Bulletin Archive

by Marc Schroeder Alberta’s premier, free-market champion Jason Kenney, is wreaking havoc on the province’s postsecondary education system—not just through cuts and privatizations but through a brutal reshaping of public education itself. In April of 2021, Jason Kenney’s United Conservative […]

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Risa Lieberwitz is the General Counsel for the American Association of University Professors (AAUP). She is also a professor of Labor and Employment Law at the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University. In April, she spoke to […]

On April 28 and 29, 2022, delegates to Council met in its first-ever hybrid meeting—about 100 delegates in person and 100 delegates online—to discuss priorities, elect new leadership and celebrate the collective achievements of members. Strong job action celebrated by […]

Acadia University academic staff sent a strong message to its University leadership this month. During the spring meeting of its Faculty Council, Acadia’s faculty members voted 89 per cent in favour of a motion expressing "no confidence" in the senior […]

When the University of Saskatchewan earlier this year announced it would be closing the Regina campus of the College of Nursing and shifting its programming to Prince Albert, Kathy Rodger, an associate professor, immediately found herself worrying about the quality […]

Despite welcomed commitments to expanded public services, including pharma care and dental, investment in post-secondary education was notably absent in the federal Liberal government’s 2022 budget. The few commitments made in the sector were in research and development, although notably […]

Maria Popova is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at McGill University, where she holds the Jean Monnet Chair. Her work explores the intersection of politics, law and governance in Russia, Ukraine, and other countries in the […]

Shortly before the Russian invasion of Ukraine began at the end of February, Viola Lynne, a prominent historian of Stalin's reign of terror, completed a project involving colleagues from both sides of the conflict. Within weeks, however, like many other scholars, […]

By Hans de Wit and Philip G Altbach The damage resulting from Russia’s war on Ukraine appears to include the loss of rationality among segments of the academic community in North America and Europe. In their rush to disengage from […]

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