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BY ABRAHAM FUKS, JOHN BERGERON & NAHUM SONENBERG | APR 13 2021

A substantial increase in budgets to the three research councils, in addition to government policies that spur entrepreneurship and innovation, will support and lead our economic and social recovery.

BY ERIC CHAMPAGNE & ARACELLY DENISE GRANJA | APR 08 2021

The shift online demonstrated the convenience of distance learning and has convinced some learners, including workers and unemployed people, to study.

BY KEAN BIRCH | APR 06 2021

Here are two recommendations to make the process less onerous for faculty members.

BY ANANYA BANERJEE | APR 01 2021

Including social justice in public health curriculum will equip students with an equity lens.

BY ARJUN CHOWDHURY | MAR 30 2021

Report shows uncertainty surrounding non-academic positions, in addition to the quite reasonable impression they do not provide massive remuneration, argues political scientist.

BY LEAH HAMILTON, IRENE SHANKAR & MOHAMMED EL HAZZOURI | MAR 26 2021

Marketing/communications offices need to ensure the voices of BIPOC faculty and students are represented and amplified, not tokenized or misrepresented as they are now.

BY BILL FLANAGAN | MAR 26 2021

While the pandemic has caused massive upheavals, it has also forced universities to use technology to bring in much-needed change and innovations.

BY JEAN-PAUL BOUDREAU | MAR 23 2021

We need to re-establish ourselves as the place where leaders are prepared for whatever possibilities the future presents. Here’s how.

BY REY ROSALES | MAR 12 2021

As things return to normal, university leaders would be remiss if we just put online learning back to where it was in the pre-COVID era.

BY MARC SANER, ALLY GRAY & STEPHANIE WOODWORTH | MAR 08 2021

Our students like having rubrics for their assignments, but we couldn’t find a good example. So we created one.

BY MICHAEL J. STRONG | MAR 05 2021

In its new strategic plan, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research prepares for the next health-care crisis.

BY DIANA CUCUZ | FEB 26 2021

As women academics, we need to tout our accomplishments and applaud other women for doing so.

BY C. DARIUS STONEBANKS | FEB 19 2021

To work in a setting in which all of the power, opportunities, leadership and administration is primarily white is a powerful reality check.

BY BRAD NELSON | FEB 16 2021

It’s crucial that we restructure our PhD programs from beginning to end to reflect the actual – as opposed to imagined – career outcomes of our students.

BY ANDRIJANA BURAZIN, VESELIN JUNGIĆ & MIROSLAV LOVRIĆ | FEB 05 2021

I know you’re stressed, but so am I. We all need to show a little understanding, patience and co-operation.

BY JACK BAUER | JAN 29 2021

It can’t be stressed enough: fundamental research provides an essential base of knowledge on which applied research depends.

BY KIM HELLMANS, SONIA TANGUAY, SARAH TODD & MICHELLE BAULCH | JAN 25 2021

This model can be employed at any institution and can be used by instructors in their response to student requests for informal course accommodations.

BY MICHAEL O’SHEA & LEPING MOU | JAN 18 2021

An analysis of written communications related to COVID-19 at colleges and universities in China, Canada, and the United States during the first six months of the pandemic.

BY MIRJAM FINES-NEUSCHILD & BIBIANA PULIDO | JAN 12 2021

The decisions that professors make around evaluation and review – as well as in teaching and scholarly inquiry – are a product of their own interpretation of “excellence.”

BY MEGAN DOUGLAS | DEC 30 2020

Here are three ways Canadian universities can do more to help.

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