COVID-19 and the future of Canadian universities
COVID-19 sparked a global crisis in post-secondary education that has remained seriously under-appreciated. In the United States, tuition-dependent private colleges are in dire financial straits; several recently closed permanently, and more mergers and bankruptcies seem sure to follow. The decline in international enrolments has caused enormous financial damage in Australia, with widespread layoffs and serious budget […]
Indigenous visions for Canadian post-secondary institutions: past, present, and future
For thousands of years, sovereign and thriving Indigenous nations sustained Indigenous education, health, and governance systems. The settler colonial Canadian government, along with Christian churches, forcibly replaced Indigenous education systems with its Indian Residential School project. Widespread substandard instruction, violence, forced starvation, nutritional experimentation, ethnic cleansing, trauma, and fear followed. These perverted Canadian education systems […]
University education and Black youth
In Statistics Canada’s recent report, Changes in the socioeconomic situation of Canada’s Black population, 2001 to 2016, René Houle writes that “one of the main challenges” faced by members of Canadian Black communities is that Black youth—especially young men—“are less likely to have attended a higher educational institution and to have earned a post-secondary diploma.” […]
Black student groups lead the charge as StatsCan data gives deep dive on racism in education
As the international focus on systemic racism continues, disaggregated data from Statistics Canada gives a new glimpse into how anti-Black racism affects Black students in Canada, and the findings should compel universities and other major institutions to “look back to the basis of the structures we’ve operated in for years” to reform racist practices, says […]
Universities and Colleges Research
Doubling down on research during the COVID-19 pandemic
As Canada grapples with the impacts of COVID-19, we have witnessed the essential role our research community plays in our society. Indeed, scientists are leading our country’s efforts to address the pandemic. It is therefore critical that we sustain Canada’s research excellence, talent, and knowledge so that our research community is in a strong position […]
Saks and Gladstone entering hotly contested Liberal nomination race in York Centre
With the addition of Ya’ara Saks, and Gary Gladstone, at least five candidates, as of last week, have either now confirmed or are seriously considering running for the coveted Liberal Party nomination in York Centre. Ms. Saks, a small business owner who has political experience in Canada and Israel, and Mr. Gladstone, a fundraising executive, confirmed […]
New StatsCan data ‘indispensable’ for understanding systemic anti-Black racism, says professor
Data released by Statistics Canada over the past year and a half could help to dispel the myth of a single, uniform Black population in Canada, and will be “indispensable” for researchers studying systemic racism in the country, say professors from three universities across the country. Statistics Canada has released a spate of data on […]
Ontario MPP Baber, former senior staffer Lantsman, and former candidate Willson said to be eyeing Conservative nomination in York Centre
The yet-to-be-scheduled byelection in York Centre is shaping up to be a high profile contest with prominent Conservative and Liberal figures testing the waters for seeking their party’s nomination in the GTA riding. In interviews with The Hill Times, Conservative sources mentioned the names of former senior Conservative Hill staffer and media pundit Melissa Lantsman; […]
Crowded field of candidates expected in the coveted safe Liberal riding of York Centre
Following the unexpected resignation of Michael Levitt as a Member of Parliament, a crowded field of candidates is expected to seek the Liberal nomination in the safe and coveted GTA riding of York Centre, say potential candidates and political insiders. Only 10 months into his second term as an MP, Mr. Levitt announced on social […]
