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Equity and social justice, Health and safety, Students, Teaching and learning

Addressing campus sexual violence: New risk assessment tool can help administrators make difficult decisions

Sandy Jung, MacEwan University and Jesmen Mendoza, Toronto Metropolitan University

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Academic mentorship, Health and safety, Students

3 things the pandemic taught us about inequality in college — and why they matter today

Elena G. van Stee, University of Pennsylvania

Low-income college students often face financial pressures and family obligations that their instructors cannot see. SDI Productions/E+ Collection/Getty Images Elise, a nursing […]

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Equity and social justice, Health and safety, Students, Teaching and learning, Universities and the academic mission

How to make post-secondary study more accessible? Collaboration between instructors and disability counsellors

Philip Burge, Queen's University, Ontario

A person watches a lecture on a computer screen.

Health and safety, Online education, Students, Teaching and learning, Technology

Why it’s wrong to blame online learning for causing mental health issues during COVID-19

George Veletsianos, Royal Roads University; Michael Barbour, Touro University, and Stephanie Moore, University of New Mexico

Focusing on online learning as the problem means lost opportunities to identify solutions and supports for student well-being, which could then be […]

Health and safety, Teaching and learning

Let’s normalize kindness in post-pandemic learning

Yvonne Su, York University

Anxiety and stress work against the healthy collaborative relationships that make learning and knowledge advancement possible. How do we maintain the culture […]

Health and safety, Students, Teaching and learning

Inside the mental health crisis facing college and university students

Simon Lewsen with photography by Chloë Ellingson

Campuses are offering more wellness programming than ever before, so why are rates of student mental illness on the rise? In the […]

Equity and social justice, Health and safety, Students

1 in 3 Australian university students have been sexually assaulted. They demand action on their vision of a safer society

Anastasia Powell, RMIT University

One in three university students (30.6%) have experienced sexual assault at least once in their lifetime. This is one finding from the […]

Health and safety, Students

5 ways university and college instructors can help students take care of their mental health

Max Coleman, Indiana University

Mental health issues for college students have been on the rise. monkeybusinessimages via iStock/Getty Images Plus A few years ago, a student […]

Equity and social justice, Health and safety, Students, Teaching and learning

For a ‘safe return’ to university campuses, listen to students most affected by the pandemic

Jessica Vorstermans, York University, Canada and Azeezah Jafry, York University, Canada

Students don’t want to give up pandemic accommodations that helped make education more accessible. (Pexels/Mart Production) As many universities have moved back […]

Contract faculty, Equity and social justice, Health and safety

Why insecure work is finally being recognised as a health hazard for some Australians, including faculty on short-term contracts

Alexis Vassiley, Edith Cowan University

original. About 3 million Australian workers lack job security. An estimated 2.4 million – 20% to 25% of the total workforce – […]

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3 things the pandemic taught us about inequality in college — and why they matter today

Why it’s wrong to blame online learning for causing mental health issues during COVID-19

Let’s normalize kindness in post-pandemic learning

Inside the mental health crisis facing college and university students

5 ways university and college instructors can help students take care of their mental health

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