April 2016
EDITOR’S NOTE What’s the PhD for? Debating the purpose of doctoral education LETTERS Wise words, and a pun PEOPLE ON THE MOVE Queen’s University has appointed Benoit-Antoine Bacon provost and vice-principal, academic, and other appointments. CAMPUS Universities opt for gender-neutral language in undergraduate applications ‘Philosopher journalist’ Andrew Potter leaves the newsroom to return to academia Don’t rush, […]
There can be several individuals involved in the research that leads to an invention.
Retirement may be the opportunity for a “third career” to try something different.
Registrars group signs the Groningen Declaration on behalf of universities and colleges.
University of Waterloo researchers speculate that simply typing more slowly may improve writing.
Ingenuity’s the key when you’re one of Canada’s smaller university presses.
It’s an alternative career track that they say fits them well.
A Dalhousie PhD student develops a tattoo removal cream.
Gary Kobinger is leaving the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg for Université Laval.
But, leveraging that talent requires a strategy and investment.
The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada has named Victoria Kaspi, a professor of astrophysics and director of the Space Institute at McGill University, winner of the 2016 Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering. Dr. Kaspi’s study of neutron stars – the ancient remnants of the most massive stars in […]
An excerpt from Solitudes of the Workplace: Women in Universities.
New application options at University of Regina, University of Alberta go beyond “female” and “male.”
Outgoing Ottawa Citizen editor to lead McGill’s Institute for the Study of Canada.