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PurposeThe purpose is to ascertain the state of sustainability in higher education (SHE) in Atlantic Canada (sustainability education/curriculum; research and scholarship; operations; faculty/staff development and rewards; community outreach and service; student opportunities; and institutional mission, structure and planning).Design/methodology/approachAll Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC) member institutions in Atlantic Canada were sampled in 2005/2006 to examine sustainability performance. Data were collected using the sustainability assessment questionnaire (SAQ) and were triangulated with document, webpage, and additional survey research.FindingsThe majority of higher education institutions in Atlantic Canada are engaged in sustainable development work, most notably in the area of curriculum. Sustainability research and scholarship is spread amongst faculty and students; many institutions have inter‐ or multi‐disciplinary research structures to address sustainability questions across campus and in collaboration with community partners. Much unrealized potential remains within physical operations, faculty/staff development and rewards, and student opportunities. No single university emerges as the Atlantic Canadian SHE leader; Acadia University (Wolfville, Nova Scotia), St Francis Xavier University (Antigonish, Nova Scotia) and Mt Allison University (Sackville, New Brunswick) excel in a regional peers comparison.Research limitations/implicationsThe Atlantic Canada study commences a series of five regional SHE assessments in Canada.Practical implicationsThe study strengthens ongoing efforts for creative institutional solutions to reduce the ecological footprint of higher education institutions. It contributes to SHE knowledge transfer and capacity‐building.Originality/valueThe study is the first regional SHE performance assessment in Canada. It serves as a pilot study and strategic planning tool.

Gambling research in Canada
Professor Fiona Nicoll from the University of Alberta and Professor Kate Bedford from the University of Birmingham delve into gambling research in Canada, emphasizing the need to widen the lens. The gambling landscape has changed radically in Canada, as in many other countries around the world. Gambling is no longer a spatially and temporally bound activity: it is available anywhere, anytime, on a mobile device. In light of growing concerns about the harms associated with liberalizing online gambling and sports betting, there is an urgent need to take stock of recent developments and debate the next steps comprehensively, using the full range of research into gambling harms.

This paper relates the changes that have occurred in historiography over the last couple of decades to the present state of writing on the history of higher education in Canada. The existing bibliography has laid the groundwork and the 'new' history offers the means by which the complex relationships between society and institutions of higher learning can be synthesized. A few examples of the kinds of questions that need to be asked and of some assumptions that need analysis are given. By looking at all phases of universities - professors, students, women, administrative and academic matters; by using quantitative as well as qualitative research techniques; by consulting government, church, local and business sources as well as university material; and by analyzing and critiquing the newer historians of higher education can help Canadians understand the traditions and mores of individual institutions as well as the collective impact of higher education on the society. ; Ce travail relate les changements qui ont eu lieu en historiographie durant les dernières décennies et jusqu'à l'état actuel des écrits sur l'histoire de l'éducation supérieure au Canada. La bibliographie existante a servi de fondement et la "nouvelle" histoire offre un moyen de synthétiser les relations complexes entre la société et les institutions d'enseignement supérieur. L'étude inclut quelques exemples de questions et de présomptions qui méritent l'attention. En examinant la vie universitaire sous tous ses aspects - les professeurs, les étudiants, les femmes, les affaires académiques et administratives; en utilisant des techniques de recherche quantitatives aussi bien que qualitatives; en consultant le gouverne-ment, l'eglise, les sources locales et les affaires aussi bien que le matériel universitaire; et en analysant et en critiquant, les nouveaux historiens de l'éducation supérieure peuvent aider les Canadiens à comprendre les traditions et les coutumes des institutions individuelles aussi bien que l'impact collectif de l'éducation supérieure sur la société.

The organization had its headquarters in Ottawa. The headquarters scientific staff was organized as closely as possible along the lines of the staff in one of the Armed Services so that the headquarters scientific staff could work closely at all levels with the Services. It was through this staff that the Board got from the Services detailed knowledge of their requirements: if, was not' just a formulated statement af requirements but also-what they were thinking about or worrying about and it was also through the contact of the two staffs that the Board got back not only the results of its research but, also the results of any other scientific research which was relevant, and was available either in Canada or from other countries. Headquarters scientific staff was responsible after it got the requirements from the services for trying to place these requirements in suitable research agencies where a solution may be found. Attempts were made to use all the resources that were available in Canada and these resources could be roughly divided into four qroups: first of all. The laboratories run by the Defence Research Board itself ; second, a group of Government laboratories mostly federal, but some provincial also ; thirdly, the universities and finally the industrial research laboratories

This paper examines changes in access to higher education in Canada for individuals born in the first half of this century. The data show variations in attendance at, or graduation from, university or non-university postsecondary educational programmes by gender, language group, and socioeconomic background. The statistical analysis uses information from a large, nationally representative sample of Canadians. Results show a process of democratization at the postsecondary non- university level, but only a modest reduction in disparities at the university level. ; Cet article est un examen des changements encourues eu égard à l'accessibilité à l'enseignement supérieur au Canada pour les personnes nées dans la première moitié sexe, langue maternelle et milieu socio-économique pour les inscrits et les diplô-més de niveau universitaire ou de niveau postsecondaire autre qu'universitaire, més de niveau universitaire ou de niveau postsecondaire autre qu 'universitaire. L 'analyse statistique utilise les données d'un échantillon grand et représentatif de la population du Canada. Les résultats révèlent une plus grande démocratisation ou niveau postsecondaire autre qu'universitaire tandis que l'affaissement des disparités est plutôt négligeable à l'université.

More and more scholarly attention is paid to dissecting discipline of communication research under the microscope thereby aiming at revealing foci of scientific interest. The lion's share of research has hereby focused either on the supply side of research examining what topics scholars write about or at the popularity side of research shedding light on what scientific publications receive the most citations. Building up on this, we argue that these research strands are inadequate to the task of exhaustively identifying foci of scientific interest. Tailoring for the fragmented topical landscape of communication research, we propose an integrative combination of three metrics: supply, popularity, and prestige of research topics. By means of topic modeling, citation counts and citation networks, our study showcases how our approach is able to reveal the intellectual architecture of our discipline in order to identify relevant paths for further scientific inquiry.