Topic: Public policy

Funding, Public policy, Universities and the academic mission

OCUFA, Laurentian and the First (and Last) CCAA Proceeding in the University Sector

James Harnum

Law firm Koskie Minsky LLP advised OCUFA on the impact of the unprecedented corporate bankruptcy proceedings undertaken by Laurentian University in February […]

Close up on a Canadian immigration form.

Equity and social justice, Health and safety, Participation and enrolment, Politics, Public policy, Students, Teaching and learning, Tuition and student fees, Universities and the academic mission

International students in Canada: A lesson from history

Soma Chatterjee, York University

For the 2023-24 year, most arts and science programs at Toronto’s York University and Toronto Metropolitan University charge international students approximately $33-35,000 […]

Public policy, Students

Student housing crisis: Municipal bylaws have created roadblocks for decades

Alexander Wray, Western University and Nick Revington, Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS)

Politics, Public policy

Post-pandemic work in the public sector: A new way forward or a return to the past?

Eric Champagne, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa; Aracelly Denise Granja, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa, and Olivier Choinière, Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR)

Members of the Public Service Alliance of Canada picket outside a Service Canada office in Canmore, Alta., in April 2023. More […]

Funding, Public policy, Research and innovation

Two decades of stagnant funding have rendered Canada uncompetitive in biomedical research. Here’s why it matters, and how to fix it.

Stephen L Archer, Queen's University, Ontario

Politics, Public policy, Research and innovation, Universities and the academic mission

What are universities for? Canadian higher education is at a critical crossroads

Marc Spooner, University of Regina

Faculty strike on a picket line outside a building

Collective bargaining, Contract faculty, Governance, Hiring, promotion, and tenure, Politics, Public engagement, Public policy

Why labour strife at universities should concern us all

Andrew Biro, Acadia University; Joseph Hayes, Acadia University, and Rachel K. Brickner, Acadia University

Academic freedom, Public policy

What is Québec’s Bill 32 on academic freedom, and why does it matter?

Peter Ives, University of Winnipeg and Eve Haque, York University, Canada

Quebec’s bill may be seen as part of on-going ‘culture wars,’ and alongside Ontario and Québec conservative governments’ grandstanding about ‘free speech’ […]

Academic freedom, Corporatization and commercialization, Faculty associations, Funding, Governance, Hiring, promotion, and tenure, Public policy, Research and innovation, Truth and Reconciliation and decolonization, Universities and the academic mission

Are there ever really ‘financial reasons’ to fire faculty? Laurentian University, academic freedom, and the disciplining of the professoriate

Honor Brabazon, St. Jerome’s University

The 2020–21 academic year saw two incidents of Ontario professors being effectively fired: the termination of 116 of the 345 professors at […]

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 […]