As a little boy, I accepted the conventional wisdom surrounding the doctorate. A PhD, I imagined, represented the summit of intellectual achievement. Those who possessed it seemed to belong to a ...
On August 5, 2026, the Government of Canada, Department of Heritage released the first of two reports about campus antisemitism and student experiences (CASE). This landmark report described the ...
The two authors of this article spent years sitting across from one another at the bargaining table. One of us, Tracey Jandrisits, represented the University of Guelph administration. The other, Herb ...
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government proposes some investments in youth and students in its 2025 budget, which projects a $78 billion deficit for fiscal year 2025-26. Amid the billions in proposed ...
Since 2008, the number of assistant professor positions, the first permanent academic appointment for PhDs, has diminished by around 15 percent in Canada. Even as secure academic positions dwindle, ...
Saskatchewan released its provincial budget on Tuesday which includes an increased investment in post-secondary education. The budget confirms a multi-year funding agreement for the post-secondary ...
Sometimes, even professors have to laugh to keep from crying. This past winter, Geoff Rector, an English professor at the University of Ottawa was getting ready to teach a course on the traditions of ...
Canada has an academic labour mismatch problem: more people than ever graduate with PhDs, but after completing these intensive programs they often face limited career prospects in academia and beyond.
Canada is home to a great deal of world-class research, but the federal government and its security services are raising the alarm that the country’s combination of advanced technology, human talent ...
When Tia Lovegrove walked into her political science class on the first day of a new semester in January 2025 she was struck with a realization. “There was only one male student in that class; out of ...
“As a generally anxious student, I spent the summer of 2019 researching ‘How to survive your first year of university.’ I thought I was prepared. However, when I first heard a peer mention they were ...