Topic: Research and innovation

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Research and innovation, Teaching and learning

The humanities should teach about how to make a better world, not just criticize the existing one

Robert Danisch, University of Waterloo
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An old image of Monopoly, with the title The Landlord's Game
Arts and culture, History, Research and innovation

How Monopoly informs academia and economics, even when it’s not obvious

Thomas Michael Mueller, Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain)
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Online education, Open learning, open access, and open source, Research and innovation, Students, Teaching and learning, Technology

The dawn of AI has come, and its implications for education couldn’t be more significant

Vitomir Kovanovic, University of South Australia

Ground Picture/Shutterstock The release of OpenAI’s ChatGPT chatbot has given us a glimpse into the future of teaching and learning alongside artificial […]

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Research and innovation, Teaching and learning

How the pandemic affected our approach to reading and interpretation of books

Ben Davies, University of Portsmouth and Christina Lupton, University of Copenhagen

GoodStudio/Shutterstock During the pandemic, reading took on new meaning. People turned to books for comfort. Some read to confront difficult issues, especially […]

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

Journalists reporting on the COVID-19 pandemic relied on research that had yet to be peer reviewed

Alice Fleerackers, Simon Fraser University and Lauren A Maggio, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
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Equity and social justice, Research and innovation, Truth and Reconciliation and decolonization

Collaborative Indigenous Research is a way to repair the legacy of harmful research practices

Eve Tuck, University of Toronto
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Equity and social justice, Research and innovation, Universities and the academic mission

Why women’s studies programs in Canada are more important than ever

Jacquie Gahagan, Mount Saint Vincent University; Adwoa Onuora, Mount Saint Vincent University, and Tegan Zimmerman, Mount Saint Vincent University

The ‘othering’ of women through misogyny, racism and sexism in scholarship has had, and continues to have, serious consequences on women’s lives. […]

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Research and innovation, Teaching and learning

Connecting people, ideas, and disciplines at Congress 2022

Laura Salter, Communications Officer, Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences

In a few short weeks, scholars from nearly 40 different academic disciplines will gather virtually for the 91st annual Congress of the […]

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Equity and social justice, Research and innovation, Teaching and learning, Truth and Reconciliation and decolonization, Universities and the academic mission

From Ryerson to Toronto Metropolitan University: What can we learn from the renaming?

Dino Sossi, University of Toronto

With the new name comes a model for other renaming processes in the realm of reconciliation. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston Ryerson University […]

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Academic freedom, Corporatization and commercialization, Faculty associations, Funding, Governance, Hiring, promotion, and tenure, Public policy, Research and innovation, Truth and Reconciliation and decolonization, Universities and the academic mission

Are there ever really ‘financial reasons’ to fire faculty? Laurentian University, academic freedom, and the disciplining of the professoriate

Honor Brabazon, St. Jerome’s University

The 2020–21 academic year saw two incidents of Ontario professors being effectively fired: the termination of 116 of the 345 professors at […]

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