Topic: Research and innovation

Health and safety, Public engagement, Research and innovation

Finding space for life outside the ivory tower with Academic Aunties

Ethel Tungohan, Harshita Yalamarty, and Genevieve Fuji Johnson

How can academics create community for themselves and others? How does that quest intersect with community-based research? Ethel Tungohan, host of the […]

Equity and social justice, Health and safety, History, Research and innovation

Leading American medical journal continues to omit Black research, reinforcing a legacy of racism in medical knowledge

Cherice Escobar Jones, Northeastern University; Gwendolynne Reid, Emory University, and Mya Poe, Northeastern University

Funding, Hiring, promotion, and tenure, Public engagement, Research and innovation, Students, Teaching and learning, Universities and the academic mission

Northern Ontario needs more local post-secondary education — and the province’s funding

Avery Beall, Nipissing University and David Zarifa, Nipissing University

A protester holding a sign that says "Axe the Vax" outside with a crowd behind.

Free speech and expression rights, Politics, Research and innovation

Pandemic finger-pointing: New research sheds light on who Canadians blame in times of crisis

Jordan Foster, University of Toronto; David Pettinicchio, University of Toronto, and Michelle Maroto, University of Alberta

A little over a year ago, thousands of people descended on Ottawa protesting COVID-19 pandemic countermeasures as part of a “freedom convoy.” […]

A person with headphones on watching a laptop.

Online education, Open learning, open access, and open source, Research and innovation, Students, Teaching and learning, Technology

As uni goes back, here’s how teachers and students can use ChatGPT to save time and improve learning

Danny Liu, University of Sydney; Adam Bridgeman, University of Sydney, and Benjamin Miller, University of Sydney

Funding, Public policy, Research and innovation

Two decades of stagnant funding have rendered Canada uncompetitive in biomedical research. Here’s why it matters, and how to fix it.

Stephen L Archer, Queen's University, Ontario

Public engagement, Research and innovation

Hiring more social scientists could be the solution to Canada’s innovation issue

Angele Beausoleil, University of Toronto

Open learning, open access, and open source, Research and innovation, Technology

Unlike with academics and reporters, you can’t check when ChatGPT’s telling the truth

Blayne Haggart, Brock University

Academic freedom, Corporatization and commercialization, Equity and social justice, Libraries, Open learning, open access, and open source, Research and innovation

African researchers are ready to share more work openly – now policy must make it possible

Lara Skelly, Loughborough University and Elisha Chiware, Cape Peninsula University of Technology

Politics, Public policy, Research and innovation, Universities and the academic mission

What are universities for? Canadian higher education is at a critical crossroads

Marc Spooner, University of Regina