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Commentary / The rise of human rights law in Canada
Human rights have become an integral feature of modern law in Canada. Rights that were hardly imaginable at the dawn of our human rights era in 1982 — a fulsome recognition of sexual orientation; disability understood as a social injustice […]
07-02-2017
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Academic advisor
E.H. of Winnipeg writes I have asked for workplace accommodation for recurring symptoms of my mental illness. The employer has indicated accommodation will require that I disclose both my specific diagnosis and medical records. I am very concerned that this […]
07-02-2017
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Book review / Academic freedom in an age of conformity: Confronting the fear of knowledge
Joanna Williams. Palgrave Macmillan, 2016; 217 pp; ISBN: 978-1-13751-478-3. As its title attests, this volume is deliberately confrontational. Joanna Williams names and deplores conformity as a damaging feature of the contemporary university. This conformity, she argues, leads to professorial self-censorship […]
07-02-2017
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Interview / Melissa Jean
Adela Talbot / Western News Brescia Faculty Association just finished a successful round of contract negotiations. As the president of the association what were the objectives of your bargaining team? Our mandate was to close the wage gap between Brescia […]
07-02-2017
Article
Equity once & for all
The faculty association at York University decided to take matters into its own hands to advance equity by making it a priority at the bargaining table. In doing so, the union succeeded in securing measures that could visibly change the […]
01-02-2017
Article
President’s message / Social dimensions of education policy
By James Compton Even among well-heeled Canadian CEOs, some CEOs are more equal than others. Only a few days after ringing in the New Year, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives released a report documenting the widening earnings-gap between Canada’s […]
01-02-2017
Article
Commentary / The rise of human rights law in Canada
Human rights have become an integral feature of modern law in Canada. Rights that were hardly imaginable at the dawn of our human rights era in 1982 — a fulsome recognition of sexual orientation; disability understood as a social injustice […]
01-02-2017
Article
Academic advisor
E.H. of Winnipeg writes I have asked for workplace accommodation for recurring symptoms of my mental illness. The employer has indicated accommodation will require that I disclose both my specific diagnosis and medical records. I am very concerned that this […]
01-02-2017
Book review
Book review / Academic freedom in an age of conformity: Confronting the fear of knowledge
Joanna Williams. Palgrave Macmillan. 2016; 217 pp; ISBN: 978-1-13751-478-3. By Len Findlay As its title attests, this volume is deliberately confrontational. Joanna Williams names and deplores conformity as a damaging feature of the contemporary university. This conformity, she argues, leads […]
01-02-2017
Interview
Interview / Melissa Jean
Brescia Faculty Association just finished a successful round of contract negotiations. As the president of the association what were the objectives of your bargaining team? Our mandate was to close the wage gap between Brescia faculty and those of our […]
01-02-2017
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Interview / Homa Hoodfar
[Concordia University] 2016 was a traumatic year for Homa Hoodfar. Arrested and detained in Tehran’s notorious Evin prison for 112 days, the retired anthropology professor from Concordia University thought the nightmare would never end. Thanks to diplomatic help from Canada, […]
09-01-2017