Be sure to tune in to Ideas on CBC Radio on Monday, April 13th! Monday, April 13 UNIVERSITIES UNDER ATTACK Universities face existential threats, from slashed budgets and closing programs, to explicitly political attacks — and their struggle to define their role…

Do you want students to be literate? If you said yes, then unless you're having students strictly reading technical manuals & repair guides, the instruction cannot be neutral. As Freire explained, there can be no teaching of the word, that isn't also a teaching of the world.

“A flag used to distract…electorate from the collection of small fires burning across the province. Schools in Alberta are overcrowded, and emergency rooms are so over capacity that preventable deaths are occurring with alarming frequency.” www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

Someone sent me this.

In this short video, @drmarcspooner.bsky.social succinctly describes the multiple assaults on higher education in the US and Canada. The @ualberta.bsky.social features as an example of democratic erosion. @univcan.ca @aasua.bsky.social @timeshighered.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=TV7X...

Hi everyone. If every single one of you seeing this post considered clicking “follow” on our new account/movement, @urbantruth.bsky.social, our work would start regularly reaching a BIG audience, and that’s KEY to us having the REAL IMPACT we hope this initiative will have. Thanks for considering!

Here's my intro to TIFA Presents Knowledge Under Siege Isabel Bader Theatre, Victoria College, University of Toronto, Toronto. March 25, 2026, Toronto, Canada. youtu.be/TV7XjAs_iwU?...

Ottawa! Interested in knowledge, universities, freedom? Alarmed about gag orders, censorship, racism? This might just be for you!

Alberta is under attack And the calls are coming from inside the house!

Get Big Mother out of our classrooms There’s no teaching of the word, that’s not also a teaching of the world (credit Freire) calgaryherald.com/news/local-n...

Reminder to next dem government: take all of SpaceX’s federal contracts and give the money back to NASA.

Here's my intro to TIFA Presents Knowledge Under Siege Isabel Bader Theatre, Victoria College, University of Toronto, Toronto. March 25, 2026, Toronto, Canada. youtu.be/TV7XjAs_iwU?...

Both siding slavery, KKK, trail of tears, residential schools, the Holocaust, other genocides, WWI, WWIi, etc.

Coming to a university near you, unless faculty and students discover their collective power. canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...

But on the pro genocide side… WTF— get these authoritarians out of office! Education isn’t neutral and teachers shouldn’t model neutrality— they should be nonpartisan, however. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Very NOT normal in a democracy. Very normal in an authoritarian state Florida’s public universities will no longer allow a standalone introductory sociology… amp.miamiherald.com/news/politic...

How embarrassing 🙈 They used AI to obediently follow UCP party policy! edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n....

OK Ottawa Interested in knowledge, universities, freedom? Alarmed about gag orders, censorship, racism? This might just be for you!

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Thanks to University of Regina Press, Toronto International Festival of Authors, & CBC Ideas for the important discussions & a special & memorable evening! Check out: uofrpress.ca/Books/K/Know... And do watch for a the forthcoming CBC Ideas segment coming soon…

Graduation ceremonies should steer clear of 'divisive or contentious issues,' says provincial memo ‘Ceremonies are expected to remain focused solely on recognizing student achievement,’ memo says www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Opinion: The quiet restructuring of Alberta’s universities calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...

Oh Florida simply doesn't allow fraud, why haven't other states tried that.

TODAY is the day, Toronto! Come be part of these important discussions… Students and Faculty: Don't miss out! Use the discount code STUDENTCOMP for FREE student tickets and if you're faculty tickets are half off with the code CAUT.

In solidarity with students of Ottawa, @cuasa.ca&@apuott.bsky.social attended the rally organised by student associations of the region against the recent cuts in OSAP. @ocufa.bsky.social @caut.bsky.social @caut.bsky.social @ottawalabour.bsky.social @cfson.bsky.social @opseusefpo.bsky.social

TOMORROW EVENING IN TORONTO Students and Faculty: Don't miss out! Use the discount code STUDENTCOMP for FREE student tickets and if you're faculty tickets are half off with the code CAUT.

Let’s gather for these important discussions

In two days, Toronto Come on out for this important discussion!

“Academic freedom has declined more quickly in the United States than any other country in the past year, but it is a significant contributor to a worrying global trend of continuing decline in academic freedom, according to a new report.” www.universityworldnews.com/post-mobile....

this is next Tuesday March 25! Come if you can

In "a very clear abuse of power," Trump's FCC is threatening to revoke broadcasters' licenses over their coverage of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.

TIFA is making tickets to this urgent live public conversation available to Faculty (CAUT members) at a 50% discount. Promo Code: CAUT Additionally, 100 complimentary student tickets have been made available. Please ask your students to use Student Promo Code: STUDENTCOMP to claim their tickets.

AI is programmed to hijack human empathy — we must resist that www.nature.com/articles/d41... by @mustafasuleymanai.bsky.social via @nature.com AI "... must remain fundamentally accountable to humans, and subservient to humanity’s well-being." Revisit Asimov’s 1942 "Three Laws of Robotics"?

The real censors of research & teaching are authoritarian right wing governments: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/u...

One more question that needs to be asked: Bell says facility will be dedicated to sovereign AI compute, guaranteeing the data remains within Canada with strict chain-of-custody and residency requirements. But the 2 tenants CoreWeave & Cerebras are US companies and will supply compute infrastructure

@crof.bsky.social: A University of Regina forum concluded neoliberalism has created universities in its own image: currying favour with rich donors and carrying out research.

The first published review to my knowledge: “The academics in Knowledge Under Siege have made a powerful case for universities in the service of an egalitarian and inclusive state. It will be up to Canadians…” www.thetyee.ca/Culture/2026...

Come on out for this important discussion

Please share with all your Toronto friends Interested in knowledge, universities, freedom? Alarmed about gag orders, censorship, racism? This might just be for you! March 25 @ 7:30pm Isabel Bader Theatre, Victoria College Get your tickets today: tinyurl.com/yx9xtsp5

Please share with all your Toronto friends Interested in knowledge, universities, freedom? Alarmed about gag orders, censorship, racism? This might just be for you! March 25 @ 7:30pm Isabel Bader Theatre, Victoria College Get your tickets today: tinyurl.com/yx9xtsp5

Help spread the word!

Oh Alberta! Gag orders and book bans are not a good look “Now boxed away in storage in some Edmonton and Calgary-area schools are graphic novel versions of Margaret Atwood’s A Handmaid’s Tale and George Orwell’s 1984 — both dystopian stories about government control.” www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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

Regina folks Come to this! Invite your friends Free just register here: www.eventbrite.ca/e/book-celeb...