Topic: Equity and social justice
Short-term anti-racist training is not enough to counter systemic racism in Canadian education
Ministries of education need to embed ongoing anti-racist training into their teacher education programs. Short-term anti-bias training has little impact. Here, a […]
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How to be a mindful anti-racist
People take part in a mass meditation on the lawn of Parliament Hill in Ottawa in 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick These […]
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Collective bargaining, Equity and social justice, Hiring, promotion, and tenure, Truth and Reconciliation and decolonization
Indigenization through collective bargaining: Lessons and ideas for academic staff associations
Introduction In June 2020, members of the Brock University Faculty Association (BUFA) ratified a new collective agreement that contained important contract provisions […]
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University of Windsor’s Delta Chi fraternity under investigation for racism in student chat rooms
The University of Windsor has come under increased scrutiny as it has been revealed that student members of the Delta Chi fraternity, […]
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This type of sexual harassment on campus often goes overlooked
Teaching assistants often remain silent when sexual harassment comes from the students they teach. Hill Street Studios / Getty Images When the […]
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Combatting anti-Blackness at Canadian universities means improving Black representation
Throughout the summer of 2020, the Black Lives Matter (BLM) social movement has once again drawn attention to anti-Blackness within communities and […]
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Collective bargaining, Equity and social justice, Faculty associations, Governance, Truth and Reconciliation and decolonization
Rising to the challenge: Reflections on a round of pandemic bargaining
Bargaining is an intensive and complex process during the best of times, but what happened when the Brock University Faculty Association found […]
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Academic freedom, Collective bargaining, Equity and social justice, Hiring, promotion, and tenure, Universities and the academic mission
The parties agree that… The role of collective bargaining in advancing university goals
Universities play a vital role in society and the principles of academic freedom, tenure, equity, and institutional autonomy are foundational to their […]
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