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Five things you didn’t know you could study at college
Colleges provide students with hands-on job training in fields as diverse as health care, engineering, manufacturing and the arts. Here are some of the programs you may not have heard of. Adventure...
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Everything you need to know about colleges in Canada
From the types of credentials you can earn to cost, here are the answers to your college-related questions. What is the difference between college and university? Colleges and universities both offer...
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How to stay on top of finances in college
Know what you owe Your tuition bill will likely include two types of charges: 1) the cost of each course, and 2) ancillary fees, which are typically charged every semester. Ancillary fees fund...
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Introducing the 2022 3M National Teaching Fellowship Award Winners
The 3M National Teaching Fellowship was created in 1986 by the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) to recognize exceptional teachers in post-secondary education. Every year,...
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Did the pandemic make post-secondary students more resilient?
(Illustrations by Melanie Lambrick) Over the summer, when Maclean’s started chatting with students about how they were feeling almost 18 months into the COVID-19 pandemic, there was really only one...
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Extending scholarship to oral traditions through podcasting
In an early episode of his new podcast, Our Creaturely Kin, Daniel Heath Justice—a renowned First Nations and Indigenous studies professor at the University of British Columbia—will do a deep dive on...
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9 budgeting tips for university students
University is often the first time many students have to start thinking about how to balance their various expenses—books, groceries, even going out. And sometimes trouble crops up when your financial...
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Ontario nursing schools are seeing an increase in applicants during the pandemic
McMaster Univeristy, School of Nursing BScN student training at McMaster University Medical Centre. (Courtesy of Ron Scheffler/McMaster University) When 23-year-old Srisudhakar (Sri) Nowduri was 16, he...
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The weird and wonderful work of a university residence assistant
“Somebody put a pillow in the washing machine at one o’clock in the morning and flooded the entire second floor of the building. That kind of thing was a Tuesday night.” That’s Molly Strickland, who...
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The fight to end hunger on Canadian university campuses
It’s commonplace for post-secondary students to survive off a substandard diet of ramen noodles, boxed macaroni and cheese, and other affordable staples that are cheap, filling and quick to prepare....
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Five basic kitchen supplies every student should have
Moving away for school is like taking a crash course in adulting. And even if you opt for residence and full meal plans in your first year of university, at some point you’re going to have to figure...
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Leaning into distance learning
Originally from Worcester, Mass., Loch Baillie is a fourth-year honours English literature and French student at Bishop’s University. It was March 2020 and I had just returned home from my semester...
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University transcripts move into the digital age
In January 2020, ‘Snowmageddon’ stopped MUN from issuing students’ transcripts for nine days (Andrew Vaughan/CP) In January, Newfoundland experienced what many now call Snowmageddon. St. John’s, home...
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How Canadian universities are welcoming their freshmen during a pandemic
May Black headed to Wilfrid Laurier University this fall ready to become a “Golden Hawk”—the nickname for students who embrace the school spirit of the Waterloo, Ont., institution. The 18-year-old...
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Chika Oriuwa, valedictorian for U of T’s medical school, gives her address
Chika Oriuwa graduates from medical school at the University of Toronto today, June 2, 2020. In her valedictory address (which can be seen in the above video; the transcript appears in full below),...
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What it’s like to defend your Ph.D. during a pandemic
On April 1, 2020, after eight years, two concussions, a supervisor who moved to another university, a pause for a summer internship and several existential crises about what I was doing with my life, I...
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Who pays to protect free speech on campus
It was early March and there was still snow underfoot as students from the University of Alberta pro-life club set up metal scaffolding for their display. The posters, shipped to the Edmonton campus...
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How Harvard makes the U.S. less equal
Toronto-born American author Paul Tough has written for years about subjects related to education, equity, poverty, children and parents, most notably in his 2012 bestseller, How Children Succeed. In...
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The long campaign to change McGill’s varsity name
Tomas Jirousek, a fourth-year varsity rower at McGill and a member of the Kainai First Nation in southern Alberta, spent the third year of his undergraduate career working to change the name of...
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How Canadian universities are responding to the TRC’s Calls to Action
Dalhousie’s Indigenous Student Centre recently relocated to a prominent place on the university’s downtown Halifax campus. Residing in a cheery blue house, shared by the Black Student Advising Centre,...
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