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It’s time Canadian universities ventured abroad – to save themselves

A diverse crowd of university students in blue cap and gown.

Cultivating the pluralism dividend in Canada’s democracy

Four students are walking on the lawn in front of a black building with a “Dalhousie University” sign.

Canada needs a national strategy for generative AI in higher education

A bald, grey robot-like head with blue eyes.

Generative AI and deeper thinking: What’s in our heads still matters*

The building is several storeys high with walls that curve into a couple of semi-circles. It’s covered in textured concrete.

Aboriginal identity should be confirmed before applications reach universities

Two young women in front of a series of protest signs saying “I can’t breathe” and “Murder is murder” among others with the Parliament clock tower in the background.

Is addressing anti-Black racism in Canada still a policy priority?

The fix for pretendianism in academia requires Indigenous involvement

Four high-rise buildings are clustered together with small balconies filled with flower pots, chairs, etc.

The housing crisis is made worse by a policy mismatch

Remodelling the ivory tower to help solve the climate crisis

Give parents a choice in child care

Defending against disinformation

Two small children laying among building blocks and looking through blocks with holes in them.

Four ideas to make Quebec’s child-care system a model for all of Canada

A kindergarten teacher helps a boy and girl with a class activity. They are looking at a piece of paper on a table in front of them while she is speaking with a red pen in hand.

Well-funded public schools are more important than election giveaways

A young girl in a classroom wears a mask. She’s doing schoolwork at a desk, with two other students at desks nearby.

Masks in schools: have mask mandates become a proxy for trust in public health?

Ontario’s tutoring investment is big money with low expectations and limited equity

How the government used the pandemic to sharply increase immigration

La ministre de l’Enseignement supérieur, Danielle McCann, s’adressant aux députés réunis au Salon bleu, le 6 avril 2022.

Liberté académique : pas assez et trop, en même temps

On a snow-covered street, a dingy-looking yellow and white camper covered with dozens of words like “freedom” is loaded onto a flatbed as two police officers supervise the operation.

The trucker protests and the blatant failure of citizenship education

L’image représente une jeune femme noir tapant au clavier, entourée de diagrammes techniques translucides.

COVID was harmful for youth employment

Minority language rights: Charter’s Section 23 needs to be revised

Student immigration visas are a money-making business

Retraining workers will be essential for our net-zero goals

Microcredentials are surging in popularity, but how should they be shaped?

Have provinces put schools first during COVID?

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