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Brian Gettler<p>Centennial College suspends more programs, cuts staff</p><p><a href="https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/centennial-college-suspends-more-programs-cuts-staff/article_926db5b6-5a5a-4c5b-9388-b3a97c9443bb.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thestar.com/news/gta/centennia</span><span class="invisible">l-college-suspends-more-programs-cuts-staff/article_926db5b6-5a5a-4c5b-9388-b3a97c9443bb.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/onpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>onpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/cdnpse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cdnpse</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Toronto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Toronto</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Ontario" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ontario</span></a></p>
Brian Gettler<p>In February, the Canadian Association of University Teachers published this brief provincial breakdown of funding for post-secondary education. It includes two striking graphs on declining provincial funding vs the growing share paid by tuition. Ontario, where I teach, is obviously the worst of an increasingly bad bunch.</p><p><a href="https://www.caut.ca/bulletin/2025/02/numbers-less-provincial-funding-shifts-more-cost-post-secondary-education-students" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">caut.ca/bulletin/2025/02/numbe</span><span class="invisible">rs-less-provincial-funding-shifts-more-cost-post-secondary-education-students</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/HigherEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEd</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/cdnpse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cdnpse</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/AcademicChatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicChatter</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cdnpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/onpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>onpoli</span></a></p>
A-Dub<p>Canada is getting a tad smug about a brain gain windfall occurring because academics with means are fleeing the U.S.: </p><p><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/canada-brain-gain-trump-1.7496085" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/canada/canada-brai</span><span class="invisible">n-gain-trump-1.7496085</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CdnPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CdnPoli</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CdnPSE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CdnPSE</span></a></p>
A-Dub<p>In the course of one generation, the cost of undergrad tuition has more than doubled. Meanwhile, the cost of living has gone up 69%. What we need is affordable college and university – and instead Canada’s getting tuition fees that are outpacing inflation. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CAUT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CAUT</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CdnPSE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CdnPSE</span></a></p>
A-Dub<p>Nova Scotia's Bill 12 will give the Minister of Advanced Education unprecedented power to (1) appoint a majority of members to university Boards of Governors, (2) dictate that research align only with government priorities, and (3) withhold operating funds if universities do not demonstrate a connection to the social and economic priorities of the government. Let's stop this! 🛑 </p><p><a href="https://win.newmode.net/canadianassociationofuniversityteachers/protectnovascotiasuniversitiesstopbill12" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">win.newmode.net/canadianassoci</span><span class="invisible">ationofuniversityteachers/protectnovascotiasuniversitiesstopbill12</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CdnPSE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CdnPSE</span></a></p>
A-Dub<p>‘I received a first but it felt tainted and undeserved’—Inside the university AI cheating crisis | The Guardian</p><p>More than half of students are now using generative AI, casting a shadow over campuses as tutors and students turn on each other and hardworking learners are caught in the flak. Will Coldwell reports on a broken system</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/dec/15/i-received-a-first-but-it-felt-tainted-and-undeserved-inside-the-university-ai-cheating-crisis" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/technology/202</span><span class="invisible">4/dec/15/i-received-a-first-but-it-felt-tainted-and-undeserved-inside-the-university-ai-cheating-crisis</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ukpse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukpse</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/cdnpse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cdnpse</span></a></p>
A-Dub<p>UBC faculty members speak out in support of instructor who says he was let go for pro-Palestine activism.</p><p>UBC faculty say the instructor's dismissal demonstrates an “alarming erosion of free expression at UBC.”</p><p><a href="https://pressprogress.ca/hundreds-of-ubc-faculty-members-speak-out-in-support-of-instructor-who-says-he-was-let-go-for-pro-palestine-activism/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pressprogress.ca/hundreds-of-u</span><span class="invisible">bc-faculty-members-speak-out-in-support-of-instructor-who-says-he-was-let-go-for-pro-palestine-activism/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CdnPSE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CdnPSE</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AcademicFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreeExpression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeExpression</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Genocide</span></a> 🍉</p>
A-Dub<p>Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in the Post-Secondary Research System - <br>The Expert Panel on EDI Practices for Impactful Change: <a href="https://cca-reports.ca/reports/equity-diversity-and-inclusion-practices-in-the-postsecondary-research-system/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cca-reports.ca/reports/equity-</span><span class="invisible">diversity-and-inclusion-practices-in-the-postsecondary-research-system/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Research</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CdnPSE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CdnPSE</span></a></p>
A-Dub<p>fantastic news! 🧑‍🎓 </p><p>Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, the national organization representing Inuit in Canada, unveiled its plans to build a university — Inuit Nunangat University — on traditional Inuit lands. It would be the first Inuit-governed and Inuit-owned university in Canada's Arctic. The goal is to welcome the first students in 2030. </p><p><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/inuit-nunangat-university-one-step-closer-1.7394799" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/canada/north/inuit</span><span class="invisible">-nunangat-university-one-step-closer-1.7394799</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CdnPSE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CdnPSE</span></a></p>
A-Dub<p>Ontario still ranks dead last among Canadian provinces on the league table of how much per-student post-secondary education operating funding is provided to Colleges and Universities. and now the federal government slashing international student visa numbers has produced a double whammy. </p><p>Steve Orsini, president and CEO of the Council of Ontario Universities: <br>"You're going to see hiring freezes and layoffs.”</p><p><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-colleges-universities-impacted-by-international-student-cap-1.7391747" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ont</span><span class="invisible">ario-colleges-universities-impacted-by-international-student-cap-1.7391747</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ONPSE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ONPSE</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CdnPSE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CdnPSE</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ONpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ONpoli</span></a></p>
A-Dub<p>Laughing at Genocide: On Anti-Palestinian Racism in Higher Education – Everyday Orientalism</p><p><a href="https://everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/2024/11/21/laughing-at-genocide-on-anti-palestinian-racism-in-higher-education/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">everydayorientalism.wordpress.</span><span class="invisible">com/2024/11/21/laughing-at-genocide-on-anti-palestinian-racism-in-higher-education/</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CdnPSE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CdnPSE</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UofT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UofT</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StudentProtests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StudentProtests</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> 🍉</p>
BUFA<p>It doesn’t have to be this way. With an 11.75% increase in funding, universities could make more permanent, tenured positions for contract faculty. <a href="https://union.place/tags/Fairness4CF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fairness4CF</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/MakeItFair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MakeItFair</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/CDNPSE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDNPSE</span></a> <a href="http://ocufa.on.ca/fairness" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="">ocufa.on.ca/fairness</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="http://makeitfair.caut.ca" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="">makeitfair.caut.ca</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
BUFA<p>Ontario is in last place compared to all other provinces and territories when it comes to funding the university sector. <a href="https://union.place/tags/Fairness4CF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fairness4CF</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/MakeItFair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MakeItFair</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/CDNPSE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDNPSE</span></a> <a href="http://ocufa.on.ca/fairness" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="">ocufa.on.ca/fairness</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="http://makeitfair.caut.ca" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="">makeitfair.caut.ca</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
A-Dub<p>the University of Toronto Faculty Association has published a strong letter of complaint against the UofT Administration's unilateral suppression of basically *all* protest on campus as a reaction to the pro-Palestinian encampment student protest in summer 2024:</p><p><a href="https://www.utfa.org/content/utfa-letter-trevor-young-provost-and-vice-president-academic-regarding-user-guide-u-t" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">utfa.org/content/utfa-letter-t</span><span class="invisible">revor-young-provost-and-vice-president-academic-regarding-user-guide-u-t</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AcademicFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StudentProtests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StudentProtests</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CdnPSE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CdnPSE</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UTFA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UTFA</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UofT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UofT</span></a></p>
BUFA<p>Too many contract faculty have to reapply for their jobs every term and don’t know if they will be teaching semester-to-semester or year-to-year. <a href="https://union.place/tags/Fairness4CF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fairness4CF</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/MakeItFair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MakeItFair</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/CDNPSE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDNPSE</span></a> <a href="http://ocufa.on.ca/fairness" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="">ocufa.on.ca/fairness</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="http://makeitfair.caut.ca" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="">makeitfair.caut.ca</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
BUFA<p>It’s time for job security, fair pay, and benefits for contract faculty! Faculty working conditions are student learning conditions. <a href="https://union.place/tags/Fairness4CF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fairness4CF</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/MakeItFair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MakeItFair</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/CDNpse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDNpse</span></a><br>ocufa.on.ca/fairness and makeitfair.caut.ca/</p>
A-Dub<p>yikes 😬 🍉 <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CdnPSE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CdnPSE</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UofT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UofT</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://x.com/girishdaswani/status/1842216830338814422" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">x.com/girishdaswani/status/184</span><span class="invisible">2216830338814422</span></a></p>
A-Dub<p>The power and vulnerability of the university encampments, by Law Professor Emerita Jamie Cameron, for the Canadian Association for University Teachers Bulletin: <a href="https://www.caut.ca/bulletin/2024/09/power-and-vulnerability-university-encampments" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">caut.ca/bulletin/2024/09/power</span><span class="invisible">-and-vulnerability-university-encampments</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CdnPSE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CdnPSE</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StudentProtests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StudentProtests</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtestEncampments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtestEncampments</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a></p>
A-Dub<p>*Surveilled &amp; Silenced* is a unique and original initiative that documents anti-Palestinian racism and the experiences of faculty members, students, and staff at York University after October 7 2023, including those who stand in solidarity with Palestine and Palestinians. Read it here: <a href="https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/_b_Surveilled_Silenced_b_b_A_Report_on_Palestine_Solidarity_at_York_University_b_/27080728" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">figshare.com/articles/dataset/</span><span class="invisible">_b_Surveilled_Silenced_b_b_A_Report_on_Palestine_Solidarity_at_York_University_b_/27080728</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CdnPSE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CdnPSE</span></a> 🍉</p>
Tim Ribaric<p>CAUT Journal has published a new piece. It is on the experience of Contract Academic Staff.</p><p>Check it out: <a href="https://journal.caut.ca/index.php/caut-journal/article/view/23" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">journal.caut.ca/index.php/caut</span><span class="invisible">-journal/article/view/23</span></a></p><p><a href="https://code4lib.social/tags/CdnPSE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CdnPSE</span></a></p>
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