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Landsberg, Germany: Olzog-Aktuell, 2012; 228 pp; ISBN: 978-3-78928-216-4, cloth €29.90. The practical reality for many German academics and researchers is that publishing in English is becoming progressively more vital for their careers. However, some German linguists are railing against this […]

Successful strategies by award-winning teachers Robin K. Morgan & Kimberly T. Olivares, eds. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2012; 148 pp; ISBN: 978-0-25300-612-7, paper $22 usd, eBook $18.99 USD. How should I use technology in my courses? What impact does […]

Communicating with traditional and social media for scholars, researchers, and academic leaders William Tyson. Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishing, 2010; 256 pp; ISBN: 978-1-57922-333-5, paper $19.95 usd; ISBN: 978-1-57922-546-9, eBook $15.99 usd; ISBN: 978-1-57922-545-2, Lib eBook $45 USD. How do you […]

A critical reader in Canadian mad studies Brenda A. LeFrançois, Robert Menzies & Geoffrey Reaume, eds. Toronto, ON: Canadian Scholars’ Press, 2013; 380 pp; ISBN: 978-1-55130-534-9, paper $49.95 CAD. In 1981, Toronto activist Mel Starkman wrote: “An important new movement […]

Une enquête indépendante sur la saisie des dossiers de recherche de deux professeurs de l’Université d’Ottawa par l’Institut de recherche en santé mentale de l’Université d’Ottawa et par l’Hôpital Royal Ottawa a conclu que l’intervention était injustifiée, qu’elle soulevait des […]

Une pétition réclamant que l’Université Western mette fin à son entente avec Access Copyright a été signée par 70 employés de bibliothèque de l’université, avant la date prévue du renouvellement de l’entente. En effet, les employés de bibliothèque ont lancé […]

Les Canadiens sont plus nombreux à croire que le gouvernement fédé­ral fait fausse route en matière de politique scientifique et de recherche, selon un sondage d’opinion publique mené le mois dernier. Il ressort également du sondage, réalisé par Harris/Décima à […]

Five research ethics board members at the University of Ottawa who signed the letter to university president Allan Rock. Clockwise from bottom left: Giuliano Reis (Social Sciences & Humanities Research Ethics Board), Brendan Walshe-Roussel (Health Sciences & Science Research Ethics […]

Click here for graph related to this article. High performance computing (HPC) has become an indispensable tool for research in all fields. Faculty members and research teams in universities, colleges and research hospitals across the country now rely on computers […]

The year has barely begun, but we’re being urged on all sides to rethink higher education, to look into the far distant — and therefore largely unknowable — future and to prepare ourselves for dramatic change. An urge to crawl […]

Students in Newfoundland and Labrador won’t be paying more for tuition, but cuts to teaching jobs and programs are looming as the pro­vince strives to rein in burgeoning debt. The Conservative government’s 2013 budget held the line on core funding […]

Universities will not receive funding increase from the province. [SCAZON/Flickr] The provincial budget released by New Brunswick Finance Minister Blaine Higgs on March 26 calls for significant tax hikes, the largest since 1983. But despite the planned increase in revenue, […]