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Faculty groups in the United States are warning that the increasing reliance upon metrics to assess their “productivity” is threatening the traditional system of peer review in hiring, tenure and promotion decisions. Full-time faculty members at Rutgers University have pro­tested […]

 S. Melanson  //  A. Harrington  //  P. Barnacle Shelley Melanson Membership Engagement Officer Shelley has extensive experience in organizing in the post-secondary education sector. She served as the Ontario chairperson and national deputy chairperson of the Canadian Federation of Students. […]

Ministry of Innovation / Science & Economic Development / Government of Canada As an academic turned politician, you’ve been a strong advocate of evidence-based decision-making in government. How do you think we can incorporate more scientific thinking into the discussion, […]

J.T. of Ottawa writes: I teach, on a contract basis, one of six sections of an introductory commerce course. A tenure-track faculty member recently appointed to “coordinate” the sections is now micromanaging my reading list and evaluation methods. What can […]

David Christopher PhD candidate David Christopher from the department of art history and visual studies at the University of Victoria has been awarded CAUT’s 2016–2017 J.H. Stewart Reid Memorial Fellowship. Christopher’s research is centred on the rising significance of Canadian […]

[Jared Alden / Creative RF / Getty Images] One of the biggest decisions many couples have to make is whether or not to have children. Choosing the right time to do so can also be a source of anxiety for […]

One of the biggest decisions many couples have to make is whether or not to have children. Choosing the right time to do so can also be a source of anxiety for many. For professor Rhiannon Don, the decision was […]

“Work hard and good things will come.” I’m sure many young Canadians were taught this maxim while growing up. I certainly was. The basic moral of the story is that success or failure is up to the individual. Our life […]

TimesHigherEducation.com UK universities have been warned by a leading environmental campaign group that they will need to move away from accepting research funding from “fossil fuel corporations” if they are to follow through with their commitment to combat climate change. […]

Mark S. Ferrara. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015; 216 pp; ISBN: 978-1-42141-799-8. As its title suggests, this provocative book focuses on the contrast between the increasing government funding provided to Chinese higher education in recent decades and the […]

In a long struggle to preserve their culture, the Maliseet First Nation has faced many challenges. Some are familiar; the theft of land, the destruction of fisheries, and the horror of the residential schools. One challenge, however, was unexpected: the […]