Universities across Canada are coming together today to honour the victims of a plane crash in Iran that left no survivors a week ago. More than a dozen universities have said they are grieving students, faculty and researchers who were among the 176 people killed when the Ukraine International Airlines flight was shot down…
By Dermot Kelleher I first stepped foot in Canada in 1985, at the border crossing between Buffalo, New York and Niagara, Ontario. I was a visitor, attending a conference in Toronto by the cheapest possible route. The world was a much bigger place back then; I felt very much like a foreigner and a…
Government representatives in Canada revealed they are negotiating agreements with new countries to explore cooperation opportunities to aid outbound student mobility, but declined to reveal which ones. This topic was a key focus of the CBIE conference 2019, held in Winnipeg this month, as stakeholders focused on how to implement the outward mobility goals of the country’s…
By Daina Lawrence As the world refocuses on breakthroughs on global issues such as technology and environmental challenges, universities are also transforming their studies to serve students’ changing interests. Studies in artificial intelligence, climate change and entrepreneurship may seem like they don’t have a whole lot in common, but there is one underlying element…
One of UMSU president Jakob Sanderson’s chief goals is to see the U of M expand the use of open educational resources (OERs) in courses. Last week, UMSU hosted an open educational resource fair to give students and faculty the chance to see some of the materials directly. “What we are doing this week is…