For Ugochukwu Okoye, a PhD candidate in anthropology at Carleton University, research isn’t just about making interesting discoveries or achieving publication in peer-reviewed journals. Rather, it’s ...
If you’re like me, you’ve been reading with disquiet a growing number of studies that show how AI is already diminishing cognitive and creative abilities, in a process now called cognitive offloading.
Twice every week, six students of African descent meet in an Acadia University classroom. Together, they discuss research, social justice, anti-Black racism and methodologies that are rarely taught in ...
Psychological harassment and mental health are growing concerns across universities, and rightly so. Faculty unions see this first-hand as they contend with more complaints and a growing need to ...
Often times, resources and pedagogical need are at odds. We are at a moment where a relatively low-resource form of assessment directly taps onto the need for a new skill: slop detection.
When Janet Morrison started her tenure as president at Memorial University in August 2025, she knew she was joining at a time of unprecedented disruption – for universities generally and for Memorial ...
Retirement presents both opportunities and challenges, including the need for continued social connection, intellectual engagement and access to reliable information and resources to promote enjoyment ...
Now that I’ve got tenure, I’m keen to have more influence on practice, and I know that my research findings, if implemented, would both save money and improve safety. I’ve published extensively and ...
One-third of people who start a PhD don’t finish within 10 years. Don’t be one of them. As academics compete for scarce resources, collective decision-making can lead to abuse — but that’s no reason ...
Peter Duker is a University of Guelph PhD student in geography with specialties in political ecology and environmental governance. After winning an IDRA scholarship in 2024, he spent a year and a half ...