Table of Contents: Pilot supplements initiative will offer additional support to Indigenous master鈥檚 students Top minds in economics connect in Germany Fit to (sustainably) print Is your application among these first to need a data management plan? And much more To access the newsletter, please click here
The 7th Annual Peace Week starts September 13th running until September 21st. Events will range from in-person at the 星空传媒视频 urban gardens to virtual & in person speakers, and workshops focused on the theme of Revolution & Metamorphosis. Check out the schedule, get registered, and join us once more! Revolution can often be associated…
Moving to Canada can provide many opportunities, but also comes with unique challenges for newcomers looking for meaningful employment. To better support newcomers, Colleges and Institutes Canada (CICan) launched聽Skills Enhancement for Newcomers, a two-year national initiative that will help newcomers develop the soft skills unique to Canadian workplaces, enhancing their employment profiles. The project is…
University Affairs 2022 Sept-Oct FEATURES Access denied The application process for international study permits is putting French-language universities at a disadvantage Innovation intervention After four years, the federal government’s billion-dollar superclusters are finding their feet, but they need more time. The business of sustainability In response to demand from students and industry alike, business schools…
Earlier this month, I was pleased to see a聽paper published in聽PLoS Biology聽written by a large group of international researchers in the early stages of their careers about how we can improve research culture and practice. While I was one of the participants/authors, the real credit for driving the project goes to Brianne Kent, Constance Holman…
Many academics get annoyed by their colleagues who engage with the public. This could be writing op-eds, doing TED talks, advising think tanks, doing media interviews, and writing books that are accessible to the public. Before diving into analysis, let鈥檚 define some terms. We can call academics who聽don鈥檛聽engage with the public, 鈥渢raditional academics鈥� and academics…
The pivotal moments of a researcher鈥檚 journey often go unseen by the public, occurring in remote locations or in tucked-away laboratories. But the breadth and diversity of research endeavors at Canadian universities should be celebrated and shared widely. At Queen鈥檚 University, for the sixth consecutive year, faculty, students, staff, and alumni have drawn on their…
University job postings seldom get noticed by the public. But this spring,聽Quebec politicians, the聽National Post聽and even聽Fox News聽took umbrage at advertisements for Canada Research Chair (CRC) positions at Universit茅 Laval, the University of Toronto and others that stipulated only women, visible minorities, Indigenous people and people with disabilities should apply. A聽Queen鈥檚 University聽posting for an engineering chair…
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Criticisms of academic freedom miss the mark and risk the integrity of scholarship
September 22nd, 2022While academic freedom itself might sound like a unique notion, granting special tools or rights to specific professions is rather commonplace. In the era of today鈥檚 heated culture wars, the concepts of academic freedom and freedom of expression have become increasingly conflated. Divisive political debates around聽critical race theory,聽Qu茅bec鈥檚 Bill 32聽and talk of establishing 鈥渇ree speech…