University Affairs

April 12, 2023

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News

Provincial budget round-up 2023: highlights for the university sector

Most provinces are targeting new funding to expand health care programs and student financial assistance.

BY HANNAH LIDDLE | APR 12 2023

The Skills Agenda

Teaching students how to work with and understand the limits of data

Our students will work in a data-driven world. How can instructors ensure they have the skills they need to work with data responsibly?

BY LOLEEN BERDAHL | APR 11 2023

Join us at Congress 2023 – May 27 to June 2 @ York University

Take part in the 92nd Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, hosted by York University from May 27 to June 2, 2023:

York University and the Federation for Humanities and Social Sciences are thrilled to welcome up to 8,000 scholars, graduate students, and practitioners in the humanities and social sciences this May. The conference will support equity, diversity, inclusion, and decolonization (EDID) under the theme Reckonings & Re-Imaginings and will feature virtual components to accommodate participants joining remotely. Congress 2023 will have an unmissable events lineup including Big Thinking keynotes from The Right Honorable Michaëlle Jean, 27th Governor General, Commander-in-Chief of Canada, and Alanis Obomsawin, one of Canada’s most distinguished filmmakers.

To discover everything Congress 2023 has to offer, register today.

News

Concordia launches program to increase Indigenous student graduation rate in engineering

The initiative is the latest bridging program at a Canadian university to address the under-representation of Indigenous students in STEM fields.

BY RHIANNON RUSSELL | APR 12 2023

Career Advice

You will remember me: on the importance of learning students’ names

To be called by your name in a class is to exist in your own right.

BY DANIEL JUTRAS | APR 06 2023

PEOPLE ON THE MOVE

Alan Shepard Western University

Alan Shepard has been reappointed Western University’s president and vice-chancellor. Dr. Shepard began his first term on July 1, 2019, and led the process resulting in the university’s new strategic plan. He has held various senior positions throughout his career, including as president and vice-chancellor of Concordia University as well as provost and vice-president, academic, at Toronto Metropolitan University (then Ryerson University). Dr. Shepard is chair of the Council of Ontario Universities.

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