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L’Université Oxford se retrouve à nouveau dans l’eau chaude pour avoir accepté en 2010 un don de 150 millions de dollars de l’homme le plus riche d’Angleterre, le milliardaire d’origine ukrainienne Leonard Blavatnik. Une lettre signée par des anciens professeurs […]

L’Hon. Kirsty Duncan – ministre des Sciences •     Députée d’Etobicoke-Nord•     Députée depuis 2008•     Ancienne professeure agrégée en études de la santé à l’Université de Toronto•     Ex-membre du Groupe d’experts intergouvernemental sur l’évolution du climat, organisme       lauréat du prix Nobel •     Titulaire d’un doctorat en […]

As Canada’s public universities and colleges continue their transformation — under pressures of austerity budgeting and imperatives of neoliberal ideology — into hybrid organizations dependent on both public and private financial support, it is increasingly urgent that we recognize and […]

V.M. from Toronto writes: I’ve been contacted by the uni­versity’s lawyer about an access to information request. The university wants me to collect and hand over all my notes, emails, and voice messages about a course I taught last year. […]

Navindra Persaud won’t prescribe morning sickness drug, but Health Canada won’t let him say why Navindra Persaud has never shied away from standing up for what he believes in and medical ethics is at the top of that list. In […]

In the majority of the 4,400 uni­ver­sities and colleges in the US, it’s illegal to carry a concealed weapon. But pressure from an extreme pro-gun movement is changing the landscape. Laws in nine states now force public colleges and universities […]

Sauder School of Business professor Jennifer Berdahl alleged the chair of UBC's board of governors & administrators at the school interfered in her academic freedom after she raised issues about leadership & the university's corporate culture in a blog post. […]

Protests and outcry spread throughout the University of Hong Kong last month after the university’s governing council vetoed former law dean Johannes Chan Man-mun’s candidacy as pro-vice-chancellor. Chan’s supporters argue the council denied his bid for appointment in retaliation for […]

The University of Calgary is facing criticism over its ties with energy giant Enbridge. A CBC investigation has uncovered concerns that Enbridge may have interfered in the university’s Centre for Corporate Sustainability after the company provided a donation. “Universities have […]

University and college officials say they are pinching pennies on everything from hiring to the use of copying machines because they’re strapped for cash. Yet these same senior administrators, while preaching fiscal restraint, are benefiting from large pay raises and […]

Jennifer Berdahl, professeure à l’École de commerce Sauder, soutient que le président du Bureau des gouverneurs et la direction de l’UBC ont porté atteinte à sa liberté académique après qu’elle a publié sur son blogue un billet soulevant des questions […]

V.M. de Toronto écrit : L’avocat de l’université a communiqué avec moi au sujet d’une demande d’accès à l’information. L’université veut que je rassemble et que je lui remette l’ensemble de mes notes, courriels et messages vocaux relatifs à un […]