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Dec 16, 2024 · Strengthening the circle: empowering success for Indigenous learners through community-based assessments and reciprocal relationships Meeting learners within their Indigenous communities to promote higher education is …
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University Affairs is Canada’s most authoritative source of information about and for Canada’s university community. Founded in 1959, University Affairs provides breaking news, provocative commentary, and in-depth articles about university trends, as well as practical advice and tools to help your career, whether you’re a university administrator, faculty member or graduate student.
Positioning Canada’s universities for the future
Dec 6, 2023 · D eep Saini began his term as the chair of the board of directors for Universities Canada in October 2023. The 18th principal and vice-chancellor of McGill University, he is a career academic with a research background in plant biology. He most recently served as president of Dalhousie University and, prior to that, was vice-chancellor and president of the University of Canberra in Australia.
International graduate students should not be charged different fees
1 day ago · For decades, I heard the reasoning on my campus and elsewhere that international students in Canada should pay a different tuition fee – around two to three times the domestic student rate. This is not only for undergraduate students, most of whom are supported by their parents in their native ...
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Announcements – January 2025 York University has appointed Uzo Anucha to the role of associate vice-president, faculty affairs.
Federal government further reduces cap on international student …
Sep 20, 2024 · It wasn’t the news Canada’s international education sector wanted to hear, but the recent federal announcement of further cuts to study permits next year also contains some much-needed clarity for educational institutions, sector leaders say.
Canadian universities largely unaffected by China’s sudden ban on ...
Mar 28, 2023 · Strengthening the circle: empowering success for Indigenous learners through community-based assessments and reciprocal relationships Meeting learners within their Indigenous communities to promote higher education is …
2022: Canadian higher education in review - University Affairs
Jan 3, 2023 · Most read of 2022. 1. Ryerson University officially changes name to Toronto Metropolitan University The move signals a ‘new chapter’, after years of grassroots advocacy, consultation and committee work. 2. Are microcredentials the future of higher ed? They’ve been on the lips of a growing number of postsecondary administrators and faculty in recent years, and COVID-19 has only ...
7 university leaders contemplate the future of higher education …
Sep 25, 2019 · How will Canadian universities change over the next 20 years? What challenges will they face and what opportunities lie ahead? In honour of University Affairs’ 60th anniversary, we put questions like these to seven people representing different regions and facets of the university enterprise from coast to coast.They spoke about their dreams for universities that better represent the world ...
What do universities owe Canadians? - University Affairs
Jan 6, 2022 · Editor’s Note: This opinion piece was written in November 2021, before the Omicron variant forced the shutdown of campuses across the country. Many of Canada’s university campuses continue to come back to life this winter, as in-person activity ramps up. With vaccination rates climbing, and case counts remaining manageable, there are grounds for cautious optimism.