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Spring fiscal update boosts colleges, trades training
Universities also ‘want to be a big part’ of educating the new Canadian workforce, says UC president.
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No funding promises for Memorial University in NL election campaign
Parties float private-college partnerships, tuition rollbacks, and job-focussed education as voters in Newfoundland and Labrador head to the polls.
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Help scientists ousted by America’s attack on knowledge
An open letter to leaders of higher education in Canada.
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Ontario: The new pragmatism
After a decade marked by funding cutbacks and a tuition freeze, the province’s universities face the future with an eye for opportunities.
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An update on the plan to protect the commercialization of Ontario universities’ research
A closer look at the four recommendations from Ontario’s expert panel on intellectual property, created to assess the commercialization activities of higher-education institutions.
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Death by download: the problem of misguided bureaucracy
Eliminating bureaucracy is not possible, but paying attention to simple guidelines for best practice can go a long way towards reducing its expansion.
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In this pivotal time for postsecondary education, good governance matters more than ever
Good governance is about roles and responsibilities, and the accountable execution of those roles and responsibilities.
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Research as a national investment needs to go beyond the promise of short-term innovation
COVID-19 has caused the academic community to be very reactionary, but research is fundamentally a long-term process.
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Is there an effective way to evaluate universities that takes a unique approach to education and social impact?
A potentially interesting approach would be to consider substantially less standardization in the metrics that assess academic institutions.
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COVID-19 may force a rethink about how we manage higher education and research funding
Major crises provide windows of opportunity for change.
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Collaboration in hard times in higher education
Collaboration distributes resources among academic institutions, creating conditions for partnerships, sharing and attention to diverse needs.
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The fault lines of the politics of science policy are firmly in place
The Liberals claim that “science is at the centre of everything the government does” – yet all we have seen and heard are symbolic gestures and feel-good rhetoric.
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Ontario’s student unions respond to Student Choice Initiative fallout
Approaches to the controversial policy varied across the province, leaving some postsecondary institutions worse off than others.
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We’re way past the point of preventing climate change, it’s time to adapt
Researchers and funders are increasingly focusing on how to prepare for a changed – and changing – climate.
