Topic: Editorials
Academic freedom, Editorials, Free speech and expression rights, Truth and Reconciliation and decolonization
Editorial Matters: Something to talk about
Over the past few years, the debate about freedom of speech on university campuses has increased in intensity. Often sparked by high […]
READ MOREEditorial Matters: The slow erosion of public university funding
Ontario’s public universities are vital institutions that deliver education to thousands of students, produce thought-provoking and groundbreaking research, and provide good jobs […]
READ MOREEditorial Matters: Alluring figures
There is an appealing simplicity in numbers. A number’s value is never ambiguous, even if its meaning can be. Numbers are specific […]
READ MOREEditorial Matters: The comforts of common sense
“Keep hold of a few plain truths, and make everything square with them. When I was young … there never was any […]
READ MOREYour opinion matters
Academic Matters is now entering its 11th year of publication and has changed significantly over this period. The views of our readers […]
READ MOREEditor Matters: Whose University is it anyway?
The past few years have seen university governance jump from relative obscurity and into the headlines. How universities are run is suddenly […]
READ MOREEditorial Matters: The relationship between higher education and the state has always been a complicated one.
THE FIRST European universities, for the most part established through papal bulls, coexisted uneasily with secular authorities. They were located within kingdoms and […]
READ MOREEditorial Matters: The reality of precarious academic work around the world
On February 25, 2015, many adjunct faculty members in the United States walked out of their classrooms to protest their working conditions. […]
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