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par DIANE PETERS | 25 août 2020
As research ramps ups dramatically due to COVID-19, some researchers say we need to do better to keep the knowledge, and develop the downstream products, here.
Sachdev Sidhu believes the engineered proteins he’s helped to develop could treat COVID-19 by stopping the virus from replicating in an already infected person. The University of Toronto professor of molecular genetics and his collaborators are using proteins they’d created to block the enzymes ...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/can-canada-keep-its-intellectual-property-from-slipping-away/
À mon avis
par NATHAN ANDREWS | 07 mars 2022
S’il est important de reconnaître l’excellence noire, il est aussi crucial de comprendre comment ce concept peut être exténuant, voire délétère pour les personnes noires.
Le milieu universitaire n’est pas de tout repos. C’est drainant d’y évoluer et pas toujours aussi gratifiant qu’on pourrait le croire. Pour les personnes racialisées, comme les Noirs, la pression est exacerbée par une règle non écrite voulant qu’elles doivent exceller, même là où l...
https://www.affairesuniversitaires.ca/opinion/a-mon-avis/lenvers-de-la-medaille-de-lexcellence-noire-lepuisement/
Actualités
par JOEY FITZPATRICK | 07 février 2011
As director of animal care at Memorial University, Jennifer Keyte has the task of ensuring the ethical and humane treatment of her charges.
She rode horses as a young girl and her family owned the standard household pets. But Jennifer Keyte was never the type to volunteer untold hours at the local animal shelter. “I felt like a bit of an imposter in vet school,” the director of animal care at Memorial University admits. “So many o...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/respect-for-research-animals/
Parole aux leaders
par SHEILA COTE-MEEK | 27 août 2020
In order to disrupt ongoing gendered discrimination, it is critical that we expose it. This is not always easy.
“You really aren’t university material and shouldn’t think about going,” said one of my high school teachers to me. [Me: feeling like I wanted to slide down in my desk and disappear.]
“You, you shouldn’t even be here at this meeting, you’ve nothing to contribute,” said a senior pr...
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/from-the-admin-chair/speaking-out-on-the-inequities-in-academia/
From PhD to Life-FR
par JENNIFER POLK | 19 spetembre 2013
Articles de fond
par YVES LUSIGNAN | 01 décembre 2008
Practical advice from the co-author of a new book
No matter what the topic, whether it’s new killer bacteria, fibre-optic networks or street-gang syndrome, academics are fielding more and more media calls seeking their expertise. Fundamentally that may be a good thing, but your average, detail-oriented researcher who is asked to summarize decades...
https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/how-to-talk-to-the-media/
Articles de fond
par DANIEL DROLET | 02 avril 2012
Boosting the classroom occupancy rate is one way some universities are dealing with increasing student populations.
About a decade ago, before the double cohort of high school graduates hit Ontario’s postsecondary education system, Carleton University took a look around and wondered where they were going to put all the extra students. One potential solution stood out: boost the classroom occupancy rate. Back th...
https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/maximizing-classroom-space/
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/
Articles de fond
par MOIRA MACDONALD | 09 janvier 2013
Sessional instructors are now a crucial part of the teaching equation at most Canadian universities. Some say it’s time to include them more fully in the life of the institution.
They are called sessional lecturers, part-time instructors, contract or contingent faculty and chargés de cours. Some are fresh out of graduate studies, others may have taught for years. Whatever their name, these non-tenured, non-permanent teaching staff share a common desire for better recognitio...
https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/sessionals-up-close/
Articles de fond
par PATRICK J. MONAHAN | 06 février 2013
York University modernized its system for choosing academic administrators based on research about what works.
Given the increasing competitive pressures and financial challenges facing universities across North America, most academic administrators recognize that strong and effective leadership is a key ingredient for institutional success. Yet, while there has been a proliferation of writing on the topic o...
https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/a-better-way-for-selecting-effective-university-leaders/