The divestment movement continues to gain momentum at university campuses across North America.
In St. John’s, students at the Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador are putting pressure on the administration to divest endowment and pension funds of shares in “dirty” companies.
The University of Toronto just said no to divestment of energy stocks and shares of other companies that are large carbon producers. More...

By Kerry Benjoe. Over the weekend, an influx of powwow enthusiasts from North America will make Regina their home for the 38th annual First Nations University of Canada’s powwow. More...

By Ian Holliday. A later wave of funding added another 20 books for trades and technology subjects, but because of the continuous revision open textbooks allow, there are 140 resources in the BC Open Textbook Collection, not to mention the thousands of other open source course materials that have been created for other jurisdictions over the years. More...

By Bob Grant. Canada’s new Liberal government laid out a funding roadmap last week (March 22) that includes a huge boost to the country’s federal research agencies and universities. The proposal seeks to add more than $72 million per year to the budgets of Canada’s research granting councils, including $19 million to help cover indirect costs for universities that win federal funding. More...

By Craig and Marc Kielburger. We knew service learning has an incredible impact on students in marginalized, low-income communities who are at higher risk of such problems as addiction and crime. When these students take part in our WE Schools programs, they are 1.5 times more likely to respect their teachers, 2.1 times more inclined to share opinions in class, and almost nine times as likely to launch a campaign to address a social issue they're passionate about, according to a survey of North American teachers, and current and former students, by research firm Mission Measurement. More...

Par Antonia Birnbaum. Aujourd’hui, la question « à quoi bon encore l’université ? » est posée. Il y a ceux qui la posent pour nous inviter à la déserter. Il y a ceux qui la posent pour la défendre. Il y a ceux qui les premiers en dictent les termes, et qui possèdent déjà la réponse, à savoir les tenants d’un pouvoir au service de l’irrationnelle rationalité de l’économie. Dans les remarques qui suivent, je voudrais tenter de nommer le malaise que j’éprouve à enseigner aujourd’hui en université. J’écris donc un texte d’humeur...
En tant que la formation professionnelle s’impose à l’université comme son ressort principal, la soumet au fonctionnement régulier de la société, elle ne cherche pas à « faciliter » l’insertion future des étudiants, pas plus que ne le ferait une agence d’emploi. Ça, pour faire vite, c’est l’idéologie qui va avec. En vérité, la formation professionnelle soumet bien entendu l’université au fonctionnement réel de l’économie, c’est-à-dire à la précarité, à la flexibilité, au chômage, à un travail salarié exclusivement conçu au regard de sa solvabilité et de son utilité pour la reproduction capitaliste de la société. C’est à cela qu’elle forme. Voir l'article...

By Krystalle Ramlakhan. University says information was up for two weeks, but only two people accessed the site. More...

By Gail Harding. The provincial government will expand the mentorship program for recent graduates to consider applications from international students. More...

By Jillian Toman. An ever-increasing number of international students flock to Windsor's post secondary schools hoping to improve their employment prospects.
But they are paying a premium for the opportunity. More...