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BY DAVID KENT | March 15 2019

These are just a few of the ways that men and women can help to balance the gender scales in academic science.

BY BECKY RYNOR | March 11 2019

New tool seeks to draw attention to the imbalance in sources used by major news outlets.

BY ANQI SHEN | February 20 2019

Consultations will continue in February and March with underrepresented groups and academic institutions on the draft charter aimed at promoting equity, diversity and inclusion.

BY DAVID KENT | January 09 2019

Some practical and achievable ways that every male scientist can help balance the gender scales in 2019.

BY ALEXIS KIENLEN | January 08 2019

The work celebrates water, life and womanhood.

BY TIM LOUGHEED | December 19 2018

“I’m a little bit saddened that in 2018 we’re still talking about this,” says chief science advisor Mona Nemer.

BY TINA GRUOSSO | November 28 2018

Life experience is a transferrable skill.

BY MICHAEL RANCIC | November 21 2018

A new report looks at how accessibility and accommodations are meeting the needs of disabled students across Canada.

BY CHRISTINE DAIGLE | November 20 2018

Why do hiring committees appear to favour graduates from big-league universities?

BY SALMA MAHGOUB | October 30 2018

Fourteen students were admitted to the medical school through the Black Student Application Program this year.

BY DAVID KENT | October 17 2018

Contrary to current thinking in Canadian circles, David Kent says it is absolutely essential to tie the program to funding.

BY ANQI SHEN | October 02 2018

The federal government wants to bring a pilot version of the U.K. charter to Canada to promote equity and inclusion in research.

BY WANDA HURREN | July 10 2018

Let’s work together to change the higher education workplace so that no one has to keep a secret they don’t want to keep.

BY SHANDELL HOULDEN & GEORGE VELETSIANOS | June 13 2018

Treating a woman scholar’s experience of harassment as insignificant is the first step to normalizing it.

BY NICOLA KOPER | May 29 2018

Women shouldn’t feel obligated to take up administrative roles to mitigate past gender biases – we are doing so already, in whatever academic positions we already hold.

BY ALLAN CAHOON | March 29 2018

We have the tools and the opportunities to gather knowledge and teach the ideas that lead to solutions.

BY PIERRE BLAIS | March 13 2018

At a meeting of university leaders last month, Louise Champoux-Paillé offered advice for making overdue changes to higher-ed governance.

BY LOUISA SIMMONS | December 15 2017

First four winners will come to Canada from the U.K., New Zealand and the U.S.

BY LÉO CHARBONNEAU | November 20 2017

Dr. Nemer says she will be a champion for the understanding of science and its role in our everyday lives.

BY VIANNE TIMMONS | November 17 2017

Taking steps to ensure that conscious and unconscious bias do not play a role in hiring and promotion does not mean that excellence cannot exist.