Policy
With a federal election looming later this year, here are a few suggestions to bolster science, skills and innovation.
Instead of relying on outside consultants, the leadership at Université de Sherbrooke took matters into their own hands.
The updated policy broadly supports the inclusion of trans athletes in university sport, but critics still have some concerns.
Final applications are due February 7, just weeks after inaugural competition was launched.
The Université de l’Ontario français is the culmination of a long struggle on the part of the province’s francophone community.
Learning in community is linked to better academic performance and gains in skill, competence and knowledge as well as overall satisfaction with university experience.
They might have been able to better back their initial position by problem solving with the budding francophone university in face of budget constraints.
The different interests and needs of each jurisdiction mean there is a range of funding schemes with disparate aims, formats and objectives.
There are fundamental questions that we should be considering about the role and format of science advice in this country.
University groups also call for the next federal budget to include additional help for Indigenous students and more support for study-abroad opportunities.
A phenomenon called “ethics creep” is discouraging researchers rather than protecting study participants.
The Science Meets Parliament event will take place on Parliament Hill to coincide with annual science policy conference in Ottawa.
A recent study finds evidence that thoughtful, persuasive commentary by academics can shift the debate and affect policy.
As SIF-funded projects wind down, a look at where the funding was distributed by project, institution and province.
A pooled plan, with an estimated $8 billion in assets, would allow for greater flexibility in terms of investments.
We need to move away from facile handwaving and towards a culture of evidence-based argumentation.
With a controversial pick leading the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities, don’t hold your breath on big ideas or transformative change for the sector.
Quebec’s universities will see their operating grants increase under a new funding policy that uses a simplified calculation formula.
24 researchers will soon join Canadian universities from institutions around the world – many of them expats looking for a way home.
The nature of universities as organizations helps explain why so much symbolic management takes place when they are faced with thorny subjects.