May-June University Affairs PDF FEATURES The rise of preprints How COVID-19 has transformed the way we publish and report on scientific research A century of scientific growth Tracing the emergence of French-language science in Canada. Aiming for the moon Renewed international interest in our closest celestial neighbour is giving academics a chance to build…
As the presidents of Canada’s three federal research funding agencies—the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)—we wish to express our deep solidarity with the Ukrainian people in the context of Vladimir Putin’s unjustifiable invasion of Ukraine. We welcome…
Table of Contents: New Frontiers in Research Fund: Recipients announced for 2021 Exploration stream, and innovative approaches in the pandemic special call Storytellers Challenge 2022’s Top 25 finalists announced Seeking Knowledge Keepers Grad students asked to complete tri-agency Talent survey Keep up with The Conversation And much more To access the newsletter, please click here
Artist and curator, Tania Willard, of the Secwépemc Nation and Chantelle Richmond, Biigtigong Nishnaabeg researcher in Indigenous health and the environment, in conversation with the Right Honourable Paul Martin To watch the panel and/or to read the transcript, please click here.
The Canada Research Coordinating Committee has released Building the Foundation, the first progress report on the implementation of the interagency strategic plan Setting New Directions to support Indigenous research and research training in Canada. The interagency strategic plan for supporting Indigenous research and research training was launched in 2020, following extensive engagement with First Nations,…
Mar-Apr University Affairs PDF FEATURES A job half doneIt’s been five years since the Naylor report was released, and some say there’s been too little progress toward supporting Canadian research in fundamental science. Housing wantedUniversities are exploring ways to build more student accommodations of all kinds amid a worsening national crisis. Check your bias at…
The Dawson Social Science Week conference is this week, Monday, Feb. 7 to Friday, Feb. 11, and we’re looking forward to welcoming the Dawson community to this online event. To see the list of events, click here: https://www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca/programs/social-science-business-technologies/social-science/social-science-week
Notable findings 97% of participants stated they experienced increased physical, mental, and emotional workload, and job demands during the 2020-2021 school year. The deteriorating mental health of Canadian public-school teachers has been caused in part by increased workload, uncertainty, and inadequate support from school, boards/districts, and Ministry leadership. Teachers are being pulled in multiple directions…
Le monde est en transformation et les cégeps n’y échappent pas. L’intelligence artificielle, l’IA, fait partie de la donne. Comment approcher, avec réalisme et humanité, les technologies de l’IA qui sont omniprésentes dans nos vies et incontournables dans les organisations ? Le 11 novembre 2021, le congrès de la Fédération des cégeps portait justement sur le…
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Article: It’s time to end Canada’s obsession with research quantity
February 22nd, 2022A call to stop the collective and damaging madness where we may publish more, but are falling more behind. BY ALEXANDER CLARK & BAILEY SOUSA | FEB 14 2022 Australia’s national health research funder has acted to restrict assessment of each applicant to its marque research competitions to only 10 publications from the last decade….