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Contest compels participants to explain their thesis through interpretive dance.
Rabi Sun wants people to know what the University of British Columbia looks like. Not what its buildings look like, or what the statistics say it looks like, but how it looks through the faces of the people who go there. Since he started at UBC as a first-year student in political science in 2009, […]
The real question, said panelists at the Canadian Science Policy Conference, is how to better prepare graduates for life outside academe.
Release of new rules catches universities by surprise.
A new program is being offered to retirees to think about the meaning of their lives and to develop a life project.
Program targets first-generation students.
Association wants to explore the ways its member universities contribute to Canada.
With drug companies reducing antibiotic research, it has fallen to academia to develop the next weapons to fight bacterial infection.
At Halifax symposium, some suggest that cost-cutting might be needed during tough times.
One result is more strikes than usual on Canadian campuses, experts say.
The organization formerly known as APICS gets a new name and look but retains its goal of linking the region’s faculty, students and scientists.
The University of Calgary has a new student group, which started this fall: the Nursing Guys Club.
Gliding safely to research success.
Researcher chronicles the relationship between Quebeckers and their religious profanity.
“Living laboratory” will serve as a test bed for innovation and research.
Dalhousie program puts “in costume” in a whole new light.
Recent WHO recommendation about TB testing prompted by team’s finding.
Proposals for overhauling the NRC, student internships and continued funding for research granting councils are well received.
The number of international students also up sharply from last year.
The University Affairs website took home top honours at the third annual Canadian Online Publishing Awards, winning gold for Best Companion Web Site in the blue division for business-to-business, professional association, farm or scholarly websites. Other nominees in that category included Quill & Quire, Conseiller.ca and Advisor.ca. This award is given to the publication deemed […]