Mary Dwyer

Mary Dwyer is a senior editor at Maclean’s, responsible for the popular but controversial university rankings. She also works on the Canadian Universities Guidebook and Colleges Guidebook. She began her career at Maclean’s with a part-time job in the research department while completing a master’s degree in drama.

Maclean’s University Rankings 2023: Our Methodology

For more than three decades, Maclean’s has collected the data and crunched the numbers to evaluate Canadian universities

Trent University (Photograph by Tylor Key-Carr)

Maclean’s University Rankings 2022: Our methodology

For more than three decades, Maclean’s has collected the data and crunched the numbers to evaluate Canadian universities

(Courtesy of Marianne Helm/University of Manitoba)

Maclean’s University Rankings 2021: Our methodology

For three decades, Maclean’s has collected the data and crunched the numbers to evaluate Canadian universities

Maclean’s University Rankings 2020: Our methodology

Maclean’s 29th rankings evaluate 49 universities across the country

If students could start over, would they go to the same university?

Among senior-year students, Sherbrooke places first on a national survey

National Survey of Student Engagement: Results for Canadian universities

Assessing schools on student satisfaction, teaching practices and more

University Rankings 2019: Our methodology

How we put together Canada’s premier university ranking issue, from student satisfaction and support to faculty awards and reputation

These Canadian universities have the most international students

How schools compare for welcoming out-of-province and foreign students

What grades do I need to get into Canadian universities?

A handy guide to the average overall grades of full-time students entering 49 different Canadian universities

Measuring Excellence: How we rank Canada’s Universities

Answers to all of your questions about how Maclean’s 27th rankings were determined

University rankings 2017: How Maclean’s selects Canada’s top schools

Maclean’s 26th rankings evaluate  universities across the country

Measuring excellence: The methodology behind Maclean’s universities rankings

Maclean’s 25th rankings evaluate universities across the country