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Laurie Adkin

Laurie Adkin

National Observer

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Who will defend the public university?

Who will defend the public university?

Universities face mounting political, economic, and ecological pressures. The harder question is who will challenge them

04.06.2026 20

Canadian Dimension

Laurie Adkin

The very political ‘neutrality’ campaign to exclude equity, diversity, and social justice from higher education

Opponents of EDI position themselves as defenders of merit and objectivity—but their methods reveal a partisan strategy

23.03.2026 50

Canadian Dimension

Laurie Adkin

Empire, ecology, and Canada’s foreign policy ‘reset’

05.02.2026 50

Canadian Dimension

Laurie Adkin

University crackdown on Palestine solidarity encampments a grievous violation of Charter freedoms

Those responsible should be required to apologize and make reparation to all whose freedoms of political expression were denied

15.03.2025 20

Canadian Dimension

Laurie Adkin