…formulating problems so their solutions can be represented as computational steps and algorithms.” Wing argues that computational thinking complements and combines mathematical and engineering thinking. Shesuggests that, “To reading, writing,…
READ MORE…have to carefully consider their book purchases and fear they will visibly stand out from the other students. But research for my latest book, Experiences of Academics from a Working-Class…
READ MORE…the latest comprehensive study on the matter and recommended that the UOF be established in downtown Toronto to serve both the central and southwestern region and Ontario’s Francophonie as a…
READ MORE…to creating dedicated teaching positions comes from tenured faculty. Recalcitrant professors make comments about the “balkanisation of the profession” that will occur if both research and tenure streams are allowed…
READ MORE…opinions are backed by data: a 2009 meta-study from the journal Psychiatric Services shows that, when it comes to psychiatric care, culturally competent approaches reduce disparities in treatment outcomes between…
READ MORE…review of Canada’s international student policy as well as an assessment of international students’ experiences indicates that our established systems and processes place undue emphasis on recruiting international students, but…
READ MORE…commitment to academic freedom that is consistent with the tradition in Canada of emphasizing the public functions served by our universities and the assumption that, as institutions, they should quite…
READ MORE…comprising three elements “freedom of inquiry and research; freedom of teaching within the university or college; and freedom of extramural utterance and action.” Within healthy democracies, academic freedom, if not…
READ MORE…solve company-specific problems, which is tantamount to providing free labour for the corporate sector (since 2009, company specific research funding has grown by more than 1,000 per cent). In 2012,…
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