Lessons from COVID-19: we need long-term investment in research
Our universities build Canada’s capacity and develop the skilled workforce needed for emergency response.
Universities are a critical piece of the climate-change puzzle
Researchers are tracking climate change impacts on our systems and infrastructure, and developing projections to help communities prepare for increases in temperature and extreme weather events.
Curbing international students not the answer to Canada’s housing crisis
It would be harmful to address the housing shortage by curtailing the number of international scholars studying at our universities, especially when they contribute so much to our society.
Are Canadians suffering a crisis of trust?
A new scholarly network will explore how engineers, scientists, and researchers can find ways of embedding trust into the technologies they are currently building.
Time to fix the inequity in Canadian research council grants
The federal government should overhaul Canada’s granting agencies with an equity lens for a healthier and more robust research ecosystem that would benefit everyone.
Documents reveal feds evaluating ethics of Canada’s booming international student sector
The federal government’s current international education strategy is set to expire next March, and Global Affairs Canada’s trade commissioner service is leading the work on a new plan.
‘NIMBY’-ism a topic of discussion at housing and transit conference in wake of Poilievre’s new housing plan
Pierre Poilievre’s hard-nosed approach to cities was not lost on city councillors, housing experts, and transit agency representatives who met in Ottawa this week.
It’s time to dispense with false narratives and look for real solutions to Canada’s housing crisis
Scapegoating immigrants, refugees, and international students fans the flames of bigotry and hate, and also threatens the health of the Canadian economy.
Feds should be wary of baseless accusations of modern worker laziness
If women are forced to choose between caring for their families and travelling to a fluorescent-lit cubicle to kiss the proverbial boot, proponents of a strong national GDP are probably not going to like the outcome.
MPs call for House study after UN report slams Canada’s efforts to combat contemporary slavery, forced labour
‘Canada has a labour shortage … but we simply cannot be a nation that exploits other human beings in labour conditions that are such as the rapporteur has described,’ says Liberal MP John McKay.
