Whether it is disastrous restructuring at the University of Alberta, massive layoffs and program closures at Laurentian, or suspension of academic admissions to programs like Indigenous Studies and gender and women's studies at York, there seems to be a common thread: academic institutions are collectively spending millions of
If you live in Ontario, remember to go vote today! On that note, and in light of the attacks on universities that we've been document, read this great article on how 7 years of Doug Ford has resulted in a serious crisis. How Ontario Sleepwalked into a Crisis
What's happening at York where senior administrators decided to suspend admissions into 19 undergraduate programs is galling: Taking the advice of a consultancy firm - Nous - which they paid millions of dollars to give advice on how to streamline university processes, senior administrators bypassed governance procedures and
Higher education is at risk. We are in a time of serious attacks on academic freedom, crackdowns on those who dare to criticize the neoliberal university, and even the wholesale elimination of programs that have social justice at their core. Over the past three years, these are issues that we