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 ...

My father retired around the age of 56, a decision that completely transformed him. He enjoyed his job, but retirement allowed him to fully dedicate himself to his ...

Canada has a long history of underperforming on measures of private-sector spending on research and development, and failing to capitalize on the commercial potential of scientific discoveries made in ...

Last month, I urged that we must better understand academic freedom if we wish to support the scholarly mission of universities and the scholarly personnel charged with advancing that mission. In this ...

L’auteur et professeur Darryl Leroux travaille depuis près de deux décennies sur la dynamique du racisme et du colonialisme chez les descendants français.

The language barrier is also causing East Asian students to fail, and I see this on exams and in essays. Universities seek out international students, but many are not tested properly for academic ...

Alberta’s postsecondary education sector wants to be exempted from a new bill that gives the government control over whether public institutions such as universities can receive federal funding.

Canadian universities have seen a surge of pro-Palestinian protests this spring, following similar demonstrations across North America. Students have built encampments on campuses to draw attention to ...

He was 21 and dreamed of attending university. He even had an acceptance letter stamped “Université Laval”. Everything seemed legitimate: the email address, the website, the professional ...

Cheating has changed. It’s on the rise as learning takes place in an increasingly digital environment that includes remote exam proctoring and artificial intelligence software that can write essays, ...