Topic: Politics
What liberals and conservatives get wrong about free expression on university and college campuses
Demonstrators shout slogans during a rally for free speech near the University of California, Berkeley campus. AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez When it […]
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Mike Harris’s ‘common sense’ attack on Ontario schools is back — and so are teachers’ strikes
Susan Hoenhous and other teachers of the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario participate in a full withdrawal of services strike in Toronto […]
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Legal win doesn’t mean Ontario student associations are in the clear
Students walk on campus at the University of Guelph in Guelph, Ont., in March 2017. An Ontario court recently ruled in favour […]
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Collective bargaining, Corporatization and commercialization, Politics, Universities and the academic mission
University strikes in the UK: Why they’re happening and what you need to know
shutterstock/Ray Morgan Eight days of strike action announced by academics will run November 25 until December 4. After that, industrial action will […]
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Equity and social justice, Free speech and expression rights, Funding, Politics, Students, Tuition and student fees
How the “Student Choice Initiative” seeks to silence student voices
For decades, students’ unions have been raising concerns about skyrocketing tuition fees. Now, in an obscene twist, the Ford government is using […]
READ MOREAgainst endorsing the Chicago Principles
In response to rising tensions around free speech, many colleges and universities have endorsed the Chicago principles, which express a commitment to […]
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The more women in government, the healthier a population
Canada’s Minister of the Status of Women Maryam Monsef is pictured in the Library of Parliament on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa on […]
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The English-Canadian media’s selective outrage on bilingualism
Québec Premier Francois Legault, left, exchanges hockey jerseys with Ontario Premier Doug Ford at Queens Park, in Toronto on Nov. 19, 2018. […]
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Equity and social justice, Faculty associations, Free speech and expression rights, Governance, Politics, Public policy
Free speech and the battle for the university
At the University of Waterloo, a controversial talk had the faculty association looking for creative ways to respond. How did the faculty […]
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A manufactured crisis: the Ford government’s troubling free speech mandate
The Ontario government is requiring the province’s public universities and colleges to develop new free speech policies or lose funding. Are these […]
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