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BY PATTI LANE | May 22 2018

Seed banks are helping researchers resurrect plants from the past and create crops for the future.

BY LORI WAREHAM | May 14 2018

A dearth of women’s washrooms in our outdated engineering buildings leaves female students scrambling.

BY EMILY BARON CADLOFF | May 07 2018

“There is a sense of pride, a sense of continued resilience in language learning,” says coordinator at the University of New Brunswick’s Mi’kmaq-Wolastoqey Centre.

BY MICHAEL RANCIC | April 25 2018

Shifting attitudes around drug use are changing the way universities address the opioid crisis.

BY NATALIE SAMSON | April 16 2018

Making lunch out of research leftovers.

BY SPARROW MCGOWAN | April 03 2018

“We’ll talk about anything they want to talk about, as long as we have something educated to say about it.”

BY ANQI SHEN | March 22 2018

The Varsity’s online content in simplified Chinese boasts a growing readership among thousands of Chinese international students on campus.

BY VIRGINIA GALT | March 20 2018

Notes from graduates at U of T, Western and McMaster give new students – and alumni engagement offices – a boost during a difficult time.

BY NATALIE SAMSON | March 12 2018

The Interior University Research Coalition in B.C. launched late in 2017.

BY SORAYA ROBERTS | March 01 2018

After purchasing Sam the Record Man’s flagship store in 2008, Ryerson University officially returned the music shop’s iconic sign to downtown Toronto in January.

BY MARK CARDWELL | February 27 2018

There are many folks on campus who play important but unrecognized roles “behind the scenes.” We highlight a few deserving of recognition.

BY SPARROW MCGOWAN | February 19 2018

The campus training hubs aim to keep top athletes in Canada.

BY GREGORY GUEVARA | February 01 2018

The University of Regina is giving free suits to job-seeking students.

BY LOUISA SIMMONS | January 31 2018

The lectures, part of a special class about Viola Desmond, were streamed on Facebook Live.

BY THERESA TAYLER | January 31 2018

Yes, there are some universities that have student gun clubs – and they’re not as controversial as you might think.

BY LOUISA SIMMONS | January 25 2018

Kwantlen Polytechnic University will accept six students next year based on portfolios instead of grades.

BY DIANE PETERS | January 17 2018

Meal Exchange surveyed 2,668 university students for its first campus-food report card.

BY NATALIE SAMSON | January 09 2018

It took four years and the perfect analogy to figure it out.

BY GREGORY GUEVARA | December 28 2017

Researchers examine the connection between posting selfies on Instagram and Twitter, and public perceptions of competence.

BY NATALIE SAMSON | December 12 2017

The province has invested nearly $350,000 to draw students to northern British Columbia, a region that is suffering from dwindling student enrolment.

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