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Ideas with Nahlah Ayed -April 2026: Knowledge Under Siege: Charting a Future for Universities

Ayed moderates a discussion featuring University of Toronto‘s Randy Boyagoda, @ucalgary.bsky.social‘s Malinda S. Smith and UCLA‘s Davide Panagia, @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social app.magellan.ai/listen_links...

How Stephen Lewis helped changed the world's mind about HIV/AIDS. Excerpts from his 2005 CBC Massey Lectures, titled “Race Against Time." www.cbc.ca/listen/live-... via @cbcnews.ca

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Knowledge Under Siege: Charting a Future for Universities. CBC Ideas, April 13, 2026:

Nahlah Ayed moderates a discussion at Isabel Bader Theatre in Toronto featuring U of Toronto’s Randy Boyagoda, @ucalgary.bsky.social’s Malinda S. Smith and UCLA’s Davide Panagia. app.magellan.ai/listen_links...

How to harness your own biases | CBC Radio It’s easy to admit to having biases, but much harder to pin down what they are, let alone figure out what to do about them. Nevertheless, documentary maker Tom Howell gives it his best shot.

How to harness your own biases

IDEAS producer Tom Howell looks into creating a list of biases, to determine which ones to indulge or combat. CBC Radio

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“I’ve congratulated the victorious party.”

After 16 years as PM, Hungary’s Viktor Orban conceded defeat to opposition leader Peter Magyar and his Tisza party.

UWinnipeg Office of the Provost poster of inaugural session on Dialogue and Debate in the Age of Polarization in a series on Conversations on Interdisciplinary Collaboration. Poster featuring 3 speakers: Dr. Sheila Cote-Meek, Interim Vice-Provost, Indigenous Engagement, Brock University Dr. Lilach Marom, Assistant Professor, Education, Simon Fraser University Dr. Malinda Smith, Associate Vice-President (Research-EDI), University of Calgary

Dialogue & Debate in the Age of Polarization, Apr 14, 2026, 5pm:

Dr Sheila Cote-Meek, Interim Vice-Provost, Indigenous Engagement, Brock U
Dr Lilach Marom, Assistant Prof, Education, SFU.
Dr Malinda Smith, Associate VP Research, #UCalgary.
Via @uwinnipeg.bsky.social www.uwinnipeg.ca/provost/stra...

Live: Hungarian PM Viktor Orban concedes election defeat, ending 16 years in power Hungarian ​Prime Minister Viktor ​Orban has congratulated centre-right challenger Peter Magyar ​on ‌his ⁠election victory,  Magyar said on Sunday after ​partial results ‌put his Tisza party ‌on course...

👏🏾 Live: Hungarian PM Viktor Orban concedes election defeat, ending 16 years in power - France 24
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The War Against Misinformation Is Over. The Lies Won | The Walrus New research suggests people know images and headlines are false but share them anyway

The War Against Misinformation Is Over. The Lies Won
New research suggests people know images and headlines are false but share them anyway, by @justinling.ca thewalrus.ca/the-war-agai... via @thewalrus.ca

Opinion | Hegseth’s firing of a top general is the latest sign of Pentagon turmoil The defense secretary is better at waging culture wars than the Iran war.

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Academia can never be ‘just a job’ (and why that is OK) The uncomfortable truth is that academia doesn’t conform to the regular nine-to-five, and pretending otherwise will not fix working conditions that are broken, argues Sorin Krammer

Academia can never be ‘just a job’ (and why that is OK)
The uncomfortable truth is that academia doesn’t conform to the regular nine-to-five, and pretending otherwise will not fix working conditions that are broken, argues Sorin Krammer www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/acade... via @timeshighered

Hallucinated citations are polluting the scientific literature. What can be done? Tens of thousands of publications from 2025 might include invalid references generated by AI, a Nature analysis suggests.

Hallucinated citations are polluting the scientific literature. What can be done?
“Tens of thousands of publications from 2025 might include invalid references generated by AI, a Nature analysis suggests.”
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

What's the point of university? | CBC Radio What are universities for? Where have they gone wrong? What are they doing right? And what do they owe the public? Those were just some of the questions put to university educators and renowned schola...

This @cbcideas show is worth a listen.
“What's the point of university?

IDEAS host Nahlah Ayed moderated a public discussion at the U of Regina focused on one question: What are universities for? with Linda Tuhiwai Smith, Malinda Smith, Joel Westheimer, Jonathan R. Cole
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Black-and-white close-up portrait photograph of Elsie MacGill, the pioneering Canadian aeronautical engineer known as the “Queen of the Hurricanes.” Shown from the shoulders up, she has short, wavy light hair, wears thin round wire-rimmed glasses, and a light collared blouse under a darker jacket, looking slightly toward the camera with a calm, neutral expression against a plain studio background.

Elsie MacGill was the first woman in the world to earn a master’s degree in aeronautical engineering (1929).

The "Queen of the Hurricanes" was a pioneering Canadian aircraft designer who led production of the Hawker Hurricane fighter planes during #WWII. She was born #OTD in 1905.

#WomenInSTEM

Malinda S. Smith: The pluralism dividend — the hope and promise of this moment "Calgary has met growth with ambition before, and there is an urgency to that tradition holding now"

Malinda S. Smith: The pluralism dividend — the hope and promise of this moment:
"Calgary has met growth with ambition before, and there is an urgency to that tradition holding now" | News | University of Calgary. #yyc @ucalgary.bsky.social ucalgary.ca/news/malinda...

'A time of great uncertainty': B.C.'s provincial health officer reflects on 6 years since COVID lockdown began | CBC News As the world continues to grapple with global uncertainty, Dr. Bonnie Henry reminds people to remember lessons of kindness and support that we learned during the COVID-19 pandemic.

'A time of great uncertainty' -- B.C.'s provincial health officer reflects on 6 years since #COVID19 lockdown began. Dr. Bonnie Henry urges society to remember lessons of kindness, support learned during pandemic. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... via @cbcnews.ca

Academic freedom at risk: How resilient are Nordic states? A new report saying that Finnish researchers face ‘growing institutional pressure, instrumentalist views on research, and personal harassment for th...

FINLAND — Academic freedom at risk: How resilient are Nordic states?
Jan Petter Myklebust 20 March 2026. #academicfreedom
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TIFA Presents Knowledge Under Siege - TIFA Presale begins March 3 | Public onsale begins March 5 A CBC IDEAS live recording featuring Randy Boyagoda, Davide Panagia & Malinda S. Smith Introduced by Marc Spooner, co-editor of Knowledge Under Si...

Join us -TIFA Presents Knowledge Under Siege | Toronto International Festival of Authors
A CBC IDEAS live recording featuring Randy Boyagoda, Davide Panagia & Malinda S Smith
Intro —Marc Spooner, co-ed of Knowledge Under Siege: Charting A Future for Universities festivalofauthors.ca/event/tifa-p...

‘Just not monetizable’: humanities programs face existential crisis at US universities Fears over the future of humanities spread amid layoffs and restructurings at scores of public and private universities

‘Just not monetizable’: humanities programs face existential crisis at US universities:

Fears over the future of humanities spread amid layoffs and restructurings at scores of public and private universities: Alice Speri
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Think-tank member Malinda S. Smith: The pluralism dividend - the hope and promise of this moment The pluralism dividend: Calgary has met growth with ambition before, and there is an urgency to that tradition holding now

Pleased to contribute | @calgaryherald.com Think-tank member Malinda S. Smith: The pluralism dividend - the hope and promise of this moment
Malinda S. Smith, Calgary Herald,
Wed, March 18, 2026, #yyc @ucalgary.bsky.social calgaryherald.com/opinion/thin...

Think-tank member Ed McCauley: Meeting the challenge of tomorrow Dr. Ed McCauley writes Education is human capital, and human capital translates into competitiveness, productivity, and living standards.

@calgaryherald.com Think-tank member Ed McCauley: Meeting the challenge of tomorrow. via Yahoo News Canada. #UCalgary #yyc
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Think-tank member Guy Levesque: Two Million People. One Big Question: Who Gets a Voice? Guy Levesque write as part of the Countdown to 2 Million . Are we creating space for the contributions of young Calgarians

@calgaryherald.com Think-tank member Guy Levesque: Two Million People. One Big Question: Who Gets a Voice? via Yahoo News Canada. #UCalgary #yyc
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Think-tank member Dr. Todd J. Anderson: Science and education are key to providing health-care solutions A focus on research, education, health equity and Indigenous ways will help support thehealth-care system in Canada.

@calgaryherald.com Think-tank member Dr. Todd J. Anderson: Science and education are key to providing health-care solutions via Yahoo News Canada #UCalgary #yyc calgaryherald.com/opinion/thin...

Think-tank member Jon Cornish: Growth can lead to a systems upgrade, if we as Calgarians are clear about what we want Think tank: Jon Cornish xxx

@calgaryherald.com Think-tank member Jon Cornish: Growth can lead to a systems upgrade, if we as Calgarians are clear about what we want. via Yahoo News Canada. #UCalgary #ycc calgaryherald.com/opinion/thin...

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The @calgaryherald is running a series on Calgary at 2 Million. Some @ucalgary.bsky.social contributors

1) Chancellor Jon Cornish on 11 Feb

2) Cumming School of Medicine Dean Todd Anderson on 4 Mar

3) Hunter Hub for Entrepreneurship Guy Levesque’s on 11 Mar

4) President Ed McCauley on 14 Mar.

New study sheds light on the psychological burden of having a massive social media audience Independent creators often struggle with “audience entanglement” after achieving success, a new study in Administrative Science Quarterly reports. Researchers found that managing the psychological wei...

New study sheds light on the psychological burden of having a massive social media audience:

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🇨🇦🇺🇸 Black History Month

Elijah McCoy. Mechanical Engineer:

Born in Ontario, educated in Scotland, returned to America: Michigan

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#CdnPoli #BHM #Bhm2026 #BlackHistoryMonth

Education matters: Many Americans are unaware that Puerto Ricans are US citizens because Puerto Rico’s territorial status is rarely taught in schools, & often overshadowed by mainland narratives and immigration discourses that wrongly frame Puerto Ricans as foreigners rather than Americans by birth.

I get that everyone who is in the know knows this already but I am quite happy for a publication to be surfacing it again, especially for readers who may not be aware

How Black health-care pioneers influenced modern medicine in Canada | CBC News From early public health advocacy to modern research, Black Canadian physicians and health professionals have shaped medicine, patient care and policy across the country. Yet many of their contributio...

How Black health-care pioneers influenced modern medicine in Canada: Many of their contributions remain largely absent from public memory
For Black History Month 2026, CBC News is profiling three health-care pioneers: Dr Nikolai Whyte, Dr June Marion James & Dr David Este www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

The Hon Kirsty Duncan in lab coat engaging with two young students

Even in illness, she remained courageous — public about her diagnosis, steadfast in purpose, committed to the unfinished work of equity.
Canada has lost an extraordinary human. May her legacy be a call to build research cultures as inclusive, rigorous, humane as the ones she believed were possible.