Equity and social justice - Page 5 of 22

Protesters walking down the street carrying signs in support of education workers.

Collective bargaining, Equity and social justice, Funding, Politics

Ontario education strike fallout: Workers’ anger about economic inequalities and labour precarity could spark wider job action

CUPE members and supporters join a demonstration outside the office of Parm Gill, Member of Provincial Parliament for the riding of Milton, […]

Four people sitting around a table with laptops and notebooks.

Equity and social justice, Teaching and learning

To solve society’s challenges, universities must engage with alternative ways of knowing

Natalie Delia Deckard, University of Windsor and Mita Williams, University of Windsor

Universities must be the space where meaningful engagement with alternative ways of knowing and generating knowledge can take place. (Shutterstock) Almost 50 […]

Equity and social justice, Students, Tuition and student fees, Universities and the academic mission

Canada identifies international students as ‘ideal immigrants’ but supports are lacking

Isaac Garcia-Sitton, York University, Canada

The question is not whether international students are needed, but rather if they are valued. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan The number of […]

Equity and social justice

To foster real change universities need to stand beside Black professors, not condemn them

Sarah R. Olutola, Lakehead University

Carnegie Mellon University’s denouncing of Uju Anya’s tweet about the Queen shows that universities need to do much more the support racialized […]

Equity and social justice, Research and innovation, Universities and the academic mission

Why women’s studies programs in Canada are more important than ever

Jacquie Gahagan, Mount Saint Vincent University; Adwoa Onuora, Mount Saint Vincent University, and Tegan Zimmerman, Mount Saint Vincent University

The ‘othering’ of women through misogyny, racism and sexism in scholarship has had, and continues to have, serious consequences on women’s lives. […]

Equity and social justice, Public engagement, Truth and Reconciliation and decolonization, Universities and the academic mission

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation: Universities need to revisit their founding stories

Thomas Peace, Western University and Candace Brunette-Debassige, Western University

Indigenous histories often go unrecognized in institutional university memories. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston Universities pride themselves on their founding stories. These stories, […]

Equity and social justice, Performance assessment

Gender pay gap: It’s roughly half-a-million dollars for women professors across a lifetime

Marcie Penner, Western University and Tracy Smith-Carrier, Royal Roads University

The gender pay gap for faculty in Canadian universities is significant and persistent. (Shutterstock) There are substantial, long-term impacts from the gender […]

Equity and social justice, History, Politics

Critical race theory and feminism are not taking over our universities

Maïka Sondarjee, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa

United States Rep. Robert Johnson, D-Natchez, centre, and other members of the House express their objections to the banning of teaching of […]

Equity and social justice, Research and innovation, Teaching and learning, Truth and Reconciliation and decolonization, Universities and the academic mission

From Ryerson to Toronto Metropolitan University: What can we learn from the renaming?

Dino Sossi, University of Toronto

With the new name comes a model for other renaming processes in the realm of reconciliation. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston Ryerson University […]

Academic freedom, Equity and social justice

Who will call out the misogyny and abuse undermining women’s academic freedom in our universities?

Richard Shaw, Massey University; Andrew Dickson, Massey University; Bevan Erueti, Massey University; Glenn Banks, Massey University; John O'Neill, Massey University; Roger McEwan, Massey University, and Tony Carusi, Massey University

Shutterstock Threats, intimidation and misogyny have long been a reality for women in public life around the world, and the pandemic appears […]

Topic: Equity and social justice

Ontario education strike fallout: Workers’ anger about economic inequalities and labour precarity could spark wider job action

To solve society’s challenges, universities must engage with alternative ways of knowing

Canada identifies international students as ‘ideal immigrants’ but supports are lacking

To foster real change universities need to stand beside Black professors, not condemn them

Why women’s studies programs in Canada are more important than ever

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation: Universities need to revisit their founding stories

Gender pay gap: It’s roughly half-a-million dollars for women professors across a lifetime

Critical race theory and feminism are not taking over our universities

From Ryerson to Toronto Metropolitan University: What can we learn from the renaming?

Who will call out the misogyny and abuse undermining women’s academic freedom in our universities?

Topics