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Laurentian faculty concerned by closure of Barrie campus
The Board of Governors of Laurentian University announced today the closure of the Barrie campus… “It is unfortunate that the plan the Ontario Government was seeking to impose for the future of higher education in Simcoe County has led to this announcement… That plan would have seen unprecedented government interference into the university sector. Universities must have the freedom to determine and decide about the best options for program choice and how these should be delivered.”
Tags: budget, participation, standard of living, youth
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OCUFA releases first-ever public opinion poll on precarious academic work
… 94 per cent of Ontarians think universities should be model employers and support good jobs in their communities. 88 per cent want part-time professors to be converted into full-time positions. 85 per cent want part-time professors to receive fair pay and 84 per cent believe part-time professors should have the same access to benefits as their full-time colleagues. 64 per cent of Ontarians want to be taught by, or have their child taught by, a full-time professor with job security and benefits…
Tags: budget, ideology, jurisdiction, participation, pensions, poverty, standard of living
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Canada’s culture of research excellence
Global Excellence, an initiative I’ve been working on with academic institutions and government agencies, seeks to recognize and celebrate success so we enhance a Canadian culture of equality of opportunity and excellence. How do we do this? One, collaboration – often on a global scale… Two, whether you’re an individual or community, leverage your local strengths… Three, recognize that Canada is home to some of the world’s brightest minds.
Tags: featured, globalization, participation, standard of living
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Eliminating Tuition and Compulsory Fees for Post-Secondary Education
… unsustainable levels of student debt, acts as a barrier for many people… This paper outlines a clear path towards accessible post-secondary education in Canada. By shifting the focus of, and slightly increasing, current federal funding for post-secondary education, it is possible to reduce tuition and other compulsory fees to zero as a means of easing the financial burden on new graduates, with clear spinoff benefits for the wider economy.
Tags: economy, ideology, jurisdiction, participation, standard of living, youth
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Better data, more full-time hiring, increased investment [Ontario universities]
Increase per-student public investment in Ontario’s universities to the rest of Canada average by 2020-21… Support universities to bring Ontario’s student-faculty ratio in line with the rest of Canada average by 2020-21 by hiring 8,510 new full-time faculty members… Ensure fairness for contract faculty by strengthening employment and labour law… Establish a new higher education data agency mandated to collect, analyze, and disseminate key information on Ontario’s universities.
Tags: budget, ideology, participation, standard of living, youth
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Per-student funding at lowest point since the 1960s
Ontario’s per-student funding for universities is already the lowest in Canada. And it is getting worse. Even before inflation is taken into account, per student funding has been heading downward since 2010-11. After inflation, it is now at its lowest point since the government began building capacity and expanding access in the sixties… students are left to pick up the financial slack. Operating revenue from Ontario’s tuition fees – the highest in Canada – already surpassed government grants last year.
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Prof’s take on teacher pay off base
David Johnson… says that we could get away with paying teachers less while maintaining similar student scores on corporate-friendly standardized tests… We can do better by addressing problem stated in Johnson’s book, Signposts of Success. Almost half the variation in schools’ results is related to the student’s socio-economic conditions… teacher incomes… have only matched inflation in the past 45 years.
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The ethical failure of the swearing Laurentian professor
Academic freedom rightly attends that privilege so that unpopular and challenging ideas remain part of the innovative work universities foster. With these privileges come responsibilities. Professors should not play games with students’ trust, make use of common chauvinisms to titillate and create intimacy, or ask students to sign away their ability to critique, even implicitly.
Tags: ideology, participation, rights
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Funding programs reverse the ‘brain drain’
… the Canada Excellence Research Chair program created in 2000. It gives each of 24 researchers $10 million over seven years. Of the 24 chair holders, 23 are non-Canadian… Then there’s the Canada Research Chair program, also established in 2000, that invests $265 million in 2,000 positions, specifically to attract and retain top minds from around the world. The spinoff from these programs is immense.
Tags: budget, economy, globalization, standard of living, youth
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Autism therapy wait-list swells to more than 16,000 kids
Children and Youth Services Minister Tracy MacCharles said autism funding has increased by $100 million annually since 2004, to $190 million this year, but conceded more can be done. “We know that the prevalence of autism has increased in recent years, from 1 in 100 to 1 in 68, and we know that we need to make further progress for these children and their families,” said MacCharles, who has an expert panel looking at the issue.
Tags: budget, child care, disabilities, Health, mental Health, standard of living, youth
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