Topic: History

History, Universities and the academic mission

OCUFA at 60: Protecting good jobs and public education

Carol Anderson

Researcher Carol Anderson looks back at a tumultuous decade in the history of Ontario’s universities—and OCUFA’s role in its ups and downs. […]

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A doctor ties a mask on their face.
Equity and social justice, Health and safety, History, Research and innovation

Leading American medical journal continues to omit Black research, reinforcing a legacy of racism in medical knowledge

Cherice Escobar Jones, Northeastern University; Gwendolynne Reid, Emory University, and Mya Poe, Northeastern University
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History, Teaching and learning

W.E.B. Du Bois, Black History Month and the importance of African American studies

Chad Williams, Brandeis University
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An old image of Monopoly, with the title The Landlord's Game
Arts and culture, History, Research and innovation

How Monopoly informs academia and economics, even when it’s not obvious

Thomas Michael Mueller, Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain)
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The front of an engineering building on a university campus.
Equity and social justice, History, Students, Truth and Reconciliation and decolonization

Canadian engineers call for change to their private ‘iron ring’ ceremony steeped in colonialism

Marcel O'Gorman, University of Waterloo
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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 […]

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Corporatization and commercialization, History, International issues, Public policy, Universities and the academic mission

Remaking Australian universities: notes from the sidelines of catastrophe

Raewyn Connell, University of Sydney

Can we grieve not for a person but for an institution? Should we be angry over possibilities destroyed, young talents denied a […]

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

The long fight against sexual assault and harassment at universities

Catherine Carstairs, University of Guelph and Kathryn Hughes, University of Guelph

Protestors attend a 2013 rally at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax to express concerns over a chant that promoted rape culture. THE […]

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Equity and social justice, History, Truth and Reconciliation and decolonization

Truth before reconciliation: 8 ways to identify and confront Residential School denialism

Daniel Heath Justice, University of British Columbia and Sean Carleton, University of Manitoba

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s bentwood box, carved by Coast Salish artist Luke Marston, is a tribute to survivors. (Eyesplash/Flickr), CC BY-NC […]

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