Research
“ People are working to solve their differences and trying to build pathways for collaboration.”
Once seen as a silly topic for academic study, boredom is now attracting scientists as well as humanities scholars.
Graduate students are trying out Three Minute Thesis-type competitions for the soft skills, public connection – and just a tiny bit of fame.
It has been almost 20 years since I did research in the homes and schools of indigenous people of Quebec. I obtained ethical approval for that work at my university. This consisted of me showing my grant proposal to a colleague down the hall who had no experience with indigenous people and asking her to […]
Experts from within and outside of academia expound on what role universities can play to further the innovation agenda.
Exposing undergrads to more research opportunities is “becoming the new gold standard.”
Twenty-five years and just over 60 percent complete, the Dictionary of Old English is a labour of love for U of T scholars.
The authors of a new book challenge what they call the “frantic pace” of contemporary university life.
More Canadians are using medical marijuana for a wider array of health ailments, but the research hasn’t kept pace.
A few of the best mobile apps found on campuses across Canada.
The transition from the military to the civilian world can be a tricky one.
A new academic discipline challenges our ideas of what it means to be “sane.”
But first, your university needs a policy on alternative-format dissertations.
Poet, artist, scientist.
Will “publish or perish” soon include “video or vanish”?
How Anthony Bogaert’s pioneering research on asexuality is forcing us to rethink human sexual behaviour.
This year’s Mr. Congress sees the annual event quite differently now.
In an improbable sequence of events, an Ottawa law prof has taken on the constitutional cause of the Afar people in Africa.
How Canadian researchers are continuing the nation’s 60-year record of excellence in aerospace.
Enthusiastic volunteers help researchers with the labour-intensive task of collecting data and specimens in the field.