A “wise move” says one academic who’s studied low youth-voting rates.

Residences compete to see which building can conserve the most.

From Sept. 21 to 27, nearly 30 universities will host public events in celebration of science.

Pact reached with regulatory body creates a new certification stream for international student advisers.

University Affairs has scored seven nominations in six categories at the 2015 Canadian Online Publishing Awards. The website is vying for gold in the following categories in the business-to-business media division: Best news coverageUniversities caught up in overhaul of foreign workers program Medical marijuana a growing field for university researchers in Canada Dentistry students’ Facebook […]

Canada’s Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council is spearheading a project to streamline the path to international research funding. The Trans-Atlantic Platform is a consortium of 17 funding agencies from 12 countries, backed by the European Commission and co-led by SSHRC and the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). Its mission is to facilitate international […]

When Christine Le was a kid, she became passionate about science from watching Bill Nye the Science Guy and Popular Mechanics for Kids. Add a supportive high school teacher and you end up with Ms. Le’s career today. She is nearing completion of her PhD in organic chemistry at the University of Toronto’s prestigious Lautens […]

The drop is seen as a worrisome trend for some universities in the province.

To address the affordable housing shortage, a private organization has undertaken to build a student housing cooperative.

UBC’s big tree registry aims to protect the province’s giants.

U of Saskatchewan’s Dennis Lanigan has had a lifelong passion for Victorian-era art.

Move affects all students, faculty and visitors from formerly visa-exempt countries, except the U.S., starting next spring.

Academics, students and practitioners attended the Canadian Peace and Conflict Studies Conference hosted by Canadian Mennonite University.

Laurier prof says quality of public opinion polling is dropping, making election projections more difficult

Philosophy professor Karyn Freedman took risks by using her own rape as a way of analyzing sexual violence and trauma.

The philosophy prof shares how her rape influences her scholarly work on trauma and inspired an award-winning memoir.

Mount Royal magazine plays off iconic war posters to encourage women to join up.

For overtired students at the University of Calgary, salvation is at hand: a nap room to help you catch up on some much-needed rest. The nap room was a campaign promise by Kirsty McGowan, elected the student union’s vice-president of student life this past spring. She says she came up with the idea after researching […]

A collection of love letters from 130 poets past and present offers a slice of literary history.

Mount Saint Vincent University has opened what it calls “the first building on a Canadian university campus dedicated to the accomplishments of women.” The new Margaret Norrie McCain Centre for Teaching, Learning and Research “celebrates women’s contributions to business, public policy, family life, academia, the arts, sciences and community,” says MSVU president Ramona Lumpkin. Named […]