COVID-19
Deans can champion interdisciplinarity all they want – but once scholars are up for tenure or promotion, it all rests on the individual professions.
Seek instructional help from colleagues, be honest with your students, be generous to yourself and others. We’re all in this together.
July 31, 2020 CAUCE conference to continue online, while Congress prepares for multiple scenarios in 2021 Next year’s conference for the Canadian Association for University Continuing Education will take place online. The association confirmed the news in an email this week, stating that it has “made the difficult decision” to cancel the face-to-face conference in […]
As COVID-19 began to spread around the globe, so too did a toxic brew of rumours, misinformation and conspiracy theories.
Let’s ensure we recognize and support their extraordinary efforts during the COVID-19 crisis.
Scientific publishing is experiencing major changes these days, with increased production of scientific data, open-access publications and online prepublication. Can these changes last?
For those of us that held strong at the onset of the pandemic, this is when the wave of despondency generally hits.
Though graduate students may have had their studies disrupted, this can be a time of opportunity and empowerment. It’s all a matter of perspective.
Fine arts programs are vital incubators for future creative leaders.
Struggling to juggle myriad responsibilities, “the easiest thing to put off … is research,” says one professor.
Students at OCAD University found creative ways to complete final projects from home.
OISE PhD candidate Stacy Costa explains the popularity of puzzles during the COVID-19 pandemic – and challenges you to solve a puzzle of her own design.
Seven academics reflect on the moment they realized the world had changed.
June 29, 2020 Canada Research Continuity Emergency Fund deadline extended On May 15, the federal government created the Canada Research Continuity Emergency Fund (CRCEF) as part of a suite of temporary financial aid programs to help employers and workers through financial challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The government will provide universities and health-research institutions […]
These centres have proven they are not mere “support” units but are crucial to the university’s mission.
Most graduates seem satisfied with the experience but miss the celebratory aspect afterwards.
The Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital is pioneering an open-science model that could change the way medical research is conducted across the globe.
Both David and Jonathan hope that many new and good things can come from this period of lockdown.
Use of letter grading in rapidly redesigned online courses further reinforces the many inequities already magnified during the current crisis.
With a little lead time and institutional support, professors can make great online courses.