Topic: Funding

Academic freedom, Corporatization and commercialization, Faculty associations, Funding, Governance, Hiring, promotion, and tenure, Public policy, Research and innovation, Truth and Reconciliation and decolonization, Universities and the academic mission

Are there ever really ‘financial reasons’ to fire faculty? Laurentian University, academic freedom, and the disciplining of the professoriate

Honor Brabazon, St. Jerome’s University

The 2020–21 academic year saw two incidents of Ontario professors being effectively fired: the termination of 116 of the 345 professors at […]

Corporatization and commercialization, Funding, International issues, Online education, Public policy, Research and innovation, Students, Teaching and learning, Technology, Universities and the academic mission

Constructing the futures of Canadian universities

Ian Roberge, York University

This article is interested in the futures of Canadian universities. Around the world, much has been written about the futures of universities. […]

Corporatization and commercialization, Funding, Governance, Participation and enrolment, Public policy, Truth and Reconciliation and decolonization, Tuition and student fees

Laurentian University insolvency reflects a structural crisis in Ontario’s neoliberal university system

David Leadbeater

On February 1 the Laurentian University president and board got what they wanted from Ontario Chief Justice Geoffrey Morawetz: “This Court orders and […]

Academic freedom, Contract faculty, Corporatization and commercialization, Equity and social justice, Funding, Governance, Health and safety, Online education, Public policy, Research and innovation, Students, Teaching and learning, Tuition and student fees, Universities and the academic mission

The academy’s neoliberal response to COVID-19: Why faculty should be wary and how we can push back

Honor Brabazon

Neoliberal ideology has been restructuring Canadian universities for decades. This influence has been made clear in responses to the pandemic that have […]

Funding, Health and safety, Hiring, promotion, and tenure, Politics, Students, Teaching and learning

Nursing students facing tough choices in order to graduate during the pandemic

Chantelle Cruzat-Whervin

The COVID-19 pandemic has put incredible strain on healthcare systems around the world. In Ontario, healthcare workers are in high demand. However, […]

Corporatization and commercialization, Funding, Performance assessment, Public policy, Universities and the academic mission

The ugly side of performance-based funding for universities

Marc Spooner

With the economic and labour disruption wrought by COVID-19, for a time it seemed Ontario and Alberta had realized the folly of […]

Funding, Online education, Technology

Tax ‘pandemic profiteering’ by tech companies to help fund public education

Trevor Norris, Brock University

Thomas Reevely, 10, takes part in a class meeting in Ottawa, April 3, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/David Reevely As the one year […]

Contract faculty, Funding, International issues, Public policy, Universities and the academic mission

Universities have thrived despite past disruptions and could grow even stronger after COVID-19

Thomas Klassen, York University, Canada

This past century, universities have proven to be nimble and entrepreneurial even while adroitly portraying themselves as guardians of tradition. (Shutterstock) In […]

Corporatization and commercialization, Funding, Universities and the academic mission

Half of Ontario’s medical schools are now named after wealthy donors

Najib Safieddine, University of Toronto

Defunding of universities has forced administrators to to seek and secure private donations from wealthy individuals or corporations. Pictured here, the Michael […]

Contract faculty, Corporatization and commercialization, Equity and social justice, Funding, Tuition and student fees

Low funding for universities puts students at risk for cycles of poverty, especially in the wake of COVID-19

Tracy Smith-Carrier, Western University

Particularly during an economic crisis, graduating from university should not sentence students to a lifetime of debt. (Shutterstock) Postsecondary education has consistently […]