Big dose of Can-do
Canada's universities are topping global tables and money is flowing in. Over the next few pages, Stephen Strauss takes a look at some of their cutting-edge projects The astronomers and space...
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Exploring Mars on Planet Earth
What do Canada and Mars have in common? The short answer is the huge area that exists above the tree line and is commonly known as the Arctic. While historically the Arctic has been of crucial...
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An eye on big results with small price tags
One of Canadian research's claims to fame is that it has been forced to learn how to do big science on a small budget (particularly compared with the US). A classic example is what its developers...
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Join the dots in a spray-on solar future
How about laptops and MP3 players that charge themselves? Or cheap, non-polluting solar cells borrowed from the domain of space satellites and used as everyday energy solutions? Ted Sargent, a 32-...
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Great minds think anew
Brilliance is a group effort at the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, says Chaviva Hosek Human ingenuity has devised formulas, algorithms and operating manuals for all manner of wondrous...
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Spot the species difference
Relishing high levels of collaboration - in particular international collaboration - seems almost a national trait for Canadian scientists. There is no better recent example of the "collaborative...
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Native tradition and modern ambition
Amid controversy at Canada's only aboriginal-run university, First Nations student numbers are booming. But problems such as prejudice and lack of funding persist. Philip Fine reports Hundreds of...
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A little French polish
Zach Dubinsky looks at the challenges and theopportunities presented by the bilingual university Joseph Heath likes a challenge. The award-winning Canadian philosopher is a native English speaker,...
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Open hearts, open minds and an open door
Generous funding and welcoming attitudes mean foreign academics are flooding into Canada and expats are returning. Stephen Strauss explains Ask Yanqin Wu why she and her husband decided to stay in...
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Fact file
Canada has no federal ministry of education. Its ten provinces and three territories are responsible for all levels of education. A degree of co-ordination is achieved through the Council of...
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'Customer' students to call tune
A debate about the authority of academics in the era of top-up fees was ignited this week after England's top higher education official warned universities that they would be forced to treat students...
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Naturalist fears for 'intellectual life'
Sir David Attenborough, Britain's most revered natural history presenter, has warned that intellectual spirit is being crushed in British universities. Speaking to The Times Higher ahead of the...
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'Kingdom of heaven's siege of Jerusalem was largely rubbish'
Historian John France is bringing the Crusades to life in a TV series about early Christian-Muslim conflict John France, a medieval historian at Swansea University, is starring in a History Channel...
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On the move...
* Glamorgan University has appointed six deans as part of its new faculty-based structure. Peter Robertson will be dean of the Cardiff School of Creative and Cultural Industries. Peter Hodson will be...
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DTI caught in free-data row
Anna Fazackerley reports on claims that concern over the profits of the big publishers led the Government to interfere in research council plans to make all research available free online The...