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Carol Tator, York University Guest Contributor “Who are we in the university…? What do we represent? Whom do we represent? Are we responsible? For what and to whom? If there is a university responsibility, it at least begins with the moment when a...

Vanaja Dhruvarajan, Carleton University Guest Contributor Universities are one of the most important sites of knowledge production. Open and inclusive dialogue contributes generously to the knowledge commons. It allows all of us to take advantage of...

Jeffrey G. Reitz, University of Toronto Guest Contributor Multiculturalism has been a cornerstone of Canadian policy for almost 40 years, but internationally, particularly since 9/11 and in light of inter-ethnic conflicts in Europe resulting from...

Christine Overall, Queen’s University Guest Contributor Naïma Atef Amed has twice been forced out of government-funded French language classes for new immigrants in Montreal. The reason is that she wears a niqab, a face veil chosen by some Muslim...

Minister Faust Guest Contributor For this post, we're offering it in audio form - simply click on the link below and listen! Or, if you'd prefer to read, a shortened transcript follows. Click here to listen to the full podcast. I’ve worked with...

Frances Henry, York University Guest Contributor Anti-racist scholars across the country are raising critical issues about the dynamics of racial inequity in the Canadian academy. An increasing literature written largely by racialized and Indigenous...

Sarah Wolfe, University of Waterloo and Ailsa Craig, Memorial University Guest Contributors Every day begins with an email: ‘Here’s my pact. What are you doing today?’ The messages fly back and forth, halfway across the country. Hardly the...

Donna Palmateer Pennee, University of Western Ontario Guest Contributor As a dean and as a researcher and teacher, I have a personal commitment to equity that is focused on not losing ground for those whose rights have improved significantly, while...

Audrey Kobayashi, Queen's University Guest Contributor Women of colour remain severely underrepresented in Canadian academia. Notwithstanding employment equity policies that have been in place for at least two decades in most universities, they are...