Topic: Research and innovation
When big companies fund academic research, the truth often comes last
Industry funders can go to great lengths to suppress the findings of academic research when it’s not favourable to the company. from […]
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International issues and education, Research and innovation, Teaching and learning, Universities and the academic mission
Shifting priorities in the new university
The image of universities composed of mostly full-time tenured professors is long out-of-date. Half of all undergraduate students in Canada, as in […]
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Environmental sustainability, Health and safety, Knowledge and skills development, Research and innovation, Teaching and learning, Truth and Reconciliation and decolonization
Indigenous researchers plant seeds of hope for health and climate
Indigenous land-based learning provides hands-on opportunities for knowledge development that shift away from Eurocentric forms of education. How can universities use land-based […]
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Citizen science can help solve our data crisis
Citizen science can help address data deficits. Shutterstock A recent news article in the Globe and Mail highlighted Canada’s data crisis and […]
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Healthy research ecosystem – healthy researchers? The researcher as an organism of focus within a ‘research ecosystem’
The academic research environment is changing and researchers report struggling to adapt in order to be successful. Funding shortfalls are perennial, but […]
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Journals and publishing, Online education, Open learning, open access, and open source, Research and innovation
University of California’s break with the biggest academic publisher could shake up scholarly publishing for good
Libraries subscribe digitally to academic journals – and are left with nothing in the stacks when the contract expires. Eric Chan/Flickr, CC […]
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All publicly funded research could soon be free for you, the taxpayer, to read
The new ‘Plan S’ initiative focuses on making all publicly funded research immediately fully and freely available by open access publication. from […]
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When losing one’s research partner is like losing a part of oneself
“If you want to see Rich alive, now’s the time.” I sucked in air as I read the text from his wife. I knew this was coming. But, I had been hoping for a miracle. I met my friend Richard Thompson at a mental health grant-writing boot camp at Cornell Medical Center almost 20 years ago. We were both young psychologists hoping to learn how to secure federal funding for our own research. Senior scientists, mainly academic psychiatrists, were presenting seven days’ worth of tips and tutorials on what the National Institutes of Health wanted in a scientifically solid and innovative proposal.
READ MOREAcademic mentorship, Knowledge and skills development, Research and innovation, Students, Teaching and learning
PhD completion: an evidence-based guide for students, supervisors and universities
This discrepancy does not necessarily mean postgraduate research students “failed” their degree. Common reasons not completing a degree include changes of career goals, work-family conflicts, poor health or financial strain. Alternatively, some students remain enrolled in their degree for long periods without making significant progress.
READ MOREEditorial Matters: The slow erosion of public university funding
Ontario’s public universities are vital institutions that deliver education to thousands of students, produce thought-provoking and groundbreaking research, and provide good jobs […]
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