Topic: Public policy

Equity and social justice, Faculty associations, Free speech and expression rights, Governance, Politics, Public policy

Free speech and the battle for the university

Shannon Dea

At the University of Waterloo, a controversial talk had the faculty association looking for creative ways to respond. How did the faculty […]

Free speech and expression rights, Politics, Public policy

Protecting free speech on campus: A solution in search of a problem

David Edward Tabachnick, Nipissing University

This summer, mere days before the beginning of the semester at most universities in Ontario, Premier Doug Ford announced a new policy requiring “every publicly assisted college and university to develop and publicly post its own free speech policy by January 1, 2019, that meets a minimum standard specified by the government.”

Equity and social justice, Politics, Public policy, Students

The importance of international students to Atlantic Canada

Kelly Toughill, University of King's College

Anita faced a tough choice when she discovered she was unexpectedly pregnant. If she took a term off school to care for her newborn, her family would lose its dream of settling in Canada. So, eight weeks after the summer birth, with her diplomat husband away on a long-term work assignment in the Caribbean and two more children at home, the international student from Cameroon returned to class full-time.

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

Community involvement and government leadership in challenging sexual violence on campus

Gabrielle Ross-Marquette and Wendy Komiotis

The involvement of community-based organizations such as METRAC was key to the creation of Ontario’s new action plan on sexual violence.

Public policy, Teaching and learning

The persistent myth of the “skills gap”

Michal Rozworski

You’ve likely heard or seen a story somewhere in the media that employers face a skills shortage, or “skills gap”. The message […]

Funding, Public policy

OCUFA and the University Funding Model review

Judy Bates

OCUFA has taken a principled approach to its engagement with Ontario’s review of the university funding formula.

Corporatization and commercialization, Public policy

The roles of government in corporatizing Canadian universities

Jamie Brownlee

Government focus on boosting the economy and shrinking public expenditure has transformed our universities.

Corporatization and commercialization, Public policy

A cautionary tale of marketization of postsecondary education

Robert F. Clift

British Columbia’s experience with private postsecondary providers illustrates the danger of market logic in higher education.

International issues, Public policy

UK Higher Education wars: Federalism awakens

Andrew M. Boggs

The seismic shifts in UK higher education policy can be understood through the lenses of federalism, regulation, and isolationism.

Funding, Public policy

Reviewing Ontario’s university funding

Sue Herbert

The rationale for reviewing and reforming the way we fund universities.