Democracy, equity, & academic freedom.
Universities across North America are under attack- budget cuts & attacks from ultra-conservative pundits are forcing these educational institutions to defend their value
What should be the role of universities?
youtu.be/TMO-4Wed_3s?...
Democracy, equity, & academic freedom.
Universities across North America are under attack- budget cuts & attacks from ultra-conservative pundits are forcing these educational institutions to defend their value
What should be the role of universities?
youtu.be/TMO-4Wed_3s?...
Interested in knowledge, universities, freedom? Alarmed about gag orders, censorship, racism?
In Toronto March 25th?
If you answered yes to these, this event might just be for you!
If you’re in or near Toronto
TIFA Presents Knowledge Under Siege
A CBC IDEAS live recording
Wed, Mar 25 • 7:30pm
festivalofauthors.ca/event/tifa-p...
If you’re in or near Toronto
TIFA Presents Knowledge Under Siege
A CBC IDEAS live recording
Wed, Mar 25 • 7:30pm
festivalofauthors.ca/event/tifa-p...
Happening now: Students arriving at Queen’s Park for a “Hands Off Our Education” protest against OSAP changes and tuition fee increases. #OnPoli
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Regina folks
Come to this! Invite your friends
Free just register here:
www.eventbrite.ca/e/book-celeb...
If you happen to be in or near Toronto later this month, please check this out!
Knowledge Under Siege
Isabell Bader Theatre, Victoria College, UofT
March 25th, 7:30pm
festivalofauthors.ca/event/tifa-p...
What role are Universities supposed to play in society?
Knowledge Under Siege: Charting a Future for Universities
A real pleasure for James and I to be on CBC BlueSky hosted by Nichole Huck
Blue Sky www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... 'If we consider the top 1% as the “treeline” on a mountain, then the real story of the phenomenal wealth growth in the last few decades has taken place almost completely above the treeline' @policyalternatives.ca @lindamcquaig.bsky.social
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Today!
Call in!
Noon-1pm Sask time (that’s 1-2pm Eastern time)
What’s currently happening with Universities that might be cause for alarm?
Gag orders, book bans, censorship of entire areas of scholarship and teaching— in the USA but also in Canada & globally.
Call into CBC BlueSky Tuesday, March 3rd noon-1pm
1-800-716-2221 or e- mail bluesky bluesky@cbc.ca
I wrote a thread.
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If you’re in Regina
Come to this event! You don’t need to be an academic- this is for everyone
Register here:
www.eventbrite.ca/e/book-celeb...
Trump's self-dealing is truly off the scales — eclipsing even the biggest corruption scandal of the First Gilded Age.
It's a new Golden Age for grifting. [@brennancenter.org]
Great to be on CBC Morning Edition discussing the alarms raised in our new edited book-
Knowledge Under Siege: Charting a Future for Universities
WANT to continue this conversation about what's at stake?
JOIN US ON CBC BLUESKY Tues. March 3, noon-1pm
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
February 25, 2026, join us for the launch of "Knowledge Under Siege: Charting a Future for Universities" at 12:00 pm at the Dr. John Archer Library (University of Regina Main Campus)!
Please RSVP here: www.eventbrite.ca/e/book-launc...
The event is free and all are welcome to attend.
To prison if/when proven guilty
“The Justice has withheld some Epstein files related to allegations that Trump sexually abused a minor, an NPR investigation finds. It also removed some documents from the public database where accusations against Epstein also mention Trump.”
Today!
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Why is Doug Ford changing OSAP?
It's simple: he is trying to balance the post-secondary books on the backs of low and middle income students and their families.
His changes to OSAP will cost students up to $3500 more per year in debt.
We deserve affordable education.
"Journalists have to tackle complex topics…often outside their area…while meeting ever-tighter deadlines.
Under these conditions, researchers become key resources [and] can facilitate fact-checking, add nuance to analysis, or prevent leaps of logic.”
universityaffairs.ca/news/world-e...
The "publish or perish" culture must perish. Scientists need time to think.
We just published our Slow Science Manifesto, where we argue that huge changes are needed in the way we fund, publish, and evaluate science.
Read more and sign here: www.slow-science.com
A must read here for all Canadians, but especially Albertans via @emmettmacfarlane.com
emmettmacfarlane.substack.com/p/danielle-s...
THIS TUESDAY!
Qualitative Inquiry in this Moment: The Dismantling and Assault of Higher Education
February 24 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Join us on February 24th, 2026, at 1:00 p.m. EST, (12 noon CST, 11:00 a.m. MST, 10:00 a.m. PST, 8:00 p.m. UK)
qualitativeinquiry.org/event/qualit...
If you’re in Regina
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My latest thinking re: AI and writing. couros.substack.com/p/the-shortc... #aiinedu #edusky #genai #literacy
19.02.2026 03:54 — 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0We need tools like this. The university is indeed under siege. Without action, soon, we’ll have no public institutions and goods left.
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In the spirit of open access to knowledge, you can download this book for free! No strings. Of course we hope you buy it, but that isn't necessary.
Knowledge Under Siege
Charting a Future for Universities
Knowledge Under Siege
Charting a Future for Universities
uofrpress.ca/Books/K/Know...
Dr. Hank Reichman, former chair of AAUP's Committee on Academic Freedom and Tenure, emphasizes that the struggle to protect academic freedom and the rights of faculty is part of a larger struggle to defend the rights for everybody in a democratic society.
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