Topic: Universities and the academic mission

Online education, Students, Teaching and learning, Universities and the academic mission

Reflecting on a year in crisis: What the pandemic taught me about higher education leadership

Kathleen Bortolin, Vancouver Island University

For many, the crisis was COVID-19. For others, it was the various consequences of the pandemic: increased workload, learning to teach online, […]

Academic freedom, Contract faculty, Corporatization and commercialization, Equity and social justice, Funding, Governance, Health and safety, Online education, Public policy, Research and innovation, Students, Teaching and learning, Tuition and student fees, Universities and the academic mission

The academy’s neoliberal response to COVID-19: Why faculty should be wary and how we can push back

Honor Brabazon

Neoliberal ideology has been restructuring Canadian universities for decades. This influence has been made clear in responses to the pandemic that have […]

Contract faculty, Equity and social justice, Health and safety, Politics, Universities and the academic mission

Care work during COVID: A letter from home about privilege, resilience, and capitalism in the academy

Soma Chatterjee

Universities claim to re-shape the social, scientific, and economic contours of society for the better. Has the ongoing exploitation of precariously employed […]

Corporatization and commercialization, Funding, Performance assessment, Public policy, Universities and the academic mission

The ugly side of performance-based funding for universities

Marc Spooner

With the economic and labour disruption wrought by COVID-19, for a time it seemed Ontario and Alberta had realized the folly of […]

Equity and social justice, Politics, Truth and Reconciliation and decolonization, Universities and the academic mission

Egerton Ryerson: Racist philosophy of residential schools also shaped public education

Hunter Knight, University of Toronto

Black Lives Matter protesters threw pink paint on a statue of Egerton Ryerson at Ryerson University in Toronto on July 18, 2020. […]

Contract faculty, Funding, International issues, Public policy, Universities and the academic mission

Universities have thrived despite past disruptions and could grow even stronger after COVID-19

Thomas Klassen, York University, Canada

This past century, universities have proven to be nimble and entrepreneurial even while adroitly portraying themselves as guardians of tradition. (Shutterstock) In […]

Tuition and student fees, Universities and the academic mission

What’s the purpose of university? Your answer may depend on how much it costs you

Achala Gupta, University of Surrey

Rawpixel.com?Shutterstock The COVID-19 pandemic has brought the university sector under greater scrutiny. In some cases, this has prompted new conversations about the […]

Participation and enrolment, Students, Tuition and student fees, Universities and the academic mission

“And some, I assume, are good people”: US international student recruitment and neo-racist nativism

Dale Kirby, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of international students enrolled at Canadian colleges and universities had steadily increased in recent years. […]

Corporatization and commercialization, Funding, Universities and the academic mission

Half of Ontario’s medical schools are now named after wealthy donors

Najib Safieddine, University of Toronto

Defunding of universities has forced administrators to to seek and secure private donations from wealthy individuals or corporations. Pictured here, the Michael […]