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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 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 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 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 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/