By Liz Koblyk. That saying about how, “every time a door closes, a window opens” never struck me as compelling. I was far more likely to feel immobilized by the idea that looking out the window required closing a door. More...
13 juin 2015
13 juin 2015
Programs to enhance your research, writing and presenting skills
By Melonie Fullick. Recently, I’ve been thinking about the digital tools I use in the process of researching and writing and whether others may find these programs useful. Here, I focus on tools I’ve worked with in various ways for academic and other research over the past year. More...
13 juin 2015
I, robot, need ethical guidance
By Tim Jonhson. Scholars say the rise of automated, and increasingly autonomous, robotic technologies requires greater ethical scrutiny. More...
13 juin 2015
High-profile academic fraud a symptom of underlying dysfunction
By Melonie Fullick. If you follow the higher education news, stories of scandal and corruption relating to academic research pop up on a fairly regular basis. One such case, which exploded last month in the U.S., is that of Michael LaCour. Described in a New York Magazine article as “one of the biggest scientific frauds in recent memory,” it was hard to miss. More...
13 juin 2015
Filling in the postsecondary education data gaps
By Léo Charbonneau. It can be done, with some effort, says a panel at this year's Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences. More...
13 juin 2015
Universities face many types of influence
By Martha Crago. Persuasion by donors and industry partners is the kind that causes the most commotion, but there are other kinds, too. More...
13 juin 2015
Science students need the liberal arts
By Donna Kotsopoulos. How the liberal arts made me better at mathematics.
The precarious state of liberal arts education at many universities is well known. Enrolments are down and consequently the relevance of a liberal arts education is under fire. Those in liberal arts education have tried to make the case that a liberal arts education matters. More...
13 juin 2015
Researchers take a first look at Canada’s second-hand economy
By Marie Lambert-Chan. The “Kijiji Index” looks at who is buying what online.
This is one of the conclusions of the new Kijiji Second-Hand Economy Index, which is reportedly the first attempt by Canadian researchers to measure this market for which there has been up to now very little or no data. More...
13 juin 2015
Ryerson makes its mark on Yonge Street
By Jennifer Halsall. Stylish Student Learning Centre a new gateway to campus.
A huge asymmetrical, silver and blue cubed structure in the heart of down-town Toronto, Ryerson University’s Student Learning Centre is a dramatic visual break from Yonge Street’s usual architecture. More...
13 juin 2015
The general finds his way home
By Léo Charbonneau. Brock university celebrated the arrival to campus of a four-metre-tall statue of namesake Sir Isaac Brock in mid-March. Brock was a major-general in the British Army and hero of the War of 1812 who died in battle not far from the current campus location. More...
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