Using red squares as red herrings: Scapegoating youth in the attack on progress
It's membership time. Cultivate Canada's media. Support rabble.ca. Become a member.Why is it still, for some, a newsflash that reality for today's youth is a solar system away from the world of just 25...
View ArticleThe student strike in Quebec
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View ArticleCanada's self-imposed crisis in post-secondary education
It's membership time. Cultivate Canada's media. Support rabble.ca. Become a member.On June 7, I gave a keynote address to the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees Education Sector Conference. My...
View ArticleActivist Communiqué: Masquerade solidarité in support of the Quebec student...
Masquerade Solidarité: Students and Allies United Against Tuition Fees! Street Party and DemonstrationFriday June 22, 2012.http://www.osmc.caFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWHO: Ontario Students' Mobilisation...
View ArticleVancouver 'Casseroles' arrests rise to 12 as police brutality alleged last night
Police arrested seven more protesters last night at a Vancouver "Casseroles" demonstration in support of Quebec students -- only days after five arrests at a similar rally on Friday -- sending one...
View ArticleCanada's Mean Test: Myths behind neo-con madness
Got change? Want change? Spare some and get some by becoming a member of rabble.ca today.It's difficult to overstate the significance of the Quebec student strike (the longest in North American...
View ArticleActivist Communiqué: Maple Spring - Toronto discussion on the fight against...
Maple Spring - A Discussion on the Fight Against Tuition FeesThe Deets: Wednesday July 18, 2012 4:00 pm - 6:00 pmCurtis Lecture Hall BYork University Toronto, ONThe Call Out: Join us for a discussion...
View ArticleOntario's tuition problem
At a time when Ontario's government is promising a transformation of the province's postsecondary education system, it would be wise to focus on a problem it helped create: the problem of high...
View ArticleCost of learning growing faster than incomes
A new report by the CCPA, Eduflation and the High Cost of Learning, shows that the average university tuition bill in Canada has grown three times faster than inflation over the last 20 years. It's...
View ArticleQuebec election: Where do we stand after September 4?
On September 4, the people of Québec elected a new National Assembly. They demonstrated a surprising level of interest in the 35-day campaign, full of twists and turns, despite it being held in the...
View ArticleThere's nothing inevitable about 'eduflation' and student debt
It might have been my imagination (or perhaps wishful thinking), but in the midst of this year's back-to-school media coverage, the issue of student debt seemed a little more prominent than usual.At...
View ArticleQueen's University and mental health: Rendering the root causes invisible
Change the conversation, support rabble.ca today.It seems fitting to write about depression at this time of year.read more
View ArticleThe neoliberal attacks on Québec higher education
Change the conversation, support rabble.ca today.For a post-secondary education junkie like me, my move to Québec couldn’t have been better timed.read more
View Article11 clues that the PCs' 11 Paths to Prosperity is a joke
While I’m not sure others did, I totally got the joke.I saw people responding to the Progressive Conservatives’ White Paper on higher education and thought, “Boy, they’re going to be embarrassed when...
View ArticleDrawing blood from stones: The relentless tuition fee hike
Ontario announced a new tuition fee framework today. It's the first time that the Liberal government has changed it in seven years.In 2006, Dalton McGuinty punched students in the face with a five per...
View ArticleTuition costs in Canada: Jeopardy, Jackpot, or Wheel of (Mis)Fortune?
It seems all that fuss being kicked up about tuition fees rising faster than inflation, significant levels of student debt, dismal employment prospects for young people, and parents having to postpone...
View ArticlePlacing the CFS in context: the state of Ontario's student movement
La conjoncture.When I heard this word for the 60th time used in meetings, I thought I better ask someone what it meant. A friend of mine said to me that it’s a fundamental aspect of forming a political...
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Free post-secondary education in Canada: It's not so radical
Monday, March 31, 2014 Canada needs to embrace a not so radical idea: free post-secondary education. We need to stop raising tuition fees and instead invest in Canadian education. Barrier-free access...
View ArticleShould an Ontario university degree be a debt sentence?
Right now, post-secondary students across Ontario are finishing up their studies for the year and heading off to summer jobs -- if they have been lucky enough to land one.New research from the CCPA...
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Newfoundland and Labrador to replace student loans with grants
Friday, April 25, 2014 Newfoundland and Labrador has maintained a decade-long tuition freeze, had earlier removed loan interest and has now become the first province set to replace student loans with...
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