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Category: Politics

Waiting for the Arbitrator

We are now on Day 23 of a strike at the University of Manitoba, where the two sides genuinely did not start all that far apart.  Binding arbitration looms.  How did it get to this point? To really understand what’s going on here, one must go back to 2016.  In that year, the University of Manitoba Faculty Association (UMFA) went on strike over a combination of governance and salary issues.  They ended up winning a good chunk of what they

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November 24, 2021 No Comments

Global Higher Education’s Post-COVID Future (4) – The Return of Politics

HESA recognizes the importance of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and the ongoing need to commit to actions that promote and enable real reconciliation. There are many organizations worthy of support including: Orange Shirt Society: https://www.orangeshirtday.org/Indian Residential School Survivors Society: https://www.irsss.ca/The Circle on Philanthropy and Aboriginal Peoples in Canada: https://www.the-circle.ca/ On Monday, I described some of the big changes of the past 18 months; Tuesday I discussed the first big future trend (“Funding Challenges Forever”), Wednesday the second (“New

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September 30, 2021 No Comments

Global Higher Education’s Post-COVID Future (1)

Back in July, I was kindly invited to a conference sponsored by the Perspektywy Foundation in Warsaw to give a talk about the future of global higher education after COVID.  Over this week, I want to recap that talk and provide some analysis about the main policy trends affecting higher education of the next few years.  Not all these trends will affect countries equally (for reasons that will become apparent) but I think they probably capture the biggest pieces of

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September 27, 2021 1 Comment

Yawn

So, did anything happen last night? Kidding.  Of course it didn’t.  We’re in for another minority parliament led by Liberals who will claim to have listened to Canadians, look to make Parliament work, etc. right up until the moment, 18-24 months from now, when they go back to the polls yet again looking for a majority.  So, what does this mean for policy in Canada and specifically our favourite areas of higher education, science and innovation?  Well, I don’t think

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September 20, 2021 1 Comment

Interpreting the Manifesto Commitments

Morning all.  Today’s the day where I try to sum up and compare what the various parties are promising in different areas and what that likely means for the sector.  For greater detail on individual party platforms for PSE, you may wish to consult the previous analyses: Conservative, NDP, Liberal and Green. Let’s start with the issue of transfers to provinces.  In previous years, but particularly in the two decades following the major cutbacks embedded in the Liberal government’s 1995

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September 16, 2021 No Comments

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