Topic: Governance

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 […]

Equity and social justice, Ethics, Governance, Health and safety

Navigating the pandemic: Living alone but needing to stick together

Jeff Bale

Whether living alone or caring for others, navigating this pandemic while maintaining a healthy work-life balance has been particularly challenging. Overcoming these […]

Equity and social justice, Governance, Health and safety, Public policy, Students

Are Ontario universities and schools doing enough to care for students with children amid the COVID-19 crisis?

Norin Taj and Asmita Bhutani

Many university students have child care responsibilities that they have had to balance with their academic work. With ongoing uncertainty around in-person […]

Equity and social justice, Governance, Hiring, promotion, and tenure, Students

Combatting anti-Blackness at Canadian universities means improving Black representation

Chantelle Cruzat-Whervin

Throughout the summer of 2020, the Black Lives Matter (BLM) social movement has once again drawn attention to anti-Blackness within communities and […]

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

Larry Savage, Brock University

Bargaining is an intensive and complex process during the best of times, but what happened when the Brock University Faculty Association found […]

Corporatization and commercialization, Equity and social justice, Funding, Governance, Students, Tuition and student fees

The neoliberal non-performance of consultation: Missing democracy and transparency at the University of Toronto

Asmita Bhutani, Efrat Gold, Diana M. Barrero Jaramillo, and Ian Tian, University of Toronto

The University of Toronto has long been criticized for its general conservatism and lack of transparency; this story is almost as old […]

Equity and social justice, Funding, Governance, Universities and the academic mission

Building an anti-racist campus means fundamentally rethinking institutional structures and practices

Siobhan Stevenson, University of Toronto

I can take no credit for the ideas about institutional change reflected here; rather I credit The Massey Dialogues: on Anti-Black Racism […]

Corporatization and commercialization, Equity and social justice, Governance, Universities and the academic mission

Twitter shaming won’t change university power structures

Charles R Menzies, University of British Columbia

Online shaming leads to personal attacks and resignations, not structural change. (Miguel Bruna/Unsplash) “Another one bites the dust,” a colleague quipped. They […]

Contract faculty, Editorials, Equity and social justice, Funding, Governance, Hiring, promotion, and tenure, Research and innovation

Editorial Matters: Economics and inequality

Ben Lewis

It is commonly understood that postsecondary education ought to focus on fostering curiosity, creativity, critical thinking, and vigorous debate, with the goal […]

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

Janice Folk-Dawson

As governments and administrators increasingly run universities like private corporations, academic support workers find their working conditions deteriorating and their jobs threatened. […]