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BY REBECCA SWEETMAN & YASMINE DJERBAL | MAY 25 2023

Large language models are here to stay, but they also present ethics and equity questions about their design, operationalization, and legacy that universities must consider.

BY JOANNA POZZULO & ANNA STONE | MAY 19 2023

The growing interest in wellness is an opportunity for universities to provide evidence-based information beyond campuses, in the broader community.

BY DANIEL MACPHEE | MAY 11 2023

Teaching students how to responsibly question and discover answers must become a greater priority in education.

BY FARAH QAISER, AUDREY LAVENTURE, MADISON RILLING, MAX KING, CHELSIE JOHNSON, NATASHA JAKAC-SINCLAIR, LANDON GETZ, ANDRÉA CARTILE, MARIE-EVE BOULANGER & JUSTINE AMMENDOLIA | APR 24 2023

Members of the chief science adviser of Canada’s inaugural Youth Council share a vision for science as their term comes to an end.

BY BROCK RICHARDSON | APR 20 2023

Student clubs are struggling in the pandemic’s wake. Universities can help them back on their feet.

BY NEIL CAMPBELL | APR 14 2023

Variations on the ‘venture studio’ model may be a way forward for inventions developed with and by university researchers.

BY JON BEALE | APR 04 2023

The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals are being used in unexpected places and hopeful ways on campuses across the country.

BY SHARON STEIN | MAR 27 2023

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

BY ÉMILIE PAQUIN & SUZANNE BETH | MAR 23 2023

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

BY ALAN SHEPARD | MAR 17 2023

The value of tools like ChatGPT depends on how we use them, which makes interdisciplinary undergraduate education more important than ever.

BY DONNA KOTSOPOULOS | MAR 14 2023

A dean’s private grief has inspired reflection and changed her leadership.

BY ROSEANN O’REILLY RUNTE | MAR 08 2023

In the midst of difficult times, find comfort and courage in the immeasurable contributions of women and the communities that help lift them up.

BY ANITA GIRVAN, NICOLA DOVE & PRISCILLA MCGREER | FEB 13 2023

Wayfinding with paradox in troubled times.

BY JASJIT SANGHA, DAN D’AGOSTINO & BENJAMIN POTTRUFF | FEB 06 2023

The struggle for our own attention led teaching and learning specialists to design a targeted workshop series using mindfulness and other strategies.

BY JAMES SOUTHWORTH | FEB 03 2023

A solution may be found in focusing on the process of writing, rather than the final product.

BY TIMOTHY BRUNET | JAN 31 2023

Universities and colleges that seek to grow their student enrolments have an obligation to address student housing.

BY PHILIP BURGE | JAN 17 2023

A study found disability counsellors made substantial contributions to faculty members’ efforts to redesign their courses.

BY JOHN V. L. NGUYEN & MARYAM TABRIZIAN | DEC 16 2022

The new, bold position of the U.S. government should be a wake-up call to the changing environment of Canadian academia.

BY ANDRIJANA BURAZIN, LAUREN DEDIEU, VESELIN JUNGIĆ & MIROSLAV LOVRIĆ | DEC 05 2022

A survey of primarily teaching math faculty reveals the need for standardization to strengthen and support these integral contributors to undergraduate education.

BY JENN BERGEN, ANA CAROLINA DE BARROS, JAN M GELECH, SHANNON FORRESTER, SIMONNE HORWITZ & VICKI SQUIRES | NOV 30 2022

The choice about whether or not to disclose a mental health condition to colleagues or managers, or to share a personal mental illness story with students, includes a number of complex factors.