UCalgary Haskayne launches business school ranking alternative

The University of Calgary’s Haskayne School of Business recently launched the Calgary-Haskayne Adaptive Research Tracker (CHART), an alternative to traditional business school rankings. UCalgary Haskayne Dean Dr Gina Grandy explained that the tool, which includes 28 Canadian business schools, offers a more transparent and insightful ranking system than that used with traditional methods. “Rather than […]

The Labour Market Information Council has released a guide explaining how to interpret and use labour market indicators. The resource explains how to interpret key labour market indicators such as unemployment rates, vacancy rates, and workforce participation rate within their contexts. The authors outline what the different indicators can share about labour supply and demand, […]

BCcampus recently published a new toolkit that is designed to support British Columbia postsecondary institutions as they collaborate on curriculum and educational technology products and services. The Enabling Collaborative Initiatives: A Toolkit for BC Post-Secondary resource is organized into six topics: enabling collaboration, getting started, standards and good practices, intellectual property and licences, governance, and […]

U15 Canada has released updated guidance on the topic of safeguarding research at institutions. The updates were prompted by the changes to the Government of Canada’s policies governing research security and the federal Defence Industrial Strategy. The guide includes outcomes and best practices across five areas: Governance and Risk Frameworks; Due Diligence, Risk Assessment and […]

UNESCO has released its inaugural Higher Education Global Trends Report, which examines the state of higher education using data from 146 countries. The report notes that enrolment in higher education has more than doubled in the past 20 years, reaching 269,000,000 learners in 2024. Despite this, the report notes large regional disparities: 80% of young […]

Statistics Canada has released a summary of the results of its Elementary-Secondary Education Survey. They report that from 2022/2023 to 2023/2024, enrolment in Canadian public schools increased by 2.3% amid a Canadian population increase of 3.2%. On the front of interprovincial migration, Alberta (3.6%) recorded larger enrolments stemming from this phenomenon while Ontario saw much […]

Statistics Canada has released a new report describing the changes in postsecondary student flows between Canada and the United States over time. Data for US students in Canada was obtained from Statistics Canada’s Non-permanent Resident File and the Postsecondary Student Information System, while data from Canadian students studying in the US was obtained from the […]

Statistics Canada has released an interactive flow diagram visualizing graduates’ major field of study and their occupation. Users of the diagram can add additional filters to the data including highest education attained, gender, immigrant status, location of study, and current location. Data was derived from the 2021 Census and considers Canadians aged 25 to 64 […]

McGill University Libraries, Concordia University Library, and eConcordia recently co-launched GenAI Quickstart: Foundations for Faculty. This series of micromodules–which are about ten minutes each–introduces faculty members to the fundamentals of AI; its uses in teaching, learning, and research; and topics in responsible AI use, privacy, and security. The micromodules were designed to spark discussions about […]

George Brown College and the Université de Montréal have each recently shared statements and guidelines for the usage of AI. George Brown’s position statement outlines eight guiding principles for the use of AI, which are intended to support the effective, ethical, and responsible use of AI at the college. These principles include transparency, compliance with […]