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University Teaching Abroad: A Month in France

Chi Carmody

At the beginning of May 2000, I found myself teaching at Université Montpellier 1 in the south of France, a few kilometres […]

Public policy, Research and innovation

Strange Bedfellows

Charles Ungerleider

The call for evidence-informed decisions makes strange bedfellows of researchers and politicians. Researchers and political decision-makers live in different worlds, respond to […]

History

Universities and The Great Depression: Then and Now?

Paul Axelrod

It is positively eerie for a baby boomer like me to hear talk of a possible “Depression” in Canada. Having come of […]

Academic mentorship, Teaching and learning

Why I Teach Intro

Robert Brym

You probably recall that in George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four the authorities bring Winston Smith to a torture chamber to break his loyalty […]

Corporatization and commercialization, Participation and enrolment, Universities and the academic mission

Selling the Academy Without Selling Out

Ken Steele

Faculty at Canadian universities are rightly concerned about a number of threats to academic quality and integrity, including the growing ranks of […]

Performance assessment, Universities and the academic mission

University rankings as a marketing tool: READERS BEWARE

David Scott

The shrill cries of “We’re number one, we’re number one!” ring out every autumn across Canadian university campuses. Normally the reserve of […]

Editorials

Going Global

Mark Rosenfeld

During the past decade, cross-border (or offshore) initiatives of Canadian universities have expanded, accompanied by more internationalization of our campuses. Degree and […]

Humour