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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“Abolishing gender programs & the lessons they have taught, will, Trump & his acolytes hope, undermine our ability not just to condemn, but also to critically analyze the policies & practices they want to impose.”
Must Read by Joan Scott, member of the AAUP’s Committee on Academic Freedom.
Free Public Lecture Zoom
Qualitative Inquiry in this Moment: The Dismantling and Assault of Higher Education
February 24 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
qualitativeinquiry.org/event/qualit...
Wednesday, March 4, 2026 at 5:30 PM - 8 PM @ Crave, Regina, SK
Book Celebration:
Knowledge Under Siege: Charting a Future for Universities
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If you’re in Regina
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Poor political decisions, a broken funding model, managerial leadership, and metric‑driven governance, which together are transforming the sector into something barely recognisable as a public university system by Constantinos Alexiou and George Saridakis
blogs.lse.ac.uk/impa...
10 years ago before Texas A&M became a “university”
The landscape did indeed change!
I guess Governor if the USA annexes Alberta.
"A key figure in Alberta’s separatist movement said Premier Danielle Smith indicated to him that if the province goes it alone she’d stay on as its leader. And the title she’d prefer in the role is prime minister."
thetyee.ca/News/2026/01...
We are but one gubernatorial election & one right-wing CEO/banker/politician chancellor away from becoming the "University" of Wisconsin - Madison the way Texas A&M "University" is now collapsing in on itself.
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Our letter rejecting the use of generative AI for reflexive qualitative research has now been published OA in Qualitative Inquiry - endorsed by over 400 researchers
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
This is a huge win for higher ed! Unfortunately, many institutions complied in advance and already folded many of their DEI efforts. This is an example of why it’s so important to resist until there is no other option. Most of the programs that were terminated won’t be resurrected. What a loss.
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