Topic: Health and safety
Ethics, Health and safety, Participation and enrolment, Students, Universities and the academic mission
COVID-19: Don’t make university students choose between education and legal rights
A person bicycles past the University of Toronto campus during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto in June 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette […]
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Remote teaching and technology-facilitated gender-based and sexual violence
Content warning: This article includes discussions of intimate partner violence, sexual harassment, sexual abuse, and rape. Introduction As provincial and federal governments […]
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Ethical challenges loom over decisions to resume in-person college classes
It’s hard to social distance on campus. AP Photo/Rick Bowmer By early July, about 80% of U.S. campuses were planning to resume […]
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Coronavirus: When teaching during a disaster, students need to be partners
A worker takes the temperature of a visitor to Essentia Health in Duluth, Minn., April 10, 2020. (Alex Kormann/Star Tribune via AP) […]
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5 ways that colleges and universities are pitching in to deal with the coronavirus pandemic
Alicia Bui runs a clinical test in the Immunology lab at the University of Washington. Karen Ducey/Getty Images From conducting crucial research […]
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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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Coronavirus crisis poses risks and opportunities for unions
Two health-care workers arrive at a walk-in COVID-19 test clinic in Montréal on March 23, 2020. Unionized nurses are among those on […]
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Students less likely to report sexual harassment when the perpetrator is a professor
Some victims say their reports drew retaliation. pic_studio/Getty Images In 2017, Karen Kelsky, a consultant for people looking for academic jobs, launched […]
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5 ways to keep human connections when moving learning online due to coronavirus
Human connections and meaningful interactions are an essential part of the learning process, especially online. (Shutterstock) Universities across Canada and the world […]
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Coronavirus pushes universities to switch to online classes — but are they ready?
Universities and colleges cancelling in-person classes will need more than technology to have the capacity to offer flexible education. (Shutterstock) In light […]
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