University Affairs

A bilingual magazine for and about Canada's university community. Un magazine qui porte sur le milieu universitaire canadien et s’adresse à celui-ci.

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🎓 One-third of science and engineering PhD students don’t finish within 10 years.

What makes the difference? According to a new book by Caroline Boudoux: the right supervisor, mental health, career planning and resilience.

https://t.co/LtIDNewP4g

#PhD #HigherEd #Research

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🌿 What happens when a university treats the land as a relationship, not a resource?

@TrentUniversity's new stewardship plan brings Anishinaabe knowledge into land management, research and education.

https://t.co/Gc9piQUFX3

#HigherEd #IndigenousEducation #Reconciliation

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🩺 Can international partnerships help solve Canada's nursing shortage?

A unique collaboration between @UNB and India's @MAHE_Manipal is creating a new pathway from nursing education to employment in New Brunswick.

#Healthcare #Nursing #HigherEd

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🇨🇦 Can Canadian science thrive in both official languages?

A new federal advisory panel says research in French needs far more support and investment to reach its full potential.

https://t.co/aS1eI7XxXI

#Research #Francophonie #Canada #SciencePolicy

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📚 Bullying in academia: how common is it?

At @_Acfas, Catherine Malboeuf-Hurtubise and Sébastien Béland report that nearly half of faculty respondents say they’ve seen or experienced it.

➡️https://t.co/q9JmK8J8nz

#HigherEd #Acfas #AcademicLife #Research

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🎓 What advice do graduates need most right now?

Across Canada's convocation stages, speakers shared a common message: in an uncertain world, kindness, empathy and character matter as much as achievement.

➡️https://t.co/Mw0RAHNYOv

#HigherEd #Leadership #Convocation

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🎤 Can a joke make research more memorable?

New research suggests that a little humour can help engage audiences and improve scientific presentations without undermining credibility.

https://t.co/K4GuX31lGk

#HigherEd #ScienceCommunication

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🎓 Are universities becoming too focused on productivity, rankings & competition?

Elysée Nouvet uses Pope Leo XIV's new #AI encyclical to explore what's being lost as higher education faces growing pressure to do more, faster.

➡️https://t.co/cArJ3odh10

#HigherEd #AcademicLife

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🤖 AI isn't just another technology universities need to adopt.

According to Joël Blit, it could fundamentally reshape teaching, research and student learning.

The bigger question: who will lead that transformation?

https://t.co/cNil7DrAwz

#AI #HigherEd #FutureOfEducation

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🎓 What if the biggest impact of graduate research isn't the research itself?

A new @universitelaval study suggests research-trained graduates are driving change across sectors in ways we rarely measure.

Read more: https://t.co/Qx6XvwnvGV

#Research #HigherEd #Innovation

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As tuition relief programs for Ukrainian students end across much of Canada, Saskatchewan is extending domestic tuition rates until 2030—becoming the only province to do so. What does this mean for students?

#HIgherEd #Ukraine #CanadianUniversities

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The recent #Canvas cyberattack makes this 2025 @UA_magazine interview with Benoit Dupont especially relevant.

Canadian universities remain prime cyber targets — #cybersecurity is now core infrastructure, not just an IT issue.

🔗 https://t.co/wVKGCUjUAF

#HigherEd #Canada

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Canada’s international student system needs stronger oversight — but rapid policy shifts are hitting universities.

Fewer permits. Unfilled seats.

🔗https://t.co/MRuhDPnzvO

❓How do we protect integrity without losing global talent?

#HigherEd #InternationalStudents #Canada

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Students rallied at Queen’s Park over proposed OSAP changes that could replace more grants with loans — raising concerns about rising debt and access to university.

“I go to the food bank. I need OSAP,” read one sign.

🔗https://t.co/eyhugOvqQ3

#HigherEd #OSAP #Students

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Alberta’s $9.4B-deficit budget gives universities a 1.39% bump — plus $148M for 4,000 high-demand seats and $96M for apprenticeships.

After years of cuts, is that enough?

🔗 https://t.co/bL5YxMCOjg

@NateHornerAB
@cafaab
@UCalgary
@ksmitka

#Alberta #HigherEd #Budget

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🇨🇦🇮🇳@univcan led 21 Canadian university presidents to India to boost research, innovation & transnational education — AI, critical minerals, joint degrees & branch campuses, aligning with Canada’s $1.7B global talent strategy.

🔗 https://t.co/YyVXMCp6xc

#HigherEd #Canada #India

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@UQAM's Danaé Blais won @TeamCanada's sixth bronze medal of the 2026 Olympics in short track speed skating, with teammates Florence Brunelle, Kim Boutin and Courtney Sarault. Congrats!

Learn more about Blais and other Canadian student Olympians below:

https://t.co/IajpzpX3LV

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B.C. is adding $394M to post-secondary funding — but 19 institutions are projecting deficits.

With housing delays & job cuts, is this relief or more strain ahead?

Is this stability or more strain ahead?

🔗https://t.co/NasRrVgAjT

#BCBudget #HigherEd #UniversityFunding #Canada

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Congrats to @universitelaval's Valérie Maltais for earning a gold medal, her second overall of the 2026 Olympic Games, in speed skating, and @UofT's Stephen Gogolev for taking 5th place in figure skating.

Read more on Canada's student athletes below:

https://t.co/IajpzpXBBt

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Ontario ends its 7-year tuition freeze and commits $6.4B to post-secondary education.

Funding up. 70,000 new seats.

But OSAP shifts toward more loans, fewer grants.

🔗 https://t.co/9w6BaCVv0j

#HigherEd #OSAP #StudentDebt #Tuition #College #University #PublicPolicy