History - Academic Matters

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

By Cherice Escobar Jones, Northeastern University; Gwendolynne Reid, Emory University, and Mya Poe, Northeastern University

History, Teaching and learning

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

By Chad Williams, Brandeis University

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

By Thomas Michael Mueller, Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain)

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

By Marcel O'Gorman, University of Waterloo

Two students writing in notebooks in a lecture.

Equity and social justice, History, International issues, Politics, Public engagement, Students, Teaching and learning

Canada’s Latin American community is growing, and universities must improve teaching about the region

By Rodrigo Narro Pérez, McMaster University; Shanti Morell-Hart, McMaster University, and Stacy A. Creech de Castro, McMaster University

Canada’s Latinx community is growing fast. That signals a greater need for Latinx studies at Canadian universities. (Shutterstock) This past October marked […]

Equity and social justice, History, Politics

Critical race theory and feminism are not taking over our universities

By 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 […]

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

Remaking Australian universities: notes from the sidelines of catastrophe

By 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 […]

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

The long fight against sexual assault and harassment at universities

By 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 […]

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

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

By 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 […]