Policy Options: Commetary by Debbie Martin

November 21, 2025 • The dangerous rush for Indigenous identity policies at universities

People with legitimate claims to Indigeneity are being swept up in policies that will cause lasting harm. The call for quick action is misplaced. Read on

CTV News: Reporting by Genevieve Beauchemin

November 30, 2025 • ‘An absolute gut punch’: University cuts ripple through Canadian campuses

Genevieve Beauchemin with a look at how budget cuts are impacting campus life at universities. See here

The Kingston Whig Standard: Reporting by Michelle Dorey Forestell

December 8, 2025 • Arbitrator partially sides with Queen's faculty in software grievance

An arbitrator has partially upheld a grievance filed by the Queen’s University Faculty Association (QUFA) over the university’s requirement that faculty install third-party security software on any device they use for work. Read on

Sharing this because a similar move seems to be afoot at Dalhousie. See this related open letter from concerned computer science experts at Queen’s.

Halifax Examiner: Commentary by Kate Ashley and Wayne MacKay

December 19, 2025 • Why we still need ivory towers

Kate Ashley (lawyer, professor, and Vice-Provost at Acadia University) and Wayne MacKay (lawyer, law professor, former President of Mount Allison University) express their views and doubts about the Houston Government’s approach to annual program reviews in Nova Scotia’s higher education system. Read here

Halifax Examiner: Morning File by Tim Bousquet

December 19, 2025 • A firm with a reputation for recommending deep cuts and layoffs has been hired as a consultant to review Nova Scotia’s universities

Tim Bousquet reports on the Houston government’s approach to restructuring Nova Scotia’s higher education sector, the American consulting firm Huron that was hired to advise them. Read here

CBC Information Morning (Cape Breton) with Steve Sutherland

December 22, 2025 • In defence of the independence of the university

Hear concerns from Kate Ashley (lawyer, professor, and Vice-Provost at Acadia University) about the Houston government’s review of universities. Listen here