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par HARMEET SINGH | 09 mars 2009
networking sites, such as Facebook, but they are not as useful in the academic world, says Dr. Goldberg. “Students are spending a tremendous amount of time on the Web for their studies,” he says. “Every time some student goes to Google to look for something that will help them in their chem...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/brainify-lets-users-share-info-resources/
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par LÉO CHARBONNEAU | 04 août 2009

Personal information is likely being used for marketing

networking site Facebook shut down more than a dozen fraudulent Canadian Facebook groups this past May that were trying to trick first-year students into signing up. However, within weeks other fake groups popped up to take their place. For several years now, many high school students who are ent...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/fake-facebook-groups-targeting-students/
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par LÉO CHARBONNEAU | 08 février 2010

Reputable agents can be your best representative for attracting international students, say recruiters, but beware the shysters.

networking forums … devoted to achieving results and growing international student enrolments.” The number of full-time international students at Canadian universities has been growing until recently and sits at around 77,000, according to AUCC. The number-one source country for international...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/education-agents/
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par JEAN-FRANÇOIS VENNE | 26 spetembre 2012

The recently launched Tukitaarvik website offers information and networking opportunities for young Inuit who want a postsecondary education.

A young Inuit person in Iqaluit who wants to pursue a postsecondary education finds herself almost 2,000 kilometres away from the nearest university. Chances are she has no fami...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/new-online-resource-aims-to-help-inuit-students-succeed/
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par LÉO CHARBONNEAU | 27 spetembre 2012

Half of Canada’s six strongest fields are in humanities and social sciences, says new report by Council of Canadian Academies.

networking, information processing and computation, nanotechnologies, and digital media technologies....
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/canada-competes-well-in-research-globally/
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par ROSANNA TAMBURRI | 30 janvier 2013

The company’s engineering director likes to recruit people with broad experience – and if you’re an alumnus of the University of Waterloo, that certainly won’t hurt.

networking] plus a number of smaller individual research awards. … We're trying to spend time with startups. We're trying to make sure we are available to them to talk about ideas or offer our advice or quite honestly take their advice about our products as well and find ways in which we can work ...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/a-conversation-with-steven-woods-google-canada/
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par SHARON ASCHAIEK | 08 janvier 2014

A new LinkedIn tool may help higher education institutions more effectively share achievements, attract students and promote their brand – but it has yet to pass the test with Canadian universities.

networking site’s 259 million members include more than 30 million recent graduates and students, who make up its fastest-growing demographic; so the demand for an easy way to research and compare universities is there, and growing. The site’s 23,000 universities, meanwhile, gain a huge audience...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/universities-weigh-in-on-new-linkedin-university-pages/
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par CAROL BOEIRA | 19 novembre 2014

It’s a rare opportunity to work on project of such magnitude and importance, says curator.

networking opportunities. “Creating these sorts of relationships between students and people in the professional domain is really important for students to find jobs,” says master’s student Ms. Smith. The students are split into five groups, each working with a different curator. A sixth gr...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/carleton-students-hand-developing-history-museums-new-gallery/
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par SHAWNA WAGMAN | 12 avril 2016

They warn scholars to “think twice” before sharing their work on the popular social network.

networking platforms a bad name. Wolfgang Schwarz, a philosopher at the University of Edinburgh, penned a post in 2015 with a simple plea: “Please, don’t put your papers on Academia.edu.” He argues that the platform essentially bans access for academics who, for whatever reason, don’t hav...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/some-academics-remain-skeptical-of-academia-edu/
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par JEAN-FRANÇOIS VENNE | 15 juin 2016

Thirteen of Canada’s 19 UNESCO Chairs are based in Quebec, with only two at universities outside of major cities.

networking efforts.” Students stand to benefit the most from UQTR’s UNESCO Chair, which will largely serve to support training activities for graduate students. “Members from the various countries involved in the chair all have students working on projects dealing with screening, assessment...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/first-unesco-chair-uqtr/
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par ANQI SHEN | 30 janvier 2017

The impact of the executive order is “real, immediate and profound,” says Universities Canada head Paul Davidson.

networking.” Dr. Hariri himself had planned to attend a scientific conference in Boston next month, but is being cautious. Though Continue reading broke of Canad...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/canadas-universities-deeply-concerned-trump-travel-ban/
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par BECKY RYNOR | 05 avril 2017

Thanks to ArcticNet, research in Canada’s Far North is thriving, but its funding runs out in 2018.

networking, collaborations and integrated work that goes on.” Dr. Lafrenière says these advances were made possible through Continue reading, a network that coordinates and supports multidisciplinary research into the impacts of climate change and moderni...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/arctic-research-crossroads-network-funding-winds/
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par BRIAN OWENS | 15 janvier 2019

Final applications are due February 7, just weeks after inaugural competition was launched.

networking opportunities provided by the Stem Cell Network, both the technical skills as well as softer skills like ethics, law and policy that are often not provided by universities. She said she fears future trainees will miss out on those opportunities. Ms. Yammine is working with the network ...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/researchers-scramble-to-meet-deadline-for-new-frontiers-research-fund/
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par JEAN-FRANÇOIS VENNE | 18 décembre 2019

The Intersectoral Student Committee in Quebec findings reveal that postdocs face financial and professional instability, among other challenges.

networking,” explains Ms. Charest-Belzile. The survey revealed that 89 percent of respondents felt moderately or not at all prepared to enter a non-university profession. They would like to receive more information on this type of career and also for the university environment to take a more pr...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/consultations-reveal-quebecs-postdocs-hope-for-improved-status/
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par UA/AU | 30 avril 2020
networking as well as surviving and thriving in grad school. Register for free on Memorial’s Continue reading website.
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/covid-19-updates-for-april-2020/
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par UA/AU | 30 mai 2020
networking opportunities, and even virtual exhibitions. Registered participants will have the opportunity to watch sessions live and on-demand. Live sessions will be held throughout the day, such that participants across time zones will be able to attend them.” The theme for this year’s confe...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/covid-19-updates-for-may-2020/
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par UA/AU | 30 novembre 2020
networking, mitigates the physical strain of virtual engagement, and allows for virtual socializing.” Congress 2020, which was scheduled to take place at Western University, was cancelled outright this year due to the pandemic. The Federation had discussed with organizers and participating scho...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/covid-19-updates-for-november-2020/
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par TERRI COLES | 28 janvier 2021

At the event, teams of Manitoba postsecondary students developed solutions to an issue now familiar to all in Canada’s university sector: how to improve online learning.

networking app, like direct messaging and private chat rooms. The winning team’s solution brings together the features of a learning management system like Brightspace with those of social tool like Facebook or Zoom. “Basically, we want to create an online university,” Mr. Baldwin said. “...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/virtual-hackathon-tackles-the-challenges-of-remote-learning/
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par JEAN-FRANÇOIS VENNE | 29 juillet 2021

Their Canadian experience, particularly in universities, is critical to their decision making process.

networking, or employment during their studies.” Over half of the survey participants also considered applying for permanent resident status after graduation. They believed that permanent residency would provide them with access to scholarships and further education and employment opportunities...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/should-i-stay-or-should-i-go-the-international-student-dilemma/
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par SHARON ASCHAIEK | 13 octobre 2021

Particularly in the initial phase of the public health emergency, these unsung university staff did most of the heavy lifting to rework face-to-face courses.

networking opportunities and job leads. Last year, it added a workshop series called “Transition to Digital in Emergencies: What Lessons can be Learned?” to support people in the field through a demanding period.

Growing demand for credentials https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/how-instructional-designers-enabled-the-great-shift-to-digital-learning-amid-covid-19/

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