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BY KAT ESCHNER | May 20 2020

The scholar’s latest book is not only the culmination of a career spent examining the ethics of biotechnology, it’s a call to action for the rest of us get in on the conversation.

dissertation at Western University on research involving human embryos. A several-years stint outside academia after her PhD, starting with a think tank and then with the first bioethics department at Sick Kids hospital in Toronto, gave her experience talking to non-philosophers about ethical issues...
https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/francoise-baylis-wants-to-help-you-understand-genome-editing/
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BY MOIRA MACDONALD | June 30 2020

Seven academics reflect on the moment they realized the world had changed.

dissertation defences. We had to roll those out remotely, with none of us deeply experienced with the online systems. I worked with two staff members to ensure all the documents were in secure servers, accessible to the appropriate people, and to draft a guide to the online platform for all particip...
https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/where-were-you-when-the-pandemic-hit/
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BY KERRY BANKS | October 28 2020

Chronic procrastination is on the rise, say experts, and appears to be prevalent among academics. We really should get around to doing something about it.

dissertation) has become distressingly commonplace, says Dr. Steel, leaving about 50 percent of grad students without a degree after several years of dedicated study. Procrastination is also prevalent among faculty members. “I call professors ‘unregulated scientific entrepreneurs,’” says ...
https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/the-pull-of-procrastination/
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BY UA/AU | December 31 2020
dissertation-defences/">Virtual victory: inside the new normal of online doctoral dissertation defences
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    BY KELLY BOUTSALIS | April 27 2021

    How Indigenous researchers and communities are working in partnership with universities and non-Indigenous researchers to shape the future of environmental sciences.

    dissertation of one of the ISTS hub students on the incorporation of traditional knowledge into the management of chronic wasting disease (CWD), an often fatal and very contagious neurological condition that affects deer and elk. If wildlife management agencies were amenable to cultural knowledge, t...
    https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/weaving-indigenous-and-western-knowledge/
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    BY CAILYNN KLINGBEIL | May 03 2023

    Des universitaires recourent aux romans graphiques pour que leurs travaux atteignent un nouveau public.

    dissertation sous forme de monographie. Avide lectrice de bandes dessinées, la nouvelle diplômée avait toutefois une autre idée en tête. En fait, elle imaginait plutôt convertir le fruit de son travail de recherche, qui porte sur la manière dont les programmes de guérison des traumatismes po...
    https://www.affairesuniversitaires.ca/articles-de-fond/article/la-recherche-traduite-en-images/
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    BY MOHAMED BERRADA & DANIEL HALTON | September 13 2023

    Academics recognized for their ability to guide students through their studies talk about their approach to supervision.

    dissertation or thesis as soon as research begins. To improve oral communication, there’s nothing like rehearsing in front of colleagues and taking part in international conferences. It’s also important to hold weekly individual meetings, remain available, hold group meetings, engage in frequ...
    https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/spotlight-on-best-graduate-supervision-practices/
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    BY CAILYNN KLINGBEIL | November 01 2023

    ‘All of my work is informed by my own understanding of Anishinaabe cultural identity.’

    dissertation looks at the visual and spatial formations of Anishinaabeg geographies of resistance. In addition to her academic education, Ms. Blight has dedicated time as a student in her own community, including learning her Indigenous language, Anishinaabemowin. “I’ve taken two roads in ter...
    https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/susan-blight-breaking-down-silos/
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    BY MICHAEL RANCIC | January 23 2024

    Thirty years into his academic career, Glen Jones is still curious about what makes universities tick.

    dissertation and subsequently using federalism as sort of the lens to understand how and why policy works in certain ways, especially higher education policy.” Dr.Trilokekar also credits Dr. Jones for influencing her current SSHRC-funded research that compares three federal states: Canada, Germany...
    https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/how-one-academic-turned-a-fascination-with-how-universities-function-into-a-successful-career/
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    BY MICHAEL RANCIC | January 23 2024

    Même après 30 ans de carrière, Glen Jones est toujours captivé par les rouages des universités.

    dissertation et aussi le fédéralisme comme prisme sous lequel comprendre les tenants et aboutissants de certaines politiques, surtout celles en enseignement supérieur. » Mme Trilokekar affirme également que l’influence de M. Jones plane sur son projet de recherche actuel, financ...
    https://www.affairesuniversitaires.ca/articles-de-fond/article/transformer-sa-fascination-pour-le-fonctionnement-des-universites-en-une-brillante-carriere/
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    BY HANNAH LIDDLE | March 08 2024

    The artist-academic behind the Black and Free initiative shares her story.

    dissertation titled “Female and Black in Canada” that won the Mary McEwan Award for feminist scholarship. “Those are the seeds of that work that are manifesting themselves again still,” she says. “It’s been decades that I’ve been thinking about artists, artistry, scholarship and perfor...
    https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/the-forming-of-naila-keleta-mae/
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    BY MOIRA MACDONALD | January 12 2011

    An English professor serves up Chinese culture with a Canadian flavour.

    dissertation (Dr. Cho did her master’s degree at Queen’s University and her PhD at the University of Alberta). The book was published in November by University of Toronto Press. Using menus as text, it looks at how Chinese-Canadian restaurants, historically among the first restaurants in smal...
    https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/whats-on-the-menu/
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    BY MARK CARDWELL | August 07 2012

    Weyburn, Saskatchewan was once the centre of LSD research, medical historian finds.

    dissertation, which was recently published for the second time as a book, Psychedelic Psychiatry: LSD on the Canadian Prairies, by the Uni...
    https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/tripped-out-on-the-prairies/
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    BY LÉO CHARBONNEAU | October 03 2012

    Doomsday pronouncements may seem silly, but they underlie a troubling world view, says Concordia scholar.

    dissertation on a Dead Sea scroll which described a New Jerusalem descending from heaven. He extended his scholarship from the ancient to medieval times, “and from there it was only natural that I started thinking about apocalypticism in its historical and global sense.” He has published widely ...
    https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/welcome-to-the-apocalypse/
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    BY JINNA KIM | March 20 2013

    Competition that forces grad students to quickly and clearly summarize their work gaining in popularity.

    dissertation work into a short three-minute presentation. That’s the idea behind the Continue reading competition, or 3MT, which has taken Canada’s graduate studies departments by storm. The c...
    https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/your-research-explained-in-three-minutes-flat/
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    BY NATALIE SAMSON | April 02 2014

    How Congress can become more interdisciplinary and welcoming to young scholars was one of the topics.

    dissertation options, promoted career paths, and admissions criteria. “We have a lot of work to do,” Chad Gaffield, president of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, said in his address to the group. “The 21st century will be distinguished as when we took seriously the chall...
    https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/transformation-of-the-humanities-and-social-sciences-the-focus-of-cfhss-annual-meeting/
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    BY NATALIE SAMSON | October 13 2015

    Comic-book artist shares his passion for storytelling with writers.

    dissertation, presented entirely in comic-book form, was considered the first of its kind....
    https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/the-university-of-windsor-names-scott-chantler-as-its-first-cartoonist-in-residence/
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    BY MARIE LAMBERT-CHAN | February 02 2016

    Held at a convent north of Montreal, students spent hours writing in monastic silence.

    dissertation. Amid the hustle and bustle of everyday life, it can be hard to force yourself to forget about Facebook and household tasks, and to write every day, alone in front of the computer. The solution? A writing retreat, a concept popularized in the U.S. under the name Shut Up and Writ...
    https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/quebec-writing-retreat-forces-students-to-shut-up-and-write/
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    BY NATALIE SAMSON | August 09 2016

    Founded by a McGill PhD candidate, New Horizons Montréal proves it’s never too late to benefit from music lessons.

    ...
    https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/music-group-adult-beginners-new-horizons/
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    BY JESSICA NATALE WOOLLARD | August 25 2017

    Dans au moins une université, le recours par les étudiants à des services de révision fait l’objet de sévères limitations.

    dissertation au premier cycle ou un rapport de laboratoire? L’Université de Victoria prévoit des exceptions dans sa nouvelle politique, explique Mme Beam. « Nous voulions que le libellé de la politique soit assez général pour couvrir tous les types de travaux évalués tout en offrant la ...
    https://www.affairesuniversitaires.ca/actualites/actualites-article/les-etudiants-qui-font-reviser-leurs-travaux-sontils-des-tricheurs/
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