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Invisible hands: Making academic labour visible
These days, a large portion of the academic labour on university campuses is done not by tenured professors, but by contract faculty or teaching assistants. Contract faculty now represent a large...
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As UNB strike continues, province orders both sides back to the table
The University of New Brunswick and its professors are heading back to the negotiating table — because the government is telling them to. Minister of Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour, Jody...
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Who owns the university? On public institutions and private giving
In early January, the Executive of the Association of Academic Staff at the University of Alberta (AASUA) met, at her request, with the President of the University of Alberta, Indira Samarasekera. At...
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UBC Students vote three-to-one to divest from fossil fuels
You can change the environmental conversation. Chip in to rabble’s donation drive today! The growing movement to divest from fossil fuel companies took a significant step forward in Vancouver last...
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Rape culture and student politics at the University of Ottawa
Warning: the following post contains graphic language and descriptions of sexual violence. On February 10, Anne Marie Roy, president of the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa, was sent...
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Carleton TAs and contract instructors reach tentative settlement, avoid strike
Carleton’s teaching assistants (TAs) and contract instructors, represented by CUPE 4600, reached a tentative settlement just before 1:30 a.m. March 10 after months of negotiations. The settlements will...
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Students across Canada organize for Israeli Apartheid Week 2014
This week on campuses across the country, student activists are gathering for film screenings, poetry readings, talks and actions to acknowledge Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW). Now in its tenth year, IAW...
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Student debt and class privilege: An open letter to Margaret Wente
Dear Margaret Wente, In a recent column in The Globe and Mail, you argued that the affordability crisis in post-secondary education, in which Canadian students pay high tuition fees and thus take on...
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Fairbairn firing at the University of Saskatchewan must not go unanswered
When I first saw the letter below circulating on Twitter as of mid-day, seemingly issued on the letterhead of the office of the Provost and VP Academic at the University of Saskatchewan and signed by...
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Yet another tuition fee hike at UOttawa: Enough is enough
It’s that time of year again at the University of Ottawa; most students have left campus for the summer, presenting an opportune time for President Allan Rock and his friends on the Board of Governors...
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USask crisis raises questions over privatizing our public universities
Please help rabble.ca stop Harper’s election fraud plan. Become a monthly supporter. By now, most people who follow news in higher education are familiar with the scandal at University of Saskatchewan...
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Faculty for Palestine opposes Canadian university links with Israeli...
Editor’s Note: This statement was first issued July 9, 2014, before the current ground offensive in Gaza. The death and prisoner toll has greatly increased since then. 1. Israel must be held...
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