculties are becoming some of the most exciting hubs of interdisciplinary collaboration on Canadian campuses.
The ban on Black students studying medicine was in effect for decades, then forgotten, and wasn’t officially repealed until just two years ago.
Mathematics and statistics instructors from across Canada have come together to launch a grassroots faculty initiative to improve student learning.
University of Victoria’s chair of transgender studies and founder of the Transgender Archives is on a mission to collect and celebrate works by transgender people for transgender people.
Queen’s University terrorism researcher Amarnath Amarasingam is no stranger to intersectoral strife.
Universities and industry groups agree the path to engineering needs to be smoother for talented young women.
Welcome to 2020! As we say goodbye to 2019, here are the stories and issues that shaped the past year in Canadian higher education. Stories that made 2019 University Affairs turns 60 Commemorating the magazine’s 60th anniversary was a fun (but daunting) project to take on. The trick was figuring out how to showcase all of […]
Some of our readers offer their tips on managing the stresses of university life.
Over the past year we’ve read and reported, edited and produced, hundreds of stories. Here are six that stayed with us. Archives are adapting to an era of digitization and decolonization The idea for this story came out of a brainstorming session for content to include in our 60th anniversary issue. Anniversaries naturally call us […]