Failure in higher education can be a powerful teacher, but only when students have the support, time and agency to process it.
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By addressing students’ challenges and the barriers they encounter, and by supporting their successes, we can ensure Canada remains a welcoming destination for global talent.
Teaching students strategies for learning embedded in all courses should be an important part of all conversations about student retention.
Especially since the Second World War, an increasingly diverse university student body and advocacy for student rights have affected how universities understand a duty of care for students.
The pandemic has introduced a new context for university instructors navigating boundaries and responsibilities around their students’ and their own well-being and mental health.
Higher education institutions should also consider how to respond should sex work take place on campus, such as in a residence.
Both university and government policy-makers need to re-tool their messaging to students about off-campus socializing to shape more positive mental health and COVID-19 outcomes.
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