Higher education is under pressure, and we’re up to the challenge

A Canada without our excellent universities would look very different. Now more than ever, we need to come together as a country to strengthen these invaluable institutions.

Students walk through the University of Ottawa campus. Post-secondary institutions are facing budget pressures due to inflationary pressures, limited increases to provincial grants and student tuition, and the sudden change in federal policy around international student study permits, writes Jeff Hennessy.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY JEFF HENNESSY

September 24, 2025

This is a crisis moment in Canadian higher education. I don’t say that to alarm. I write this as a cautionary tale.

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