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par MOIRA MACDONALD | 13 novembre 2019

The survey, which closes December 6, aims to address the lack of data on equity, diversity and inclusion in the postsecondary sector.

Did you get an email or letter in the mailbox from Statistics Canada recently? You may be among the 100,000 postsecondary faculty and researchers randomly chosen by Canada’s chief data collector to participate in a new online survey. The https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/statistics-canada-wants-you-for-a-new-survey-on-faculty-diversity/
Universitaire à vie
par WERNER J. BECKER | 14 mai 2024

It is important to move beyond your previous experience and challenge yourself in this new phase of life.

We go through many phases in our lives, and each transition is often a time of excitement and renewal. We enter our teenage years, learn new things, and have many new experiences. We may attend university, get married, start a new job, have children ... the list goes on and on. Retirement can be ...
https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/academic-for-life/why-you-should-consider-reinventing-yourself-after-retirement/
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par EMMA MCPHEE | 04 février 2020

A Q&A with sociologist Amy Hanser, who’s gone undercover on public transit to discover how long is too long to stare at a fellow bus rider.

When riding a public bus, most of us deliberately avoid paying attention to our fellow passengers. Amy Hanser, a sociologist at the University of British Columbia, is ignoring this convention for her new SSHRC-funded study, “The Public Bus as Urban Space.” As part of the project, Dr. Hanser is t...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/what-are-the-unwritten-rules-for-riding-the-bus-this-ubc-prof-wants-to-find-out/
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par LAURA BEAULNE-STUEBING | 03 avril 2020

A Q&A with the former federal health minister on her return to academia as dean of health sciences at Queen’s University.

A disappointing loss in the 2019 federal election has turned into an exciting new academic opportunity for Jane Philpott. Dr. Philpott, who served as the minister of health in Justin Trudeau’s previous government, will become the next dean of the faculty of health sciences, and director of the sch...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/jane-philpott-wants-to-make-a-difference-in-health-care-education/
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par JULIEN CAYOUETTE | 27 octobre 2022

Collaboration and improved program offerings are at the heart of this proposed initiative, which draws inspiration from the Université du Québec network.

This past spring, a report was delivered to elected Ontario and federal officials touting the benefits of an official network for the province’s francophone universities. The founding institutions of the proposed Réseau des universités francophones de l’Ontario (RUFO) would include the fledgli...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/ontarios-french-language-universities-want-a-network-of-their-own/
Actualités
par NATALIE SAMSON | 25 juin 2019

Library association releases statement clarifying this evolving role.

The role of university librarian has changed dramatically in the 21st century and the Canadian Association of Research Libraries wants to make sure that everyone knows it. In a Continue reading released in...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/what-exactly-is-a-university-librarian-glad-you-asked/
Articles de fond
par TIM JOHNSON | 12 octobre 2010

Deciding which system works best for your university can be complicated, but let’s not call the whole discussion off, urge two professors.

The structure of a school year isn’t exactly the stuff of great drama or hot debate, but an op-ed piece by two retired University of Alberta professors, published in April in the Edmonton Journal, brought the topic into the spotlight and started people talking. In their article, Allan Warrack a...
https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/semesters-trimesters/
Articles de fond
par MARTHA PIPER | 06 octobre 2008

Martha Piper preps university presidents on how to push their institutions into the 21st century

Let me start with a quote by James Duderstadt, from the book A University for the 21st Century:  “We must take care not simply to extrapolate from the past, but rather to examine the full range of possibilities for the future.” But there’s a problem with that quote as far as I’m...
https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/a-five-step-program-for-change/
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par UA/AU | 31 mars 2020

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...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/covid-19-updates-for-march-2020/
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par JULIE CAFLEY | 26 octobre 2021

The two former university presidents speak with an academic who studies higher education leadership and governance about improving opportunities for women.

Within the Canadian university sector, Martha Piper and Indira Samarasekera are leadership giants. Dr. Piper served as president of the University of British Columbia from 1997 to 2006, and as vice-chancellor from September 2015 to June 2016. Dr. Samarasekera was president and vice-chancellor of the...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/hitting-a-nerve-martha-piper-and-indira-samarasekera-on-their-new-book-about-women-in-leadership/
Articles de fond
par MARY JANE MAFFINI | 11 juin 2012

Janie Redfern had taken a header from her attic window onto the flagstone path below.

“Is Janie dead?” Pete Redfern’s voice faltered. The policeman in the well-cut, grey pinstripe suit regarded Pete with flat, narrowed eyes. So much for the rumpled stereotype of fiction. His suit may have been snazzy, but the detective had a face like yesterday’s oatmeal and, clearly, a su...
https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/how-are-the-mighty-fallen/
Fichier média
par GLEN ASHWORTH | 18 janvier 2018
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https://www.affairesuniversitaires.ca/ua-2018-media-kit-2-2/
Articles de fond
par VIRGINIA GALT | 12 octobre 2010

The two partners behind the research marketing firm Academica tell us what today’s students are looking for in a university education.

Ken Steele – researcher, marketer and “recovering academic” – spends three weeks out of four on the road, delivering a message to university faculty and administrators that they don’t always want to hear: Student expectations have changed dramatically, with scholarship taking a back seat t...
https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/will-it-get-me-a-job/
Articles de fond
par TIM JOHNSON | 10 avril 2013

Faced with cutbacks and other significant challenges, university field schools are forging ahead by using their difficulties as their strengths.

When Kendall Hills went to Trent University’s archeology field school in Belize for the very first time, she had no idea how tough it would be, out in the wilds of the Central American jungle. How hot and sweaty and dirty and rainy it would get. How difficult it would be to live in very close quar...
https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/out-in-the-field/
Fichier média
par GLEN ASHWORTH | 18 janvier 2018
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https://www.affairesuniversitaires.ca/ua-2018-media-kit-2/
Articles de fond
par CHRISTINA FRANGOU | 27 mars 2024

Almost a year after the stabbing at U of Waterloo, what has changed?

For many, the first indication that something was terribly wrong came by text. The words “Are you ok?” popped up on the phone of Carla Fehr, the Wolfe chair in scientific and technological literacy in the philosophy department at the University of Waterloo, as sh...
https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/are-university-campuses-safer-spaces-for-2slgbtqia-folks/
Actualités
par UA/AU | 31 mai 2021

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Western to make vaccines mandatory for students in residence

With a planned full return to in-person classes in September, Western University is stepping up its health and safety measures. Along with it...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/covid-19-updates-for-may-2021/
Articles de fond
par TIM JOHNSON | 07 août 2007

The pros, the cons and the complications of taking on a little extra work on the side

Fifteen or 20 years ago, the issue of professors working outside the university wasn't all that involved: administrations tolerated it, and a minority of faculty performed a minimal amount of such work, viewing it as a hobby on the side or a source of professional development. But today, more than a...
https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/the-moonlighting-professor/
Articles de fond
par MOIRA MACDONALD | 07 mars 2011

If you haven’t visited the student residences on campus for awhile, you might be in for a surprise.

Single rooms. double beds. Weekly cleaning service. Your own bathroom, or close to it. Sparkling laundry facilities that text-message you when your wash is done. Customized dining-hall meals you actually write home about – via your Wi-Fi connection. Or if you choose to cook for yourself, it’s on...
https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/new-digs-for-a-new-generation/
Actualités
par NAVNEET ALANG | 03 juin 2022

High-end applications represent the bleeding edge, but there are also opportunities for 5G technology to boost equity and close the digital divide.

Stranded in a remote community, a patient lies on an operating table, undergoing life-saving surgery. A doctor carefully sutures a wound shut – but through a sophisticated medical robot which she controls from hundreds of kilometres away. This is one of the many ways 5G could transform our live...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/using-campus-5g-networks-researchers-aim-for-the-next-big-innovation/
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