University Affairs

March 29, 2023

News

Universities, research granting agencies left out of federal budget 2023

Leaders and advocates in the university sector decry the latest federal budget as a missed opportunity to support early-career researchers and to heed the recommendations of the Advisory Panel on the Federal Research Support System.

BY HANNAH LIDDLE | MAR 29 2023

In my opinion

Moving from climate action toward climate justice

Students, community activists, and critical scholars are calling for more justice-oriented approaches to the climate crisis. How will universities respond?

BY SHARON STEIN | MAR 27 2023

News

Quebec postsecondary institutions to receive $54 million to combat sexual violence

The provincial government unveiled its 2022–2027 action plan to prevent and counter sexual violence in higher education.

BY AMÉLIE COURNOYER | MAR 24 2023

News

Canadian universities largely unaffected by China’s sudden ban on international credentials obtained online

The ban comes three years after China had agreed to recognize coursework completed online at foreign institutions during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic.

BY SHARON ASCHAIEK | MAR 28 2023

In my opinion

What makes for a happy scholarly journal?

Budget is just one factor that leads to a well-functioning journal.

BY ÉMILIE PAQUIN & SUZANNE BETH | MAR 23 2023

Global Campus

Supporting mature international students

They have unique characteristics and needs that may not be met by existing programs.

BY ALISON D’CRUZ | MAR 29 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.

Don’t miss out – register for Congress 2023 by March 31 for special early bird rates. Register today.

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Aisha Raja Western University

Aisha Raja has been named director, human rights, at Western University. Ms. Raja joined the university as a legal adviser in 2021. Prior to that, she served as a lawyer for the Niagara Community Legal Clinic, representing clients in the areas of human rights, housing, income security, employment and immigration law. Ms. Raja earned her law degree from the University of London and was called to the Bar of Ontario in 2019.

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