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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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Academic freedom, Academic mentorship, Corporatization and commercialization, Funding, Intellectual property

Why we need open-source science innovation — not patents and paywalls

Joshua M. Pearce, Western University
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Equity and social justice, History, Students, Truth and Reconciliation and decolonization

Canadian engineers call for change to their private ‘iron ring’ ceremony steeped in colonialism

Marcel O'Gorman, University of Waterloo
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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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Students, Teaching and learning

Are ‘top scholar’ students really so remarkable — or are teachers inflating their grades?

Carl E. James, York University, Canada
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Equity and social justice

Being the ‘only one’ at work and the decades long fight against anti-Black racism

Christopher Stuart Taylor, University of Waterloo

Rodney Diverlus, co-founder of Black Lives Matter Toronto, is seen at a protest in downtown Toronto, July 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Colin Perkel […]

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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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Academic freedom, Collective bargaining, Contract faculty, Corporatization and commercialization, Equity and social justice, Faculty associations, Universities and the academic mission

University and school strikes across Canada are about workers’ rights — and protecting education as a public good

Nancy Marie Ross, Dalhousie University; Raluca Bejan, Dalhousie University, and Steph Zubriski, Dalhousie University
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Contract faculty, Corporatization and commercialization, Equity and social justice, Universities and the academic mission

Why UK universities are going on strike

Heather Connolly, Grenoble École de Management (GEM)
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