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Ann-Marie Bathmaker, Nicola Ingram, Jessie Abrahams, Anthony Hoare, Richard Waller & Harriet Bradley. Palgrave Macmillan, 2016; 188 pp; ISBN: 978-1-13753-480-4. by Robin Whitaker Pop culture abounds with stories where disadvantaged kids make good through educational opportunity. Likewise, common wisdom holds […]

Sarah L. Burch & Sara E. Harris.University of Toronto Press, 2014; 307 pp; ISBN: 978-1-44261-455-1. by Howard A. Doughty The ecological degradation of the bio­sphere resulting from anthropogenic climate change, the intensity of the scientific research into this phenomenon and […]

Abraham Flexner. Princeton University Press, 2017; 93 pp; ISBN: 978-0-69117-476-1. by Alan Rauch The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge, a title almost so delightful as to resist commentary was published as an essay in Harper’s magazine in 1939. Its author, Abraham […]

by Cameron & Janet Morrill The need to “tighten our belts” is heard so often in the public sector, it is pretty much accepted without question. This is certainly the case for Canadian universities: actions such as raising tuition fees, […]

by Donald C. Savage On 11 November 1997 the General Conference of UNESCO adopted a Recommendation concerning the status of higher education teaching personnel involving traditional labour rights and such matters as academic freedom and collegial self-government. This was the […]

Christina Muehlberger Membership Engagement, Organizing & Outreach Officer Christina holds a master’s degree in political economy from Carleton University and an undergraduate degree in political science from Acadia University. She worked most recently as the graduate campaigns and policy coordinator […]

Dans une déclaration publiée le mois dernier, l’American Association of University Professors (AAUP) a condamné les manifestations de haine et de violence qui ont suivi un rassemblement de suprémacistes blancs sur le campus de l’Université de Virginie, à Charlottesville. L’AAUP […]