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Corporatization and commercialization, Governance, History, Public policy, Research and innovation, Universities and the academic mission

Public money, private profit: A history of U of T’s MaRS Discovery District

Chelsea Tao and Mariana Valverde, University of Toronto

It is well known that the University of Toronto (U of T) has historically played an important role in scientific innovation. This […]

Health and safety, Online education, Teaching and learning

A university course on pandemics: What we learned when 80 experts, 300 alumni and 600 students showed up

Elizabeth Finnis, University of Guelph; Sofie Lachapelle, University of Guelph, and T. Ryan Gregory, University of Guelph

Would anyone want to spend more screen time talking about pandemics? Yes, learned an anthropologist, biologist and historian who developed a course […]

Academic mentorship, Equity and social justice, Hiring, promotion, and tenure, Participation and enrolment, Public policy

Canada should support diversity in STEM to encourage innovative research

Jennifer D. Adams, University of Calgary

Women from racialized communities in STEM education face the double bind of race and gender. (Shutterstock) Attracting and retaining diverse students in […]

Online education, Teaching and learning, Technology

Good riddance to boring lectures? Technology isn’t the answer—understanding good teaching is

Christopher Charles Deneen, The University of Melbourne and Michael Cowling, CQUniversity Australia

Shutterstock With some universities returning to face-to-face teaching this year, ANU Vice Chancellor Brian Schmidt noted that, while his university was one […]

Corporatization and commercialization, Governance, Students, Tuition and student fees

With campus co-operatives, universities could model new ways of living after COVID-19

Michelle Stack, University of British Columbia

Crises bring renewed interest in co-operatives. (BlackDaffodil/Flickr), CC BY-NC Even before COVID-19, things weren’t going all that well on post-secondary campuses across […]

Collective bargaining, Equity and social justice, Faculty associations, Hiring, promotion, and tenure, Truth and Reconciliation and decolonization

Indigenizing the collective bargaining process at North Island College

Janis Almond, Evelyn Voyageur, Erin McConomy, Shirley Ackland, and Jen Wrye

The following interview was conducted with leaders at the North Island College Faculty Association. They responded collectively as a group. Could you […]

Equity and social justice, Health and safety, Online education, Technology

Analog policies in a digital world: How workplace harassment policies need to adapt to an increasingly digital education environment

Jaigris Hodson, Ph.D., Chandell Gosse, Ph.D., and George Veletsianos, Ph.D., Royal Roads University

The COVID-19 pandemic has expedited the transition to digital education Online spaces, such as Twitter for knowledge mobilization and email for communication, […]

Academic freedom, Equity and social justice, Free speech and expression rights, International issues, Politics

Jewish scholars defend the right to academic freedom on Israel/Palestine

Abigail B. Bakan, University of Toronto; Alejandro I. Paz, University of Toronto; Anna Zalik, York University, Canada, and Deborah Cowen, University of Toronto

People carry a sign protesting Israeli actions in Palestine during a protest march in Toronto in May 2018. (Raghd Hamzeh), Author provided […]

Equity and social justice

Afua Cooper: My 30-year effort to bring Black studies to Canadian universities is still an upward battle

Afua Cooper, Dalhousie University

Adding Black studies to university curricula in Canada has been an upward battle. (Shutterstock) Since my time as a graduate student to […]

Equity and social justice, Journals and publishing, Truth and Reconciliation and decolonization

Indigenous scholars struggle to be heard in the mainstream. Here’s how journal editors and reviewers can help

Apisalome Movono, Massey University; Anna Carr; Emma Hughes, Massey University; Freya Higgins-Desbiolles, University of South Australia; Jeremy William Hapeta, Massey University; Regina Scheyvens, Massey University, and Rochelle Stewart-Withers, Massey University

GettyImages In the world of research and scholarship, being published in academic journals is crucial to both the advancement of knowledge and […]

Public money, private profit: A history of U of T’s MaRS Discovery District

A university course on pandemics: What we learned when 80 experts, 300 alumni and 600 students showed up

Canada should support diversity in STEM to encourage innovative research

Good riddance to boring lectures? Technology isn’t the answer—understanding good teaching is

With campus co-operatives, universities could model new ways of living after COVID-19

Indigenizing the collective bargaining process at North Island College

Analog policies in a digital world: How workplace harassment policies need to adapt to an increasingly digital education environment

Jewish scholars defend the right to academic freedom on Israel/Palestine

Afua Cooper: My 30-year effort to bring Black studies to Canadian universities is still an upward battle

Indigenous scholars struggle to be heard in the mainstream. Here’s how journal editors and reviewers can help

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