If there’s one common complaint among academic staff it’s that non-academic staff… administrators… are multiplying like weeds, and taking over the … Continued

I recently met someone who had just moved to Canada from the UK, to take up a decanal position here.  … Continued

So, you may have heard that the University of Manitoba Faculty Association (UMFA) is threatening a strike, starting tomorrow.  What … Continued

I often write about the unsustainability of university finances, the lunacy of its cost base, the fact that Canadian profs … Continued

Reading Peter C. Kent’s book on the Strax Affair at UNB – in which the case’s denouement was significantly affected by the … Continued