February 2019

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The Matilda Effect

First described in the 1800s, but not officially named until 1993, the Matilda Effect continues to plague women...

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February 2019

By the numbers / The changing status of women in Canada's universities

Source: Statistics Canada FT-UCASS

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February 2019

CAUT staff appointments

Mona Chevalier Collective Bargaining Officer Mona joined CAUT in November 2018. She holds an...

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February 2019

President’s message / Taxes, populist common sense & the value of a university

By James Compton “Taxes are theft.” I recently bumped into a man proudly displaying this slogan...

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In this Issue

Commentary / Misguided standardized testing comes to Ontario higher education
By Marc Spooner Every so often, one or another government branch or agency claims there is an educational...
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Book review / A Marxist education: Learning to change the world
Wayne Au. Haymarket Books, 018; 305 pp; ISBN: 978-1-60846-905-5. By Howard A. Doughty Wayne Au is still a...
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Interview

Interview / Donna Strickland

Donna Strickland is a physics professor at the University of Waterloo where her ultrafast laser group develops...

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