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Category: Education
Don’t be too hasty to rename schools
Reading Time: 3 minutes Instead of renaming schools, we should educate students about the legacy behind their current names – good and bad
Canadian students need a return to regular classes this fall
Reading Time: 3 minutes Students learn best when they develop strong personal connections with their teachers. We need to stop dwelling on worst-case scenarios
Your degree might not be as valuable as you think
Reading Time: 3 minutes The ability to fail, to think critically and to learn from one’s mistakes aren’t generally taught in school
Cancel culture equivalent to infamous Hollywood blacklist
Reading Time: 4 minutes Pushing back against emboldened righteousness isn’t a task for the timid. J.K. Rowling is not timid
Loss of international students a blow to Canadian schools
Reading Time: 3 minutes Foreign students spent about $23.6 billion in Canada last year and much of that income will be lost as a result of COVID-19
U of A wildfire expert to head up national research network
Reading Time: 3 minutes New $5-million federal investment will bring together top wildfire scientists to help manage ecosystems, protect communities
What can you do about the opioid crisis?
Reading Time: 7 minutes Much like first aid and CPR, bystander naloxone training is one of the best tools available to save lives, U of A experts say
Past becomes present for history grad who studied Spanish flu
Reading Time: 4 minutes Why the COVID-19 pandemic feels familiar to Suzanna Wagner, who wrote her thesis on Canadian nurses in the First World War
Polytechnic education critical to the front-line workforce
Reading Time: 3 minutes Government needs to be thinking about smart investments to make applied education safe and accessible