By Rebecca Zamon. When it comes to Canadian universities, three names tend to be bandied about pretty regularly — that's the University of Toronto, McGill University and the University of British Columbia. And it's for a good reason. These three schools are consistently at the top of global university rankings, and have some of the toughest admissions in the country. More...

By Daryl Copeland. Foreign policy issues rarely figure centrally in Canadian politics — and in the public and media mainstream, science is an even more distant outlier. That’s unfortunate, because science policy matters. Years of resource reductions and the centralized political control and manipulation of all public communications have deeply corroded Canadian democracy, governance and public administration. More...

'The approach of "just say no" just doesn't work,' says McGill's student health director.
As CEGEP and university students head to back to school, some experts argue it makes more sense to ensure illicit drugs are taken safely rather than try to prevent them from being taken altogether. More...

Aside from starting studies somewhere new, students must adjust to how life may be different.
Enrique Chacon says that when he first came to Canada to study, he found the behaviour of other students jarring. More...