Shining a humorous light on some of the tasks that academics deal with on a regular basis. University Affairs moderates all ...

These words accompanied by a catchy pop tune were played 10 times every day for six weeks on radio stations across Ontario. The advertisements were aired during the period when Ontario high school ...

Editor’s note: the interviews for this article were conducted before the outcome of the 2024 U.S. presidential election was announced. Asa McKercher has written, co-written and edited multiple books ...

Group projects, in theory, sound like a good idea. Students work together to co-create a product and in doing so gain practice working with others. The workload for students should arguably be lower ...

Here’s the good news: faculty num­bers are up significantly in Canada and should continue to rise. The not so good news: student enrolment has climbed even faster, far outpacing fac­ulty growth. Those ...

Looking back at the pitfalls and rewards of teaching on Zoom four years after the pandemic.

The scholar’s latest book is not only the culmination of a career spent examining the ethics of biotechnology, it’s a call to action for the rest of us get in on the conversation.

Students come to universities for an education. But with the opioid crisis continuing to kill thousands of people across the country every year, campuses are focusing attention and resources on the ...

Are you getting too much email? Most people say they do. Depending on the study you read, knowledge workers (which includes academics) can spend as much as 33 per cent of their work time reading, ...

Universities ought to be places that offer stable, secure and dignified employment to faculty and staff while encouraging all the members of our academic communities to flourish. Unfortunately, the ...

The man in the river handed Edward Akuffo his fishing rod, urging him to make the catch. It was a busy fall day on the Vedder River in 2011, located in Chilliwack, B.C., roughly 80 kilometres east of ...