Momin Rahman is a sociology professor at Trent University and co-chair of the CAUT Equity Committee. His research interests include intersections between sexualities and ethnicities, with a particular focus on Muslim LGBT politics and identity.
By Chantal Sundaram
Gerry Potter worked as a contract professor for 27 years, at three different institutions, beloved by his students but stymied and exploited by a system that is happy to chew up talented and educated people and spit them out.
The Bentwood Box: carved by Coast Salish artist Luke Marston, the TRC Bentwood Box is a lasting tribute to all residential school survivors. Photo provided by the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation at the University of Manitoba.
Federal policies create crisis in university research funding
Recent federal government policies have clearly precipitated a funding crisis in university research — this despite a century of commitment at Canadian universities to both basic and applied research projects.