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Criticisms of academic freedom miss the mark and risk the integrity of scholarship
While academic freedom itself might sound like a unique notion, granting special tools or rights to specific professions is rather commonplace.
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Western University and other schools should cancel Frosh week to stop rape culture
Orientation week assaults persist because they are normalized as part of university culture.
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Canadian colleges and universities can mandate COVID-19 vaccination without violating Charter rights
Campus mandates are not forced vaccinations. Mandates offer choices: receive or decline the vaccine.
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‘Goodreads’ readers #ReadWomen, and so should university English departments
The social network website Goodreads provides insight into what some women are reading.
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How I am learning to include Indigenous knowledge in the classroom
There is a new duty felt by teachers at all levels of our education system to make good on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission calls to action, creating both a critically important opportunity and an unease about our preparedness.
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The real consequences of fake news
The impact of the growing interest in fake news has been the realization that the public might not be well-equipped to separate quality information from false information.
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Why universities can’t be expected to police copyright infringement
Copyright monitoring and enforcement would be an onerous and complex task for universities.
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Sex matters: Male bias in the lab is bad science
To understand a system, to really answer a question in biology, you have to incorporate genetic diversity, look across multiple genotypes.
