Fixing post-secondary education key to fixing social inequities

A commitment to affordable, high quality, accessible, and inclusive post-secondary education for all demands strong federal leadership to close the gap on Indigenous education and better serve minority language students.

All the national parties have made welcome commitments to increase federal funding for minority language education in their platforms. Missing, however, is a comprehensive vision for post-secondary education in Canada, writes Brenda Austin-Smith.The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia and Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY BRENDA AUSTIN-SMITH

September 15, 2021

This past February, Laurentian University—an important institution for francophone, Indigenous, and Northern Ontario students—declared insolvency and drastically reduced jobs and programs, cutting mathematics, midwifery, and mo...

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