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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 collec
tor
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/
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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/
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/
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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 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/
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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/
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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/
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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/
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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/
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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/