Dalhousie University

For more than 200 years, Dalhousie University has delivered academic excellence on Canada’s East Coast, welcoming students from more than 115 countries. A member of the U15 Group of Canadian Research Universities, we take pride in the positive impact our ground-breaking research has around the world in critical areas including ocean sustainability, digital innovation and healthcare.

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How to tackle the PhD dissertation

Finding time to write can be a challenge for graduate students who often juggle multiple roles and responsibilities. Mabel Ho provides some tips to make the process less daunting

Mabel Ho

Dalhousie University

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Designing assessments with generative AI in mind

A new era of AI requires a balance between thoughtfully mitigating and responsibly promoting student use of new tools

Kate Crane

Dalhousie University

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Open access: why and how to do it

Here, a librarian and master of information student offer insight into facets of open access publishing and the challenges relating to it

Melissa A. Rothfus, Catherine Gracey

Dalhousie University

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How to foster a civic mindset in the era of AI

Create spaces that allow small groups of people to see themselves in a broader context, encourage them to dream of what possibilities and opportunities could exist and then help them to take action

Robert Huish

Dalhousie University

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Improve women’s accessibility to leadership by following these steps

Weaving equity practices into talent and succession planning and creating roles that work alongside personal commitments are just two of the ways you can enhance the diversity of your leadership

Kim Brooks, Grace Jefferies-Aldridge

Dalhousie University

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We set up a thought leadership programme to amplify PhD research reach

Dalhousie's OpenThink programme shows how universities can empower the next generation of thought leaders and facilitate public engagement

Lynne M. Robinson

Dalhousie University