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By Stephanie Ross, Larry Savage & James Watson Are contract faculty better served by faculty associations or by their own separate unions? In our study “Interrogating the Relationship Between Bargaining Structures and Bargaining Outcomes for Contract Academic Faculty in Ontario,” […]

By Vershawn Ashanti Young When the University of Waterloo, where I teach and research, issued a statement to the media saying that the university “unequivocally believes that there is no place for the use of the N-word in class, on […]

By Chantal Sundaram Gerry Potter worked as a contract professor for 27 years, at three different institutions, beloved by his students but stymied and exploited by a system that is happy to chew up talented and educated people and spit […]

Cynthia Levine-Rasky & Lisa Kowalchuk. McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2020; 328 pp; ISBN: 978-0-2280-0142-3. By Howard A. Doughty We Resist must not be mistaken for a formal academic exercise in the constricted sense of the term. It is a collection of […]

By Alison Taylor COVID-19 has university students and their parents anticipating the beginning of an academic year like no other. Most classes are being offered online due to COVID-19, and opportunities like studying abroad and community-engaged learning will be very […]

By Sara Marzagora & Sara Stevano University workers in 74 UK institutions held a 14-day strike in February and March. The strike was declared by the University and College Union (UCU), which represents 120 000 academics, administrators, IT staff, librarians and […]

The United Kingdom’s Office for Budget Responsibility is forecasting that education will be the sector hardest hit by the coronavirus crisis, with universities and colleges most affected. Despite the dire warning from the Office, the UK government has to date […]

By Robin Vose Pandemic-related questions are causing many of us to lose sleep these days. “What will happen in the Fall? What if students can’t, or won’t, come back in sufficient numbers? How will I do my academic work properly […]

By Shiu-Yik Au The COVID-19 pandemic has been a tumultuous time for both the health and wealth of all Manitobans. However, Premier Brian Pallister's and Mayor Brian Bowman's plans to reduce non-essential government spending during this pandemic — such as […]