Topic: Public policy

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 […]

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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 […]

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A crane on a building site.

Student housing crisis: Municipal bylaws have created roadblocks for decades

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A group of people strike outside.

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

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

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A woman looks in a microscope

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

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

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

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

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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 […]

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Remaking Australian universities: notes from the sidelines of catastrophe

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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