University Affairs

April 26, 2023

Features

Ableism in the academy

Disabled scholars say they often rely on ad hoc agreements to get the accommodations they need to do their jobs. The lack of formal recognition has left many feeling unprotected and unwelcome in the academic workplace.

BY JOHN LOEPPKY | APR 26 2023

News

Universities offer support for student-parents

Universities are increasingly working to respond to their communities’ calls for daycare centres.

BY JEAN-FRANÇOIS VENNE | APR 25 2023

Academic for life

Insights from the ‘other side’

A professor emeritus reflects on how she still feels ‘on the brink of everything’ even after retirement.

BY SHARON MOORE | APR 25 2023

Graduate Matters

Bringing your graduate work to life

Concordia University’s Creative Reuse Centre demonstrates how one student used her degree to transform a passion into a major project with real-world impact.

BY CINDY TRAN | APR 21 2023

Career Advice

We need boldness and daring in our education system

The case of McGill’s Building 21.

BY OLLIVIER DYENS | APR 21 2023

A white background advertisement that reads C2U EXPO 2023: Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario, June 5-8, 2003

Registration is NOW OPEN for the in-person C2U Expo 2023 being held at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario June 5-8, 2023. C2U Expo is Canada’s leading conference on community-based research and community-campus engagement and this year’s theme is Connected Communities. Collective Change. As in past years, the conference will feature pre-conference workshops, community site visits to see first-hand the impact of community-campus partnerships, and 100+ engaging keynote and plenary speakers, panelists and presenters from across Canada and the globe. For more information visit C2UEXPO.LAKEHEADU.CA.

In my opinion

Leadership lost

Student clubs are struggling in the pandemic’s wake. Universities can help them back on their feet.

BY BROCK RICHARDSON | APR 20 2023

In my opinion

When youth voices are heard, science shines brighter

Members of the chief science adviser of Canada’s inaugural Youth Council share a vision for science as their term comes to an end.

BY FARAH QAISER, AUDREY LAVENTURE, MADISON RILLING, MAX KING, CHELSIE JOHNSON, NATASHA JAKAC-SINCLAIR, LANDON GETZ, ANDRÉA CARTILE, MARIE-EVE BOULANGER & JUSTINE AMMENDOLIA | APR 24 2023

PEOPLE ON THE MOVE

Shanthi Johnson University of Windsor

The University of Windsor has appointed Shanthi Johnson vice-president, research and innovation, effective July 1. Dr. Johnson joins U of Windsor from the University of Alberta, where she most recently served as professor and dean of the school of public health. Dr. Johnson has served on a number of boards including the National Seniors Council, the Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute, and the CIHR Governing Council.

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FEATURED JOBS

Creative and Cultural Industries - Assistant Professor (Fashion Studies and Cultures)
Chapman University
Psychology - Assistant Professor (Human Neuroscience or Quantitative Methods)
University of New Brunswick
Human Resources and Organizational Behaviour - Lecturer, 2-year term
University of Saskatchewan
Architecture - Assistant Professor
McGill University

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