The Canadian government must crack down on fraud by international students and introduce clear penalties for universities and colleges “issuing misleading documents,” a House of Commons committee recommends. In a report…

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Medical profs question Ontario’s “merit”-based admissions law

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U the North

The northern lights glitter in green, purple and red ribbons as they dance across the Arctic night sky. While beautiful, they can interfere with radar signals that the Canadian Armed Forces use to monitor air traffic in…

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$21 M allocation gives USudbury ‘a solid foundation to build on’

The recent Ontario budget’s promise of $21.6 million over three years for Université de Sudbury is “exactly what we were hoping for,” president and vice-chancellor Serge Miville told University Affairs in an interview…

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University Affairs CA·curriculum

Reconsidering the value of exams in the age of AI

As the reality of Gen-AI settles across our campuses, many instructors have returned to in-person assessments. In a December 2025 Nature article , Vitomir Kovanović, Abhinava Barthakur, Srećko Joksimović and George…

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University Affairs CA·higher-ed

What do universities owe the public?

The university is one of the oldest and most iconic institutions in human society. It has also been the source of, and subject to, some of the world’s most profound changes and perturbations as it has evolved from a…

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Beyond protection?

For nearly the past three decades, Canadian universities and colleges have been required to have an Institutional Research Ethics Board (REB) vet studies and ensure compliance with the Tri-Council Policy Statement on…

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The human face of Arctic research

Amid the rapid transformations occurring in the North, an interdisciplinary approach that connects knowledge, lands and lived experiences is more essential than ever. University Affairs spoke with Jackie Dawson, a…

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Why should academic freedom protect ineffective teaching?

During the first semester of my undergraduate degree, I experienced the full spectrum of teaching strategies. On the one hand, I had a professor who spent three hours delivering content from a textbook to a mostly…

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Committee urges penalties, random audits to crack down on foreign student visa fraud

Medical profs question Ontario’s “merit”-based admissions law

U the North

$21 M allocation gives USudbury ‘a solid foundation to build on’

Reconsidering the value of exams in the age of AI

What do universities owe the public?

Beyond protection?

The human face of Arctic research

Why should academic freedom protect ineffective teaching?

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