Opinion
Congress 2016 Day #1: Climate crisis, student unions, and even more controversy
The team at Academic Matters is always thrilled to attend the Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities, this year in Calgary, […]
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Congress 2015: Challenges, opportunities for public sector unions facing austerity
Austerity and precarity figured largely on the agenda at the Canadian Association of Work and Labour Studies conference this week at the Congress […]
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Book Launch: A Penny for Your Thoughts
A new book on the impact of corporatization on Canada’s universities was launched on June 4 in Ottawa by the Canadian Centre […]
READ MORECongress 2015: The Canadian higher education data problem
Every year at the Canadian Society for Studies in Higher Education (CSSHE) meeting, you can count on someone – or a lot […]
READ MORECongress 2015: Dilemmas for PhD graduates and doctoral education
The Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences frequently offers an opportunity for reflection on the current state of an academic discipline […]
READ MORECongress 2015: “Athens to the new Romes”
Yesterday, the Governor General of Canada, David Johnston gave a lecture as part of Congress 2015‘s Big Ideas lecture series. The topic […]
READ MORECongress 2015: The one-sided higher ed conversation
There are missing voices in the public conversation around higher education, and it is hurting our ability to articulate alternative visions for […]
READ MORERegister now for the first annual Worldviews Lecture on Media and Higher Education
Registration is now open for the first annual Worldviews Lecture on Media and Higher Education. The lecture, a spinoff of the popular […]
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