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Nov 24, 2016  Student activists fighting climate change are also resisting the corporatization of Canadian universitiesrabble staff A generation of climate change student activists find they must navigate an increasingly corporate governance structure that relies on managerial buzzwords, stonewalling and secrecy. |
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Nov 22, 2016  Student activists aren't just fighting climate change. They're fighting corporate university bureaucracy.Emma Jackson A generation of climate change student activists find they must navigate an increasingly corporate governance structure that relies on managerial buzzwords, stonewalling and secrecy. |
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Nov 18, 2016  Teaching kids to resist the racist reality we are in and build the futureMaya Bhullar LeRoi Newbold talks to Activist Toolkit about the first Toronto Freedom School. |
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Nov 14, 2016  York school board owes parents a real explanation for principal's Islamophobic Facebook postsShenaz Kermalli If a principal who posts seemingly xenophobic videos and comments on her Facebook page isn't guilty of professional misconduct, who is? |
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Nov 12, 2016  B.C. teachers' victory brings to mind 14 years of losses for kidsLizanne Foster Christy Clark said she was excited about the Supreme Court decision, but she was Minister of Education when the problems started. |
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Nov 11, 2016 Public education big winner in Supreme Court decisionThe Supreme Court has ruled that the B.C. government violated the constitutional right of teachers to negotiate class size and composition. |
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Nov 8, 2016  Patti Bacchus on the firing of the Vancouver School BoardRedeye Patti Bacchus had been a Vancouver School Trustee for eight years when B.C.’s Education Minister fired her and the rest of the Board on October 17. Patti Bacchus tells the story of what happened. |
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Nov 7, 2016  Thinking about my dad on the 100th anniversary of his birth and Canada’s need for public post-secondary educationDavid J. Climenhaga Throughout his teaching career the author’s father, John L. Climenhaga, advocated strongly for the value of publicly supported post-secondary education. |
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Nov 4, 2016  Post-secondary students are literally going hungry in Canadarabble staff A new report reveals that out of over 4,000 students surveyed from five universities across Canada, a surprising 39 per cent are food insecure. |
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Nov 4, 2016  Students across Canada call for free education on the National Day of ActionBrent Patterson The Canadian Federation of Students held a National Day of Action Wednesday to call for universal access to public, post-secondary education in Canada. |
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Nov 4, 2016  In the debate over home schooling and 'parents' rights,' we need to remember children have rights tooDavid J. Climenhaga Perhaps it is time in the interests of society to bring all home schooling in Canada directly under the supervision of a public school board. |
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Nov 3, 2016  Canadian post-secondary students literally going hungry for an educationAdam van der Zwan A new report reveals that out of over 4,000 students surveyed from five universities across Canada, a surprising 39 per cent are food insecure. |
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Oct 31, 2016  Clown costumes verboten today in Fort Mac schools … but costumed mimes can walk our streets!David J. Climenhaga Seriously, dear readers, if you're driving tonight, slow down, keep your eyes peeled and your hands off your mobile device. |
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Oct 25, 2016  Canadian foreign policy and the institutions studying it remain intimately tiedYves Engler What do we make of a Canadian foreign policy discussion dominated by individuals with ties to the decision-making structures they study? |
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Oct 21, 2016  What are Canadian values anyway?Values are slight and transient. You can't really pursue them. They're more like happiness or love: they tend to be by-products or end results of other experiences. |
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Oct 21, 2016  Let's make post-secondary education free for everyoneBilan Arte Post-secondary education must be strengthened and defended, like all public services, to grow our economy and invest in Canada's future. |
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Oct 20, 2016  On Jordan Peterson's political correctness and the 'radical left'Raluca Bejan If claims for equality, diversity and 'that kind of thing' are ideological, so is the position of ignoring them. |
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Oct 20, 2016  Studying while Black still tokenizing experience for many racialized post-secondary studentsJulia-Simone Rutgers A lack of commitment to prioritizing marginalized voices on campus means racialized students still struggle to find and build community at Canada's universities. |
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Oct 14, 2016  Students feel Canadian universities still aren't safe spaces for diverse voicesrabble staff If you ask universities themselves, Canadian campuses are fertile settings for diversity and marginalized people. The problem is the students don't agree. |
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Oct 12, 2016  Despite their best protests, Canadian universities still aren't safe spaces for diverse voicesKevin Hurren If you ask universities themselves, Canadian campuses are fertile settings for diversity and marginalized people. The problem is the students don't agree. |
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Sep 21, 2016  Tiering up over tuition feesErika Shaker Governments need to ask themselves: is downloading more debt onto students -- particularly during a time of workforce precarity -- a sustainable policy to pursue? |
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Sep 21, 2016  We don't need an inquiry -- we need to bring the hammer of defunding down now on scofflaw private schoolsDavid J. Climenhaga When the inquiry fails, can we just get on with defunding those schools, please? |
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Sep 17, 2016  B.C. Ministry of Education: Spare us the hyperbole about flexibilityLizanne Foster Being a teacher already requires daily feats of flexibility. What we need are resources. |
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Sep 17, 2016  Alberta government names five new members to Athabasca University Board of GovernorsDavid J. Climenhaga New appointments may signal beginning of overhaul for the financially troubled institution. |
