Congratulations to Dr. Holt!

On Nov 25, Christopher Holt successfully defended his doctoral thesis, “Exploring the Entrepreneurial Identity Development of University Students”. Through interviews with students at three universities, the thesis shows how students create entrepreneurial identities in response to many forces that “pull” and “push” them towards entrepreneurship.

Dr. Holt is Associate Director of the Masters in Business, Technology, and Entrepreneurship at the University of Waterloo Conrad School of Entrepreneurship and Business.

The precarious practice of cluster hiring

Creso discusses cluster hiring strategies, which are often described as prioritizing interdisciplinary collaboration but have their own unique set of challenges. Read full text.

Creso gives Keynote at the E-WIL Symposium: Beyond Incubation

On September 25, Creso gave a keynote at the Impact Centre’s Beyond Incubation symposium — the first EWIL symposium in Canada. Read details here.

Creso delivers keynote address at the Leaders for Education Summit in Bogotá

Creso was a keynote speaker at the Leaders for Education Summit on September 18-19. Canada was a participating country this year in Colombia’s largest annual event on education policy. Creso discussed key achievements and policy issues in Canada’s higher education and academic science.

Canada doesn’t lack in terms of university-industry collaboration

Creso writes about the assumption that we need more university-industry research partnerships in Canada in his University Affairs monthly column. Read full text.

The uncertain shelf life of the Fundamental Science Review

The report of the Fundamental Science Review panel, chaired by former University of Toronto president David Naylor, has been a touchstone in the science policy debate over the past two years. Science advocates, researchers and academic leaders have buttressed calls for greater federal investments in research on the detailed analysis of funding gaps and needs put forward in the report. Read full text.

The ludicrous idea of a provincial intellectual property framework

This month Creso wrote about a new panel created in the 2019 Ontario budget to assess the commercialization activities of higher-education institutions. Read full text.

Canadian budget offers little extra for science

Creso discusses the implications of 2019’s federal budget for Canadian science. Read full text.

HEQCO’s skills agenda show a lack of rigour and scientific integrity

The way HEQCO chose to communicate the results of its recent Skills Assessment Pilot Studies is a perfect example of cargo cult policy research. See full text.

A higher education wish list for the federal parties

The arrival of a new year traditionally inspires new hopes, aspirations and resolutions. With a federal election on the horizon, what can the higher education community wish for in 2019? Read full column.

Questioning university-industry collaboration policy

Underinvestment in R&D has long been a policy concern. Does the problem lie in the design of federal university-industry partnership programs? Emina Veletanlic and Creso discuss results of a recent study in Policy Options. Read full text.

How cancelling the UOF backfired on the Ford government

In this month’s column in University Affairs, Creso looks at the events following the Ontario government’s cancellation of funding for the Université de l’Ontario français, and how it galvanized the francophone community. Read the full text.

Monica participates in panel on PhD careers

Daniel Munro, Reinhart Reithmeier, Simona Chiose, Monica Munaretto, and Jonathan Turner

Monica Munaretto was a panelist at the PhD Career Outcomes: Research Results & Future Directions event organized by the University of Toronto School of Graduate Studies and the Career Exploration & Education unit on Thursday, November 29, 2018. The event considered questions including: What is the value of a PhD? Where are PhDs employed? What does this tell us about career development programming for PhDs? What can you as a PhD student, potential PhD student, postdoctoral fellow, or professor do to support flexible career development?

Creso speaks at International Forum on Education in Berlin

On Tuesday Nov 27, Creso participated in the panel Exploring Difference: Bachelor`s / Master`s Transitions 20 Years after Bologna at the International Dialogue on Education in Berlin. The panel considered the issues and challenges around Germany’s adoption of the Bologna-style degree structure, situating the discussion in an international/ comparative context considering the experience of Canada, the US, the UK and Poland. The International Dialogue on Education is a joint initiative of the British Council Germany, the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), the German-American Fulbright Commission, the Embassy of Canada in Germany and the Freie Universität Berlin.

Nadiia co-chairs session at the CBIE conference

Nadiia Kachynska co-facilitated the session “Bringing Classrooms to the World: Collaborating with Faculty on Faculty-Led Programs Abroad” at the Canadian Bureau of International Education conference on Nov 19. The conference was held in Ottawa between Nov 18-21.

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