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March-April 2019

BY TARA SIEBARTH | March 12 2019

EDITOR’S NOTE Judge not?: The problems with student course evaluations LETTERS Student success: it takes a community PEOPLE ON THE MOVE Heather McRae has been reappointed dean of MacEwan University’s school of continuing education for a second five-year term, and other appointments. CAMPUS The genetic industrial revolution is here Standing up for the next generation […]

BY JACKIE WONG | March 08 2019

Whether in her Indigenous Science, Technology, and Society lab or on Twitter, Dr. TallBear pushes boundaries to make space for the next generation.

BY ANQI SHEN | March 07 2019

Students, researchers and charitable organizations are mobilizing to find solutions to improve food security.

BY ALISON FLYNN, GAVAN WATSON & JAY WILSON | March 06 2019

A good TPS is a living document and a key part of our self-assessment as educators.

BY DIANE PETERS | March 06 2019

Research suggests that student evaluations of teaching are often badly designed and used inappropriately. But change is underway.

BY JESSICA NATALE WOOLLARD | March 05 2019

The guidelines require students to have a letter signed by their instructor indicating what kind of editing help is permitted.

BY MATTHEW HALLIDAY | March 04 2019

After years of collecting anecdotal data, UNB professor Eric Weissman is leading a study to bring the issue of student homelessness out of the shadows.

BY SHEILA COTE-MEEK | February 28 2019

It’s time to stop and rethink what a university should look like, and how education can remain relevant during times of rapid transition.

BY KERRY BANKS | February 27 2019

Researchers from numerous disciplines have begun to investigate the heavy toll that loneliness takes on society.

BY NATALIE SAMSON | February 25 2019

More than 114 institutions participated in the U.S.-based #ColorOurCollections campaign from February 4 to 8.

BY PATRICK DEANE | February 22 2019

The Magna Charta Universitatum is being used across the world to shape, guide and defend university values.

BY SUZANNE BOWNESS | February 20 2019

Moving beyond the traditional resumé-writing workshops, many centres are now helping students conceive of their career paths from the start of their studies.

BY EVA VOINIGESCU | February 19 2019

The Concordia research facility is the first of its kind in Canada, and one of about 15 labs in the world to specialize in the automated assembly of DNA parts.

BY MARK CARDWELL | February 12 2019

Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières has recruited top Australian forensics expert to study the open-air decomposition of human remains.

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