CIHE’s Creso Sa, Glen Jones and Leesa Wheelahan have each had their respective Ontario Human Capital Research and Innovation Fund projects approved by the Ontario Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Development. Creso Sa and his research team’s project seeks to identify the outcomes that students participating in entrepreneurship programming in Ontario colleges and universities…Read More
Comparative Perspectives in Higher Education
September 14, 2016 | International Dialogue
By Ruth Hayhoe It was a great pleasure to attend the 16th World Congress of Comparative Education in Beijing, August 22-28 on the theme of “Dialectics of Education: Comparative Perspectives.” The World Council of Comparative Education Societies was founded in 1970 and had its first Congress in Ottawa that year, since then meeting about every…Read More
New Innovation Agenda for Canada – Can the Federal-Provincial Policy Divide be Overcome?
August 31, 2016 | Policy Debate
By Merli Tamtik The federal government is emphasizing a new collaborative approach in building ‘an inclusive innovation agenda’ with the help of ‘Innovation Leaders’ – stakeholders from the business community to universities and colleges, the not-for-profit sector, social entrepreneurs and indigenous business leaders. A more focused and collaborative approach to support entrepreneurship and innovation is…Read More
The HEQCO Report on Differentiation Part 3: Financial Sustainability
August 24, 2016 | Policy Debate
By Dan Lang To continue the discussion that began in the previous blog posts (see Part 1 and Part 2) about HEQCO’s report on The Differentiation of the Ontario University System let’s at look some significant matters of fact insofar as what the report calls “financial sustainability” is concerned.
New Challenges for Visiting Professors to Canada
August 22, 2016 | Policy Debate
By Glen A. Jones The broad reforms to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) are having an impact on international academic relations in Canada. While the changes have essentially added new layers of regulation to the TFWP itself and the categories of labour mobility exempt from the TFWP (now grouped under the International Mobility Program…Read More
What Should Academics Focus on in Times of War? A look at Ukraine
August 16, 2016 | International Dialogue
By Anatoly Oleksiyenko Following the 2014 Revolution of Dignity and the subsequent Russian occupation of Crimea and armed intervention in Donbas, the Ukrainian NGO Poruch (“Alongside”) (est. 2011) has championed an extraordinary volunteer movement that engages local professors and students in relief work in the war-affected communities. Galvanized by the ideas and spirit of Dr.…Read More
New report on sessional faculty in Ontario universities
August 15, 2016 | CIHE Research
The unprecedented growth in non-tenure/tenure track faculty has led to speculation as to the learning environment and learning outcomes for students. Both national media and researchers have raised concerns about the growth in short-term contract faculty, yet there is little evidentiary data to support policy development. (p.3)
August 9 – CIHE Director Creso Sa published in The Globe and Mail
August 9, 2016 | News
CIHE Director Creso Sa has written an op-ed piece for The Globe and Mail entitled, “Canada’s R&D tax credit doesn’t pass the test for evidence-based policy”. In this article, Professor Sa outlines some of the drivers behind this federal policy, its intended and historical outcomes, as well as the limitations it faces to truly generate…Read More
The Campus Climate in Turkish Universities
August 2, 2016 | International Dialogue
By Baris Uslu Turkey has unpleasant memories from several military interventions including the coups in 1961 and 1980. During the cold war, those were conflicts that reflected the cleavage between people in the “right” and “left”. During past coups, many academics were discharged from universities due to their political views, and academic freedom for others was…Read More
A View from Turkey: Higher Education after the Coup Attempt
July 27, 2016 | International Dialogue
Editor’s note: The Blog welcomes contributions by Turkish professors and experts sharing their views on current events. Usual disclaimers apply, i.e., the personal opinions and perspectives of post authors do not constitute official views or positions by CIHE, OISE or the University. By Sedat Gumus and Bekir S. Gur Since its establishment, Turkey has experienced…Read More