Topic: Equity and social justice
What is solidarity? During coronavirus and always, it’s more than “we’re all in this together”
A woman claps above a banner reading “everything will be all right,” in Rome. This phrase has appeared on social media and […]
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Why universities and colleges should think twice before punishing student protesters
Student activists are calling attention to a wide range of issues on campus. Drew Angerer/Getty Images For much of the 2019-2020 academic […]
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How to make universities more inclusive? Hire more working-class academics
Matej Kastelic/Shutterstock For several years, higher education institutions have been putting in place widening participation initiatives. These are designed to help […]
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Residential school literature can teach the colonial present and imagine better futures
A detail of the book cover for ‘Seven Fallen Feathers’ by Tanya Talaga. (House of Anansi Press/’Seven Fallen Feathers,’ book cover art […]
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What liberals and conservatives get wrong about free expression on university and college campuses
Demonstrators shout slogans during a rally for free speech near the University of California, Berkeley campus. AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez When it […]
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Equity and social justice, Ethics, History, Truth and Reconciliation and decolonization, Universities and the academic mission
Universities must open their archives and share their oppressive pasts
The archives of academic institutions can tell previously untold stories of eugenics. Universities can begin to undo oppressive legacies by opening them […]
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Should university and college funding be tied to how many students graduate?
Colleges are increasingly being judged on how many students graduate. But is tying funding to graduation rates the way to go? George […]
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Women in engineering: Barriers remain 30 years after École Polytechnique shooting
Engineering programs can learn about recruitment, inclusion and retention from different fields. (Shutterstock) The 30th anniversary of the Montréal Massacre is an […]
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Trending towards inequality: Understanding the role of universities in the rise of contract academic work
The 1990s are key to understanding how Ontario’s postsecondary institutions have systematically entrenched economic inequality between contract and tenure-stream faculty. Even with […]
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