Revue de presse
<strong>Peterborough Examiner
<a href="https://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/ths/news/hamilton-region/2023/05/23/mcmaster-artificial-intelligence.html">McMaster strikes task force to explore policies for artificial intelligence</a></strong>
Capable of writing essays and complex codes, powerful s...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/media-scan/headlines-for-may-23-2023/
Revue de presse
<strong>PIE News
<a href="https://thepienews.com/news/ircc-expands-range-of-sds-english-tests/">IRCC expands range of accepted SDS English tests</a></strong>
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada has expanded the range of accepted English language tests for the Student Direct Stream, causin...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/media-scan/headlines-for-may-31-2023/
Revue de presse
<strong>CBC
<a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/mi-kmaq-education-culture-shock-1.6937773">Culture shock, and how Mi'kmaw students cope with leaving the reserve for university</a></strong>
Saint Mary's University student Sósep Patfield says he felt isolated when he arrived in Hali...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/media-scan/headlines-for-august-23-2023/
Revue de presse
<strong>Policy Options
<a href="https://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/september-2023/covid-campus-safety/">Universities need to take lead role in providing COVID-safe learning</a></strong>
As a new strain of the virus spreads, regular testing, improved air filtration, masking policies and vacci...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/media-scan/headlines-for-september-18-2023/
Revue de presse
<strong>Global News
<a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/9991908/western-university-chief-ai-officer/">Canadian university names first-of-its-kind chief AI officer. More may be coming</a></strong>
In an example of the wide-reaching and growing impacts of artificial intelligence (AI) worldwide, West...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/media-scan/headlines-for-september-29-2023/
Revue de presse
<strong>National Observer
<a href="https://www.nationalobserver.com/2023/10/24/news/canadian-university-students-demand-fossil-fuelled-rbc-campus">Canadian university students demand fossil-fuelled RBC off campus</a></strong>
On Tuesday, University of Toronto students and the student group Climate...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/media-scan/headlines-for-october-25-2023/
Nominations
Canadians<strong> Yoshua Bengio</strong> and <strong>Geoffrey Hinton, </strong>along with <strong>Yann LeCun</strong> of New York University, are the recipients of the 2018 ACM A.M. Turing Award, often referred to as the “Nobel Prize for computing.” They were honoured for breakthroughs that have...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/people-on-the-move/announcements-may-2019/
The Black Hole-FR
<p>Many revolutionary advances in science can trace their origins to chance encounters between scientists from different areas of study that spark new ideas and thinking.</p>
<strong><em>The following is the second installment in a five-part series on the core issues facing academic science today that will comprise the foundation of <a href="https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/the-black-hole/2019-year-in-review-exploring-the-topics-that-resonated-with-our-readers/">our ...
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/the-black-hole/the-biggest-driver-of-scientific-advances-people/
Conseils carrière
<p>In a competitive job market, strategic planning is a key component of professional development.</p>
Many newly minted physicians face a tough job market. Other than a recent focus on competency development (CANMEDS), medicals schools do not teach students how to prepare their unique value proposition. Students are developed in herds. However, to be successful, an individual needs to stand out. Too...
https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/career-advice-article/10-steps-to-map-out-a-strategic-plan-for-your-career/
Conseils carrière
<p>Using careful planning and refinement, artificial intelligence can be a valuable teaching aid for both profs and students.</p>
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is being used increasingly in more facets of our lives, so unsurprisingly its use in education is also growing. In my five years of using AI in my postsecondary courses at two different Canadian universities, I encountered trepidation as well as numerous challenges. Base...
https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/career-advice-article/ai-is-here-to-help-postsecondary-educators-not-take-over/
Conseils carrière
<p>Now is the time to think through how these new technologies can be improved and used ethically in everyday life, including in teaching and learning.</p>
In late 2022, the release of the artificial intelligence (AI) tool ChatGPT was like a work of speculative fiction brought to life. Created by startup OpenAI, ChatGPT is an example of a large language model (LLM) AI, which works to interpret and generate text based on human prompts. Specifically in t...
https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/career-advice-article/ai-tools-dont-have-to-be-the-enemy-of-teaching-and-learning/
Conseils carrière
<p>All of my students use ChatGPT, but the grade distribution remains the same.</p>
Questions about generative artificial intelligence technology in educational spaces have prompted some to worry about the future of education and others to sit down at the table to decide how to prevent, identify, and rectify uses of generative artificial intelligence (AI) in educational settings.
...
https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/career-advice-article/im-not-afraid-of-chatgpt-in-my-classroom/
Café Carrières
I just came back from the Education at Work conference, which wrapped up with an employer panel. I like employer panels – they give me a chance to test out whether I actually know what I’m talking about, or whether I’ve developed an artificial, Disney-esque view of the way one goes about findi...
https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/careers-cafe/a-little-non-academic-experience-helps/
Cap sur les compétences
<p>Evolving technologies present both challenges and opportunities for advancing academic integrity.</p>
Welcome back to our special The Skills Agenda three-part series on academic integrity. In this series, <a href="https://teaching.usask.ca/about/staff/susan-bens.php">Susan Bens</a>, educational development specialist at the University of Saskatchewan’s Gwenna Moss Centre for Teaching and Learning,...
https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/the-skills-agenda/academic-integrity-in-the-age-of-chatgpt/
Revue de presse
<strong>Niagara Falls Review
<a href="https://www.niagarafallsreview.ca/news/canada/time-for-dalhousie-to-divest-from-fossil-fuels-student-protestors-say/article_12b5d440-db01-55ce-81f3-57d138876e7d.html#comments">Time for Dalhousie to divest from fossil fuels, student protestors say</a></strong>
...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/media-scan/headlines-for-april-5-2024/
Actualités
<p>Selon un expert, si les universités ne sont pas représentatives du problème, elles peuvent toutefois jouer un important rôle de sensibilisation.</p>
À la mi-septembre, l’Université Thompson Rivers a fait les manchettes avec une nouvelle qui rappelait aux Canadiens le tragique bilan de la crise des opioïdes. Les drapeaux ont été mis en berne sur le campus pour honorer la mémoire d’Aaron Manson, 26 ans, un étudiant de quatrième anné...
https://www.affairesuniversitaires.ca/actualites/actualites-article/creer-un-campus-de-soins-pour-lutter-contre-la-crise-des-opioides/
Revue de presse
<strong>Radio-Canada
<a href="http://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1047135/une-semelle-qui-previent-les-chutes-concue-a-luqac">Une semelle qui prévient les chutes conçue à l'UQAC</a></strong>
Des chercheurs de l'Université du Québec à Chicoutimi travaillent depuis six ans à la conception et ...
https://www.affairesuniversitaires.ca/actualites/revue-de-presse/en-manchette-le-26-juillet-2017/
Revue de presse
<strong>La Presse
<a href="http://www.lapresse.ca/affaires/economie/201802/15/01-5153996-ottawa-investira-950-millions-dans-cinq-supergrappes.php">Ottawa investira 950 millions dans cinq supergrappes</a></strong>
Le gouvernement fédéral a retenu le projet de développement des chaînes d'approvi...
https://www.affairesuniversitaires.ca/actualites/revue-de-presse/en-manchette-le-15-fevrier-2018-2/
Articles de fond
<p>Des professeures partagent des conseils sur la manière d’aborder ce sujet sensible avec la population étudiante, en favorisant le dialogue et la compréhension mutuelle.</p>
<span class="drop-cap">D</span>ans un contexte où les tensions entre Israël et le Hamas suscitent souvent des émotions vives et des opinions divergentes, il devient crucial pour les enseignantes et enseignants d'aborder ce sujet délicat avec tact et objectivité en classe. Face à la complexité...
https://www.affairesuniversitaires.ca/articles-de-fond/article/aborder-le-conflit-israel-hamas-en-salle-de-classe/