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“Mind the gap”: The four modes of successful online teaching

Dianne Conrad

This the final article in a three-part series. Read parts one and two. At the end of part two, I promised a […]

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“Mind the gap”: The enormity of change in the transition to online learning

Dianne Conrad

This the second of a three-part series. Read parts one and three. The enormity of change Change is difficult. It is threatening […]

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“Mind the gap”: Critical insights on the urgent transition to online learning in a time of crisis

Dianne Conrad

This the first of a three-part series. Read parts two and three. Amidst 2020’s pandemic, a great shift is taking place. It […]

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How to navigate academia as a female who is the first in her family with a PhD

Sarah A Gagliano Taliun, Université de Montréal

Navigating academia is not easy. The top characteristics possessed by academics, which I commonly hear, allude to the demands of this setting: […]

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The neoliberal non-performance of consultation: Missing democracy and transparency at the University of Toronto

Asmita Bhutani, Efrat Gold, Diana M. Barrero Jaramillo, and Ian Tian, University of Toronto

The University of Toronto has long been criticized for its general conservatism and lack of transparency; this story is almost as old […]

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Women less likely to critique men’s research in academic journals

Comment letters in academic journals respond to previously published articles, and are subject to the same gender disparities found elsewhere in research. […]

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A message in an old Science treasure box: Teach students to think mathematically

Andie Burazin, University of Toronto; Veselin Jungic, Simon Fraser University; Miroslav Lovric, McMaster University

What are the chief aims of teaching mathematics in university engineering programs? To what extent should mathematical subjects be presented to students, […]

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Building an anti-racist campus means fundamentally rethinking institutional structures and practices

Siobhan Stevenson, University of Toronto

I can take no credit for the ideas about institutional change reflected here; rather I credit The Massey Dialogues: on Anti-Black Racism […]

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How do faculty and administrators imagine the future of higher education in Canada?

George Veletsianos, Royal Roads University; Nicole Johnson, Canadian Digital Learning Research Association; and Jeff Seaman, Bay View Analytics

To address immediate health concerns around the COVID-19 pandemic, colleges and universities in Canada rapidly transitioned to online and blended learning options […]

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Remote teaching and technology-facilitated gender-based and sexual violence

Jordyn Perreault-Laird, OCUFA; Mina Rajabi Paak, OCUFA; Rebecca Godderis, Wilfrid Laurier University

Content warning: This article includes discussions of intimate partner violence, sexual harassment, sexual abuse, and rape. Introduction As provincial and federal governments […]

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