University Affairs 2022 Sept-Oct FEATURES Access denied The application process for international study permits is putting French-language universities at a disadvantage Innovation intervention After four years, the federal government’s billion-dollar superclusters are finding their feet, but they need more time. The business of sustainability In response to demand from students and industry alike, business schools…
Global聽poll of nearly 10,000 researchers reveals continued influence of bibliometrics in determining reputation and institutional ties Research citation scores and the prestige of journals in which academics publish remain highly important factors in how scholars judge each other despite international efforts to reduce their impact, a Times Higher Education survey of almost 10,000 academics has…
Decade-long study of scientists鈥� output and attitudes produces book on why structural tactics聽to tackle gender and race inequalities fail Science聽keeps struggling with inequity because of poorly understood cultural attitudes that persistently defy attempts at structural fixes, a decade-long analysis at a major US university has found. The assessment 鈥� covering more than 500聽researchers in the…
Nous sommes heureux de vous faire part du lancement du concours de Projets de recherche en 茅quipe en milieu coll茅gial. Les r猫gles du concours se trouvent ici聽:聽Projets de recherche en 茅quipe en milieu coll茅gial (PEC) – Fonds de recherche du Qu茅bec – FRQ (gouv.qc.ca) Les chercheurs et chercheuses de coll猫ge auront l鈥檕pportunit茅 de d茅poser un…
In June, universities across Ontario unveiled their new 鈥渄isconnecting from work鈥� policies in accordance with provincial legislation aimed at fostering healthier work environments. But faculty and administration alike are saying that on their own, these policies do nothing to upend the more deeply rooted issues that drive high workloads and burnout. 鈥淲hen you hire a…
Earlier this month, I was pleased to see a聽paper published in聽PLoS Biology聽written by a large group of international researchers in the early stages of their careers about how we can improve research culture and practice. While I was one of the participants/authors, the real credit for driving the project goes to Brianne Kent, Constance Holman…
聽Le scientifique en chef du Qu茅bec, R茅mi Quirion, les directrices scientifiques des Fonds de recherche du Qu茅bec (FRQ), Janice Bailey du FRQNT, Carole Jabet du FRQS et Louise Poissant du FRQSC, et toutes les 茅quipes impliqu茅es sont fiers de lancer aujourd鈥檋ui la programmation 2023-2024 des FRQ.Prenez connaissance de la nouvelle programmation聽:Calendrier des concours 2023-2024Tous les…
La direction scientifique du Fonds de recherche du Qu茅bec 鈥� Nature et technologies (FRQNT) souhaite informer la communaut茅 que le programme de recherche coll茅giale est en moratoire pour le concours 2023-2024.Inchang茅 depuis sa cr茅ation en 2015, le programme de recherche coll茅giale n茅cessite une r茅vision afin de mieux correspondre aux besoins et attentes des chercheuses et…
NSERC CCI (College and Community Innovation) pleased to introduce the new College and Community Innovation (CCI) program web hub聽鈥� a one stop shop for colleges, CEGEPs and polytechniques to find all information related to the CCI program. The CCI hub was designed with colleges鈥� interests in mind 鈥� providing information on the types of grants…
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Researching solutions to the growing 鈥榯ragedy of homelessness鈥�
August 26th, 2022I n 20 years of studying homelessness, Carol Kauppi has observed three disturbing trends: the number of people experiencing homelessness is growing, they鈥檙e more visible, and Canadians have become more accepting of the problem. 鈥淭hings have gotten worse,鈥� said Dr. Kauppi, who is director of the Centre for Research in Social Justice and Policy at…