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The library program offers personalized help to more than 6,200 students in two faculties.
Using the library is a daunting task for many first-year students. That’s why University of Toronto has established Continue reading, a program that pairs first-years with a librarian.
“As a personal librarian, I thi...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/university-toronto-personal-librarian/
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March 31, 2020 2:00 p.m. EST
Need an expert? We’ve got ’em
Researchers and clinicians working on COVID-19 and the novel coronavirus now have a single web portal where they can access a range of resources to help their work. The project, ca...
Features
The transition from the military to the civilian world can be a tricky one.
"The way some veterans have spoken about it reminds me of when I first came to Canada,” says Maya Eichler, who holds the Canada Research Chair in Social Innovation and Community Engagement at Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax. “I spoke the language – people could speak to me, I cou...
https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/researchers-explore-post-deployment-life-canadasveterans/
News
April 30, 2020
Federal aid update: House passes CESB bill, CCPA crunches the numbers
The federal government just got a step closer to releasing $9 billion in emergency student aid. The Liberals’ https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/covid-19-updates-for-april-2020/
Features
Presidential terminations and resignations are nothing new, even in the staid world of academia. Yet, rarely have they played out in so public a manner as the
https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/grooming-the-next-line-of-university-presidents/
Features
Des chercheurs se penchent sur le sort des anciens combattants de retour à la vie civile.
Ce que racontent certains anciens combattants me fait penser à moi à mon arrivée au Canada, confie Maya Eichler, titulaire de la Chaire de recherche du Canada sur l’innovation sociale et l’enseignement communautaire à l’Université Mount Saint Vincent. Je parlais la langue, on pouvait ...
https://www.affairesuniversitaires.ca/articles-de-fond/article/quand-les-soldats-rentrent-au-pays/
Features
Même dans le milieu plutôt stable des universités, les démissions et les licenciements de recteurs ne sont pas nouveaux. Mais rares sont ceux qui ont été aussi médiatisés que le départ soudain d’Arvind Gupta, recteur de l’Université de la Colombie-Britannique à l’été 2015 et le co...
https://www.affairesuniversitaires.ca/articles-de-fond/article/bien-former-les-recteurs-de-demain-est-plus-important-que-jamais/
News
May 29, 2020
CFI suspends COVID-19 funding competitionquot;201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> ...
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Il faudrait encourager les doctorants à réfléchir plus à leur avenir professionnel.
Cet article a été publié à l’origine sur le site Web Continue reading. Lisez le Continue reading.
Une controverse s’est engagée...
https://www.affairesuniversitaires.ca/opinion/a-mon-avis/debat-doctorants-le-piege-de-se-voir-deja-en-haut-de-laffiche/
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Mardi 31 mars 13H30
Un portail en ligne pour coordonner les ressources
Un groupe de chercheurs, d’étudiants, de militants et de développeurs Web canadiens ont mis en place un portail national ( https://www.affairesuniversitaires.ca/actualites/actualites-article/covid-19-mises-a-jour-archivees-mars-2020/
The Skills Agenda
Élaborer un calendrier de cours réaliste pour vous et vos étudiants.
Mon dernier cours était parfaitement planifié : j’ai offert une séance récapitulative qui reliait tous les concepts abordés aux objectifs d’apprentissage du cours, expliqué la structure de l’examen final et fourni des conseils d’études. J’ai conclu en disant : « J’ai été rav...
https://www.affairesuniversitaires.ca/conseils-carriere/cap-sur-les-competences/programme-intensif-de-redaction-elaborer-un-calendrier-de-cours/
News
June 30, 2021
Important updates for incoming, returning international students and faculty
International students will be exempt from quarantine, the requirement to stay at a government-authorized accommodation and COVID-19 testing on their eig...
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Respondents also offer suggestions on how their institutions could better aid their transition into the workforce.
Transitions to the labour market have become an area of increasing research interest for the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario in the last few years as we continue to hear that students aren’t graduating with the skills and knowledge they need to get the jobs they want. But are these con...
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/in-my-opinion/students-keen-for-career-related-opportunities-while-at-school-survey-says/
Student Voices
We need to change the way we speak about the undergrad experience.
Almost a year ago, 10 Canadian postsecondary students were named 3M National Student Fellows, awarded by the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education and 3M Canada. The annual award honours up to 10 university and college students who have shown outstanding leadership in their lives ...
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/student-voices/case-undergraduate-rights-passage/
Global Campus
Partnership was key to University of Toronto’s pre-arrival orientation to working as a teaching assistant.
International graduate students arrive at universities with a multitude of experiences, expectations and needs, in search of better opportunities and futures for themselves and their family members. The pandemic has stimulated a renewed debate around international students and their experiences. On ...
https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/global-campus/support-international-graduate-students-by-reaching-out-early/
The Skills Agenda
Creating a workable course schedule for you and your students.
I had the final class planned out perfectly. I gave a summary lecture that pulled all the threads of the course together and connected them to the learning outcomes. I explained the structure of the final exam and gave tips for studying. And then I concluded: “It has been great teaching all of you...
https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/the-skills-agenda/syllabus-design-boot-camp-day-4-create-the-schedule/
Features
La reconnaissance des besoins diversifiés des étudiant.e.s autistes entraîne un changement de culture sur les campus
...
https://www.affairesuniversitaires.ca/articles-de-fond/article/sadapter-a-un-effectif-non-conventionnel/
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University is the right time and right place for undergraduates to adopt healthy practices to last them a lifetime.
Mental health of university students has been in the forefront of University Affairs discussions (Universities examine their role in students’ mental health; Universities step up mental health issues and in the blog
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/in-my-opinion/university-for-better-health-students/
In my opinion
Les participants au sondage proposent des façons dont les établissements pourraient les aider à intégrer le marché du travail.
La transition vers le marché du travail s’est transformée en domaine de recherche d’intérêt croissant pour le Conseil ontarien de la qualité de l’enseignement supérieur (COQES) au cours des dernières années, alors que l’on continue de parler de diplômés n’ayant pas acquis les com...
https://www.affairesuniversitaires.ca/opinion/a-mon-avis/selon-un-sondage-les-etudiants-tiennent-a-trouver-un-emploi-dans-leur-domaine-pendant-leurs-etudes/
From the admin chair
Pour découvrir un établissement, il faut en comprendre les gens, l’emplacement et la culture.
Comme je l’ai mentionné dans ma chronique d’octobre, j’ai récemment déménagé à Toronto pour assumer un nouveau rôle à l’Université York. Ce rôle, tout nouvellement créé, me permettra de parfaire mes habiletés et de tirer parti de mes connaissances et de mon expérience dans les ...
https://www.affairesuniversitaires.ca/opinion/parole-aux-leaders/sadapter-a-une-nouvelle-universite/
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