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Is a Bachelor of Arts degree enough? And how might it need to change? The Globe and Mail investigates in today's paper, exploring why students are feeling more pressure to continue their studies after completing a BA. The rise in graduate and...

Dale A. Turner, Dartmouth College Guest contributor This blog post is part of the Federation Equity Issues Portfolio’s ‘Transforming the Academy: Indigenous Education’ series, which will be the focus of the Portfolio’s programming at Congress 2011...

Carl E. James, York University Guest Contributor If we were to scan the academic job ads of Canadian universities today, we would notice the following: After the description of the job, the required qualifications, and the application’s deadline, at...

On What Terms Can We Speak? Aboriginal-Canadian Relations as an Education Priority Last June, Chief Shawn Atleo made a passionate plea to all governments, education institutions and private organizations to support the Assembly of First Nations...

Malinda S Smith, Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences Vice President, Equity Issues With a week to go, and early voting already underway, issues and priorities for First Nations, Inuit and Métis have received surprisingly little...

Donna Palmateer Pennee, University of Western Ontario Guest Contributor “ Vote Mobs,” originating with 700 students on the University of Guelph campus, indicate students are preparing publicly for election 2011. Where are the parallel faculty and...

In May 2010, the federal government put out a call for submissions around Canada’s digital economy, asking for Canadians’ ideas around what a national digital strategy should include. With the help of a Taskforce comprised of leading Canadian...

Adrienne Shadd, Independent Scholar Guest Contributor This blog entry is part of the Equity Issues Portfolio’s series on ‘ interculturalism and pluralism’. For most Canadians, the only time that the Black presence enters onto the main stage of...