Canadian PSE marks International Women’s Day

Several institutions marked International Women’s Day 2026 by reaffirming their commitment to an inclusive future and by highlighting women in their community—including faculty, staff, alumni, and students—who have made an impact. Institutions such as Brock University, Saskatchewan Polytechnic, and the University of Waterloo highlighted the work that their researchers are doing in areas such as […]

Students across Ontario held protests this week in opposition to the changes to the Ontario Student Assistance Program. Students gathered on postsecondary campuses and at the Government of Ontario legislature to urge ON Premier Doug Ford to restore grant funding to previous levels. Students at the University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University wore red […]

Nokia and Hypertec have partnered to deploy the Nibi supercomputing cluster at the University of Waterloo. This new infrastructure will be integrated into the Shared Hierarchical Academic Research Network (SHARCNET), which provides computational power for research to postsecondary faculty, students, postdocs, and research fellows. “The Nibi supercomputer significantly expands Waterloo’s capacity to support advanced computational […]

Times Higher Education has released its World University Rankings by Subject, which ranks universities from around the world according to 11 major subject areas. Several Canadian postsecondary institutions appeared in the top 100 for multiple subject areas. The top ranks earned by institutions that appeared in the top 100 for at least one subject area […]

AI research institute Mila has partnered with software investor Inovia Capital to create the Venture Scientist Fund, an early-stage venture capital fund for AI companies arising from Canadian academic research. The partners explained that the fund is being created to bridge the gap between the large amount of AI talent in Canada and the relatively […]

Toronto Star reporter Janet Hurley details the way that Canadian universities are engaging alumni to support in the process of evaluating applications. Hurley offers an overview of how the University of Waterloo draws on its alumni and AI tools to review supplementary material from applicants to competitive undergraduate programs. “We saw it as a great […]

The Université de l’Ontario français and the University of Waterloo have each announced new programs for working professionals this week. The Université de l’Ontario français has partnered with Hôpital Montfort to collaborate on certificates, training, exchanges, and research. To kick off the partnership, UOF will offer a mental health micro-certificate for hospital staff this January […]

The University of Waterloo’s Department of Systems Design Engineering has received a $10.5M gift from alumni David J Cornfield and Linda Archer Cornfield for the establishment of the George Soulis Chair in Systems Design Engineering. Dr Katherine Sellen will serve as the inaugural chair. The gift has also been used to fund several other initiatives […]

The University of Waterloo and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University have announced that funding for their international hub for vision science has been extended through to 2030. During this time, the InnoHK Centre for Eye and Vision Research (CEVR) will continue to research vision loss and develop technologies to prevent, detect, and treat it. The […]

ShanghaiRanking has released its Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2025, which assesses institutions from around the world according to 57 subjects across five broad disciplines. Canadian institutions that appeared in the top 25 for at least one subject included McGill University, Simon Fraser University, Université de Montréal, the University of British Columbia, the University of […]