Topic: Equity and social justice
Academic mentorship, Equity and social justice, Funding, Hiring, promotion, and tenure, Research and innovation, Teaching and learning
Healthy research ecosystem—healthy researchers? The researcher as an organism of focus within a research ecosystem
The academic research environment is changing and researchers report struggling to adapt in order to be successful. Funding shortfalls are perennial, but […]
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Contract faculty, Corporatization and commercialization, Equity and social justice, Funding, Governance, Universities and the academic mission
The corporatization of the university budget and its consequences for academic support workers
As governments and administrators increasingly run universities like private corporations, academic support workers find their working conditions deteriorating and their jobs threatened. […]
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Equity and social justice, Free speech and expression rights, Funding, Politics, Students, Tuition and student fees
How the “Student Choice Initiative” seeks to silence student voices
For decades, students’ unions have been raising concerns about skyrocketing tuition fees. Now, in an obscene twist, the Ford government is using […]
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Identifying the gaps: Reflecting on a career pursuing understanding and equity in academia
Upon retiring, Professor Donald C. Cole took some time to consider his career at the University of Toronto. In doing so, he […]
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Academic freedom is under threat around the world – here’s how to defend it
Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. shutterstock/Piotr Wawrzyniuk Academic freedom is at the heart of successful universities. UNESCO defines it as the right “to […]
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Teaching truth and reconciliation in Canada: The perfect place to begin is right where a teacher stands
Despite challenges, teacher education offers a path to begin righting inequities and injustice. Here, people stand on a map from the Indigenous […]
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What does ‘We are all treaty people’ mean, and who speaks for Indigenous students on campus?
While there has been a recent growing awareness of Indigenous cultures at Canadian universities, racism, violence and dismissal still dominate conversations on […]
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Zero-hour contracts take a huge mental and physical toll – poor eating habits, lack of sleep and relationship problems
The number of workers on zero-hours contracts continues to rise in the UK. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimates that between […]
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Missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls: An epidemic on both sides of the Medicine Line
Commissioner Michèle Audette speaks during ceremonies marking the release of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls report in Gatineau, Que., […]
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Precarious employment in education impacts workers, families and students
Beneath the typical full-time, permanent model of classroom teaching lies an enormous workforce of educators who function on the margins as precarious […]
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