Topic: International issues

International issues, Journals and publishing

Secondary publishing rights can improve public access to academic research

Brianne Selman, University of Winnipeg and Mark Swartz, Queen's University, Ontario

International issues, Online education, Research and innovation, Teaching and learning, Technology

International experiential learning: Lessons for a more inclusive future

An interview with Marylynn Steckley

COVID-19 grounded many international experience trips for undergraduate students and faculty researchers and offered a chance to see the field in a […]

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

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 […]

International issues, Participation and enrolment, Students, Tuition and student fees

The future of internationalization in the wake of COVID

Elizabeth Buckner, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education

International students have been a growing demographic at Canadian universities, which have become increasingly dependent on the fees they pay. Has the […]

International issues

Where has the joy of working in universities gone?

Craig Whitsed, Curtin University and Antonia Girardi, Murdoch University

Shutterstock As universities engage in the current round of enterprise bargaining, it is timely to remember the importance of joy at work. […]

Corporatization and commercialization, Funding, Governance, International issues

Why big university surpluses in Australia underscore the need to reform how they are funded and governed

Damien Cahill, University of Sydney

The election of a new Labor federal government probably drew sighs of relief across the higher education sector. University staff and students […]

International issues, Public engagement

Humanities are essential in understanding the Russian war against Ukraine

Kyle Frackman, University of British Columbia

Members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe demonstrate against the war in Ukraine, Monday, March 14, 2022 in Strasbourg, […]

International issues

Ukrainian academics face exile, harassment and censorship in ongoing war

S. Karly Kehoe, Saint Mary’s University and Evren Altinkas, University of Guelph

Demonstrators march at a rally in support of Ukraine at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass. on Feb. 28. […]

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 […]

Equity and social justice, International issues, Students, Tuition and student fees

The shadowy business of international education

Nicholas Hune-Brown

Foreign students are lied to and exploited on every front. They’re also propping up higher education as we know it. This story […]