Jan 28, 2025 · Canada’s francophone universities: drivers of thriving communities Despite challenges, Canadian universities in francophone minority settings actively contribute to their communities and the advancement of knowledge.

University Affairs is Canada’s most authoritative source of information about and for Canada’s university community. Founded in 1959, University Affairs provides breaking news, provocative commentary, and in-depth articles about university trends, as well as practical advice and tools to help your career, whether you’re a university administrator, faculty member or graduate student.

Dec 6, 2023 · Rethinking the role of social sciences and humanities to help drive innovation and productivity Ted Hewitt, president of the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada, discusses the need to think differently about how we measure and report the impact of humanities-related research.

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Jan 3, 2023 · Most read of 2022. 1. Ryerson University officially changes name to Toronto Metropolitan University The move signals a ‘new chapter’, after years of grassroots advocacy, consultation and committee work. 2. Are microcredentials the future of higher ed? They’ve been on the lips of a growing number of postsecondary administrators and faculty in recent years, and COVID-19 has only ...

University Affairs is Canada’s most authoritative source of information about and for Canada’s university community. Founded in 1959, University Affairs provides breaking news, provocative commentary, and in-depth articles about university trends, as well as practical advice and tools to help your career, whether you’re a university administrator, …

Feb 3, 2025 · A dozen Canadian universities offer French-language programs in English-dominant environments. For these institutions, recruitment and funding are daily challenges, and their survival depends on the creation and success of multiple initiatives.

If necessity is the mother of invention, then the last year has yielded a motherlode of innovations at Canadian universities as they responded to the everchanging demands due to the COVID-19 pandemic. What might first have been a temporary shift made in the thick of a crisis is turning into a more permanent part of how things are done. Some …

Jan 16, 2025 · The fragile state of student housing In an unprecedented housing shortage, Canadian and international students are facing a crisis that puts their studies – and their well-being – at risk.

Sep 25, 2019 · How will Canadian universities change over the next 20 years? What challenges will they face and what opportunities lie ahead? In honour of University Affairs’ 60th anniversary, we put questions like these to seven people representing different regions and facets of the university enterprise from coast to coast.They spoke about their dreams for universities that better represent the world ...