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Specifically highlighting tattoos that honour deceased loved ones or past events.
A York University sociology professor wants to build what she calls the world’s first comprehensive public archive of memorial tattoos – tattoos that honour a deceased loved one or commemorate a past event or life transition. The professor, Deborah Davidson, says memorial tattoos “both embody ...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/york-professor-creates-database-of-tattoos/
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Canadian and Kenyan universities join forces to provide formal training to volunteer teachers.
September’s brazen attack that killed at least 67 people at the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya, brought the world’s attention to a region that, while troubled, does not typically claim daily headlines. Yet, fewer people know of the slower horror that has unfolded in this region over th...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/training-teachers-at-the-worlds-largest-refugee-camp/
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A new LinkedIn tool may help higher education institutions more effectively share achievements, attract students and promote their brand – but it has yet to pass the test with Canadian universities.
LinkedIn University Pages enable prospective postsecondary students to explore universities worldwide in a one-stop shopping approach. Followers can stay current about an institution’s news and activities, ask questions about programs, see the career outcomes of alumni, and view profiles of notabl...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/universities-weigh-in-on-new-linkedin-university-pages/
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Move by NSERC, SSHRC would align them with CIHR and funding councils in other countries.
Canada has moved a step closer towards making publicly funded academic research freely available to everyone, not just to those who have access to pricey journal subscriptions.
Two of the major federal funding agencies, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council and the Social Sciences...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/granting-councils-consider-mandatory-open-access-policies/
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Un vent de changement a soufflé sur l’organisme subventionnaire pendant son mandat.
Pendant son mandat à la présidence du Conseil de recherches en sciences humaines (CRSH), Chad Gaffield a su faire preuve de planification stratégique. D’aucuns seront surpris d’apprendre qu’il n’est pourtant pas du genre à planifier son parcours professionnel. « Je me laisse en quelque ...
https://www.affairesuniversitaires.ca/actualites/actualites-article/le-depart-de-chad-gaffield-souleve-des-inquietudes-pour-lavenir-du-crsh/
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Humanities and social sciences graduate programs, their faculty members and administrators, aren’t doing enough to prepare students for life post-PhD. That was one message to come out of this year’s Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities, hosted at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ont...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/careers-phds-big-topic-years-congress/
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L’objectif d’un artiste est de créer, et non de gérer.
La plupart des artistes sont travailleurs autonomes, et certains seront appelés un jour à diriger des troupes de danse ou de théâtre, qui sont de véritables PME. Pourtant, rares sont ceux qui possèdent les connaissances nécessaires pour réussir. Souhaitant remédier à cette situation, l’U...
https://www.affairesuniversitaires.ca/actualites/actualites-article/lart-de-gerer-sa-carriere-artistique/
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Central attraction of Concordia-owned building is a chapel-turned-reading room.
Concordia University officially unveiled to the public on Sept. 15 the final renovations to its landmark Grey Nuns Building, the historic 19th-century convent it acquired in 2004. The renovated building inclu...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/former-convent-transformed-into-stunning-student-residence/
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Un diplômé de l’Université Concordia et ancien itinérant remporte le Prix d’excellence pour une thèse de doctorat de l’ACES.
Dire d’Eric Weissman qu’il a fait des études sur le terrain dans le cadre de son doctorat sur l’itinérance serait un euphémisme. Ce terrain, il le connaît intimement pour y avoir vécu et survécu.
Son étude audacieuse sur les villages de toile, les bidonvilles et l’itinérance lui a...
https://www.affairesuniversitaires.ca/actualites/actualites-article/litinerance-vue-linterieur/
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Les grignotines, les ordinateurs, la literie et les permis de stationnement y sont souvent plus populaires que les livres.
À en croire les évaluations sur Yelp, la librairie agrandie et rénovée de l’Université de la Colombie-Britannique (UBC) a la cote. Ses visiteurs apprécient le design moderne, la luminosité, le café Starbucks et le dépanneur qui offre toute une gamme de grignotines santé. Mais qu’en est...
https://www.affairesuniversitaires.ca/actualites/actualites-article/les-librairies-universitaires-sadaptent-a-leur-epoque/
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The philosophy prof shares how her rape influences her scholarly work on trauma and inspired an award-winning memoir.
Karyn L. Freedman is an associate professor of philosophy at the University of Guelph. In 2014, she published Continue reading (Freehand Books), a memoir that describes how, at 22, s...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/why-karyn-freedman-decided-to-write-about-her-rape/
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New book describes how historians are using longitudinal analysis to shed light on our collective past.
In the last few decades, societal evolution has been thrown into a new light as hundreds of thousands of old records – from censuses to hand-written church records – have been digitized and aggregated. These massive databases allow researchers to track long-term change in populations through gen...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/large-linked-data-sets-are-transforming-historical-research/
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Un nouvel ouvrage décrit comment les historiens utilisent l’analyse longitudinale pour faire la lumière sur notre passé collectif.
Ces dernières décennies, la numérisation et le regroupement par milliers de vieux documents – recensements, registres paroissiaux manuscrits, etc. – permettent de voir l’évolution de nos sociétés sous un angle nouveau. Ces énormes bases de données permettent aux chercheurs d’étudier...
https://www.affairesuniversitaires.ca/actualites/actualites-article/de-vastes-ensembles-de-donnees-reliees-entre-elles-transforment-la-recherche-en-histoire/
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They and their colleagues are a well-educated bunch: 14 MPs hold PhDs while more than two-thirds have at least a bachelor’s degree.
The move from academic to politician can be a difficult transition – it’s a bit like being in a Three-Minute Thesis Competition over and over again, said Robert-Falcon Ouellette, the new Liberal Member of Parliament for Winnipeg Centre. Prior to his win, Dr. Ouellette, who holds a PhD in ant...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/academics-elected-to-the-new-parliament-adjust-to-life-as-mps/
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A Q&A with Christine Tausig Ford, who is retiring after more than three decades working on behalf of Canada’s universities.
Christine Tausig Ford, vice-president of Universities Canada (publisher of University Affai...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/universities-canada-vp-reflects-on-33-years-of-change-in-higher-ed/
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Outgoing Ottawa Citizen editor to lead McGill’s Institute for the Study of Canada.
“I really feel like I’ve won the lottery,” says Andrew Potter, who steps down as the editor of the Ottawa Citizen in February to become director of McGill University’s Institute for the Study of Canada. The post, which he begins Aug. 1, brings Dr. Potter back to his undergraduat...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/philospher-journalist-andrew-potter-leaves-the-newsroom-to-return-to-academia/
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Organizations praise funding boosts for campus infrastructure, research and financial aid, but more could be done for indigenous students, some say.
The university sector responded swiftly to the first budget released by the federal Liberals under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on March 22. The government pledged billions of dollars that will directly and indirectly benefit postsecondary education through funding for infrastructure, research and ...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/university-sector-responds-favourably-to-federal-budget/
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La réaction du milieu universitaire au premier budget du gouvernement libéral de Justin Trudeau ne s’est pas fait attendre. En vertu de ce budget du 22 mars, des milliards de dollars profiteront directement et indirectement à l’éducation postsecondaire. Ils contribueront au financement de l...
https://www.affairesuniversitaires.ca/actualites/actualites-article/le-secteur-universitaire-reagit-favorablement-au-budget-federal/
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Move is overdue recognition that the university has become much more diverse, says president.
The Concordia University of Edmonton’s announcement in April that it will no longer be religiously based reflects what the university has been for decades: a publicly supported institution that does not serve one particular constituency, said the university’s president, Gerald Krispin.
What b...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/concordia-university-of-edmonton-sheds-its-religious-ties/
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