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We Teach Ontario launches student video contest
We Teach Ontario, OCUFA’s campaign highlighting the important connection between teaching and research, has launched a student video contest. The contest offers […]
READ MOREBuilding trust through funding disclosure
In yesterday’s Worldviews panel about think tanks and university research, Adrian Monck emphasized the importance of knowing the funding sources of a […]
READ MORESelf-censoring away from the public sphere
In recent weeks, Academic Matters has devoted some of its attention to the importance of academics’ participation in public debate. Two panels […]
READ MOREWhere have all the academics gone?
Writing in today’s Ottawa Citizen, Lawrence Martin observes that Canada’s academic are “missing in action”. That is, almost totally silent on the […]
READ MOREReflections on the CSSHE Annual Conference: Good, but more policy, please?
This past week, Academic Matters was fortunate to attend the annual Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences. As a magazine dedicated […]
READ MOREHarper and the “dumbing down” of Canadian society
It’s almost like we planned it! But even though we didn’t, the micro-lecture roundtable discussion sponsored jointly by the Canadian Political Science […]
READ MOREConference Board of Canada announces skills and post-secondary education project
There seems to be a recurring theme in discussions about post-secondary education policy – we talk a lot about big ideas (innovation, […]
READ MORE100 cups of coffee every minute…
It’s an eye-catching stat, but understandable when you consider it refers to the rate of caffeine consumption at the 2013 Congress of […]
READ MORE“Universities need to innovate, but put down the sledgehammer”
Over on the Inside Agenda Blog, there is an excellent piece by Emmett Macfarlane, a professor at the University of Waterloo. In […]
READ MOREMore on bad Ontario/California comparisons
Ken Snowdon has released a paper that echoes our criticisms about Ian Clark’s recent article advocating “California Style”differentiation in Ontario. OCUFA, our […]
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