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Tax ‘pandemic profiteering’ by tech companies to help fund public education
Thomas Reevely, 10, takes part in a class meeting in Ottawa, April 3, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/David Reevely As the one year […]
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University survey shows how COVID-19 pandemic is hampering career progress for women and racialized faculty
A cross-Canada survey of university faculty found 68 per cent of females, compared with 32 per cent of males, reported family caregiver […]
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Equity and social justice, Hiring, promotion, and tenure, Performance assessment, Teaching and learning
What to do with student evaluations of teaching?
It has been two years since the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations published the Report of the OCUFA Student Questionnaires on […]
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COVID-19 has sparked new relationships between academia and policymakers – we must maintain them
Mongkolchon Akesin/Shutterstock In the aftermath of the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918-19, the New York Times stated that “science has failed to […]
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Health and safety, Online education, Students, Truth and Reconciliation and decolonization, Tuition and student fees
How universities can support Indigenous online learners in the COVID-19 pandemic
Indigenous people with experience guiding culturally safe talking circles in an online environment can work with students to nurture safe virtual spaces. […]
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Equity and social justice, Politics, Truth and Reconciliation and decolonization, Universities and the academic mission
Egerton Ryerson: Racist philosophy of residential schools also shaped public education
Black Lives Matter protesters threw pink paint on a statue of Egerton Ryerson at Ryerson University in Toronto on July 18, 2020. […]
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Canadian universities: 10 years of anti-racist reports but little action
Students often carry the bulk of the burden to combat systemic racism on campus. (GoToVan/Flickr) Last fall, around 20 students sat-in for […]
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Short-term anti-racist training is not enough to counter systemic racism in Canadian education
Ministries of education need to embed ongoing anti-racist training into their teacher education programs. Short-term anti-bias training has little impact. Here, a […]
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Distance learning: How to avoid falling into ‘techno traps’
There’s strong pressure to use more technology to capture student attention, but what about inviting students to adopt a contemplative posture? As […]
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How to be a mindful anti-racist
People take part in a mass meditation on the lawn of Parliament Hill in Ottawa in 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick These […]
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