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Editorials, Equity and social justice, Faculty associations, Governance, Teaching and learning, Truth and Reconciliation and decolonization, Universities and the academic mission

Editorial Matters: A time for action

Ben Lewis

Ontario’s universities are built on models of scholarship developed in the United Kingdom and western Europe. Founded by and for European settlers, […]

Equity and social justice, Participation and enrolment, Public engagement, Public policy, Students, Teaching and learning, Truth and Reconciliation and decolonization, Universities and the academic mission

Bringing Indigenous viewpoints to higher education

Tanya Talaga and Victoria McMurchy

For this issue, Ojibway author and journalist Tanya Talaga sat down with Victoria McMurchy from Academic Matters to discuss how Canadian postsecondary […]

Equity and social justice, Faculty associations, Teaching and learning, Truth and Reconciliation and decolonization, Universities and the academic mission

The role of faculty associations following the Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Lori Campbell, Shannon Dea, and Laura McDonald

As universities take on the work of Indigenization, what role do faculty and faculty associations have in advancing the recommendations of the […]

Equity and social justice, Faculty associations, Hiring, promotion, and tenure, Participation and enrolment, Students, Truth and Reconciliation and decolonization

The Indigenous diversity gap

Malinda S. Smith and Nancy Bray

Where are the Indigenous Peoples in Canadian universities? Canadian postsecondary institutions have pursued equity, diversity, and inclusion policies and programs since the […]

Teaching and learning, Truth and Reconciliation and decolonization, Universities and the academic mission

Protecting Indigenous language rights: Much more than campus signage needed

Mary Ann Corbiere

Despite the Calls to Action of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, many universities are only making superficial efforts to integrate Indigenous languages […]

Corporatization and commercialization, Environmental sustainability, Equity and social justice, Truth and Reconciliation and decolonization

A move towards conciliation in academia

Ashley Courchene

After four years, reconciliation is not what we hoped it would be in our classrooms. How did we get here, and is […]

Environmental sustainability, Health and safety, Research and innovation, Teaching and learning, Truth and Reconciliation and decolonization

Indigenous researchers plant seeds of hope for health and climate

Hannah Tait Neufeld, Brittany Luby, and Kim Anderson

Indigenous land-based learning provides hands-on opportunities for knowledge development that shift away from Eurocentric forms of education. How can universities use land-based […]

Academic mentorship, History, Students, Teaching and learning

Student perspectives on good teaching: what history reveals

Paul Axelrod

What constitutes effective and engaging university pedagogy, and have student impressions of this changed through the ages? My reading of memoirs, biographies, […]