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Fostering Black brilliance
2+ hour, 30+ min ago (879+ words) How to help students navigate the unwritten rules of the academy. As academics compete for scarce resources, collective decision-making can lead to abuse — but that’s no reason to dismantle the system. Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical on AI has much to…...
When collegiality breeds contempt
1+ week, 3+ day ago (320+ words) President Janet Morrison on her first year at the helm. The alarming rise of far-right movements in Canada. A history of clashes, challenges, and lessons learned. Working together with Inuit, First Nations and Métis, university researchers are bolstering sovereignty and…...
Addressing academia’s pretendian problem
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (460+ words) Acting in the roles of diplomats and advisors, scientists can help solve pressing world problems, argues Quebec Chief Scientist Rémi Quirion. As artificial intelligence reshapes the workplace, the most valuable skills aren't technical — they're fundamentally human. Driven by statistics, AI…...
Universities have a critical role to play in the fight against “forever chemicals”
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (678+ words) A number of Canadian universities signed MOUs with Indian post-secondary institutions. Faculty ratify new collective agreement, but say the deal still puts them behind other Ontario universities. U of T study finds image generators perpetuate idealized body types, facial features....
Fostering inclusion on a multi-cultural campus
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (477+ words) Everything you didn’t know about relocating to Canada. The recently published 10th anniversary edition adds new material to this classic text. How the Trump administration’s cuts to U.S. science are derailing Canadian research. “Evidence of teaching effectiveness” adds to the…...
Prescribing connection
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (649+ words) Sophisticated schemes are forcing the Tri-Agency to update its framework on research conduct. Despite the ban on female higher education, a unique online program is training 146 Afghan women to become doctors. How declining reading levels are reshaping the way universities…...