The University of Alberta’s Campus Saint-Jean has become the scene of an unusual social-justice conflict, pitting Indigenous reconciliation efforts against the struggle of Franco-Albertans to resist ...
Tianqi Zhao is a PhD candidate in epidemiology at the University of Alberta, specializing in climate change and mental health. Her research focuses on the impacts of climate change on global mental ...
A career transition can be a strategic realignment. For Dr. Kevin McCormick this isn’t retirement. It’s redeployment. In 2006, McCormick was appointed President and Vice-Chancellor of Huntington ...
This article is part of our Prof v. Prof summer debate series, where academics take opposing viewpoints on hot topics in higher education. Read all the articles from the series here. The first few ...
The debate over whether universities should align with workforce needs is flawed, because it starts from a false choice. Students aren’t choosing between personal and intellectual growth on the one ...
Often times, resources and pedagogical need are at odds. We are at a moment where a relatively low-resource form of assessment directly taps onto the need for a new skill: slop detection.
Peter Duker is a University of Guelph PhD student in geography with specialties in political ecology and environmental governance. After winning an IDRA scholarship in 2024, he spent a year and a half ...
For Ugochukwu Okoye, a PhD candidate in anthropology at Carleton University, research isn’t just about making interesting discoveries or achieving publication in peer-reviewed journals. Rather, it’s ...
After a deal struck in June with the Quebec government, the province’s three English-language universities — McGill, Concordia and Bishop’s — are preparing for the task of making their incoming ...
Many students arrive at university thinking that success is simple: follow the curriculum, complete the required work, get good grades and move forward. And, in many cases, that is exactly what they ...
Psychological harassment and mental health are growing concerns across universities, and rightly so. Faculty unions see this first-hand as they contend with more complaints and a growing need to ...
Now that I’ve got tenure, I’m keen to have more influence on practice, and I know that my research findings, if implemented, would both save money and improve safety. I’ve published extensively and ...