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Editorial Matters

Manisha Aggarwal-Schifellite

How can a university become a more equitable place to learn, study, and work? This question has been the driving force behind […]

Equity and social justice, Truth and Reconciliation and decolonization

Why Indigenous Resurgence is Needed at Universities

An interview with Lynn Lavallee

Universities in Ontario and across the country have, on the surface, committed to supporting reconciliation, Indigenization, and decolonization. Are those commitments helping […]

Equity and social justice, Faculty associations

Reckoning with the Legacy of Universities: Reflections on Congress 2023

Andrea A. Davis

As academic convenor of the 2023 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Andrea A. Davis worked with a diverse community to […]

Equity and social justice, Participation and enrolment

Admitting women into English Canadian Universities: A short history

Sara Z. MacDonald

As students and faculty, women have been entering into postsecondary education institutions at growing rates for decades. However, women, trans folks, and […]

Equity and social justice, Ethics

Unconscious Bias training: Performativity or pushing the margins?

Tania Das Gupta

Faculty play an important role in developing and implementing anti-racism and equity policies and practices at universities. What lessons can be learned […]

Equity and social justice, Ethics, Health and safety

Universal design for universal access

Erika Katzman

What does it mean to truly access an academic space? According to disabled activists and disability studies scholars, universities have a long […]

Equity and social justice, Teaching and learning

Missing curriculum: Why we need to teach postsecondary students about HIV/AIDS resistance

Jade Crimson Rose Da Costa

How connected are young activists to the history and current landscape of HIV/AIDS research and lived experiences? How can faculty bridge the […]

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Editorial Matters

Manisha Aggarwal-Schifellite

It is with great excitement and gratitude that I write my first editor’s letter as the new editor-in-chief of Academic Matters. The […]

International issues, Online education, Research and innovation, Teaching and learning, Technology

International experiential learning: Lessons for a more inclusive future

An interview with Marylynn Steckley

COVID-19 grounded many international experience trips for undergraduate students and faculty researchers and offered a chance to see the field in a […]