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2009

BY ADAM CHAPNICK | November 09 2009

Once considered little more than an interesting project for particularly motivated instructors, teaching dossiers have over the last half-decade graduated to the academic mainstream

BY ELAINE SMITH | November 09 2009

Lucky duo to sing in celebration of U of T’s engineering society

BY ROSANNA TAMBURRI | November 09 2009

Students from low-income families who get help with student-aid forms are more likely to attend university, says a Canada-U.S. study

BY LÉO CHARBONNEAU | November 09 2009

Researchers capture first images of memories being made

BY MARK CARDWELL | November 09 2009

The university has built a powerhouse football program that is the envy of interuniversity sport throughout Canada. Here’s how

BY LOUIS GROARKE + WAYNE FENSKE | November 09 2009

Philosophy grads from Canadian universities are at a disadvantage in landing tenure-track jobs

BY LÉO CHARBONNEAU | October 22 2009

Recession likely keeping students in school and out of the labour market

BY PEGGY BERKOWITZ | October 19 2009

Researchers and policymakers hope it will help journalists better cover science and researchers better understand reporters’ motivations

BY PHILIP FINE | October 19 2009

Polaris Institute commends several universities for embracing bottled-water-free zones

BY PATRICK J. J. PHILLIPS | October 05 2009

Another forecast of changes coming to university education

BY UA/AU | October 05 2009

How should a freshly minted graduate behave when they are hired for their first professional job out of university?

BY ROSANNA TAMBURRI | October 05 2009

As one of the few groups funding national research on student access to university and college, demise of the Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation will leave a gap

BY UA/AU | October 05 2009

University Affairs was named a finalist for overall best magazine website, overall best design and twice for best blog.

BY ALAN MACEACHERN | October 05 2009

Historian Alan MacEachern takes us back to the momentous events a half-century ago that shaped the university system we have today – and the magazine that chronicled those events. My favourite quotation on teaching in Canada comes from Rev. Patrick Bell, writing in 1833 for the folks back home in Scotland about his life as […]

BY DANIEL DROLET | October 05 2009

Alumni from each decade of University Affairs’ existence remember their on-campus adventures

BY MICHAEL SMITH | October 05 2009

What better way to reflect on the changes in education and research over the past 50 years than to look at a single department – especially in the sciences – and what better place to do it than a university that opened its doors 50 years ago?

BY ALEX USHER | October 05 2009

Imagining the future of Canadian post-secondary education

BY DANIEL DROLET | September 21 2009

CFHSS aims to boost profile of its four annual book prizes

BY LÉO CHARBONNEAU | September 21 2009

Study finds similarities, some surprising differences, at Canada’s universities

BY MEHRDAD HARIRI + JEFF SHAROM | September 08 2009

National conference in October is a first step to making this a reality