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BY ANGELYN FRANCIS | AUG 07 2019

After decades of grassroots work by Black scholars, a few universities have started offering Black Canadian studies programs. Will it be enough to start reversing what one professor calls Canada’s “Black brain drain”?

BY SALMA MAHGOUB | AUG 06 2019

Recent allegations of mismanagement have stained the reputations of several student unions across Canada.

BY KERRY BANKS | JUL 30 2019

Canadian researchers offered a sneak peek of some of the results at Congress in Vancouver.

BY TERRI COLES | JUL 23 2019

The university is the latest in Canada to rethink its stance on a name many find offensive.

BY ANQI SHEN | JUL 08 2019

The centre, hosted by Ryerson University, has an ambitious mandate that includes funding and evaluating new approaches to skills development.

BY ASHLEIGH VANHOUTEN | JUL 05 2019

“For every individual person who disagrees with what I do, I have three people who support me,” says the philosophy student and linebacker at the University of Manitoba.

BY JEAN-FRANÇOIS VENNE | JUL 04 2019

Mona Nemer is creating a new youth advisory council of people aged 18 to 30 from a range of backgrounds.

BY DIANE PETERS | JUL 03 2019

Adaptations of the history scholar’s work take centre stage at the theatre festival.

BY KERRY BANKS | JUL 01 2019

“We’ve named more new dinosaurs in the last 20 years than in the previous 150,” says one researcher.

BY NATALIE SAMSON | JUN 25 2019

Library association releases statement clarifying this evolving role.

BY ALLAN LYNCH | JUN 21 2019

Prolific academic, author and advocate Silver Donald Cameron will be the first to hold the three-year appointment.

BY ROSELLA CHIBAMBO | JUN 18 2019

At a panel discussion at Congress, three academics reflect on the challenges facing universities.

BY NATALIE SAMSON | JUN 17 2019

The team will race against military crews from seven other nations in a commemorative restaging of the King’s Cup held in 1919.

BY NATALIE SAMSON | JUN 11 2019

The top three presentations at this year’s 3-Minute Thesis competition tackled chemotherapy, oil pipelines, and asphalt.

BY TIM LOUGHEED | JUN 10 2019

Many journals publish research that is based on the treatment of wild animals that would never be allowed in a laboratory setting.

BY TIM LOUGHEED | JUN 03 2019

Or so says David Naylor, if the country wants to fulfill the promise of the fundamental science review.

BY ANQI SHEN | MAY 29 2019

The new panel appointed by the Council of Canadian Academies will be chaired by former University of Calgary president Elizabeth Cannon.

BY MEAGHAN HALDENBY | MAY 27 2019

The new system helps foster an “inclusivity culture” at the institution, says campus designer.

BY MATTHEW HALLIDAY | MAY 24 2019

Many companies in Canada are starting scholarship programs with a view to promoting their corporate social responsibility.

BY CATHERINE COUTURIER | MAY 22 2019

A new report reveals that over half of non-teaching staff at Quebec universities are suffering from anxiety and depression.