What is a University Now?
It’s a commonplace, but an important one, that what the university is is always contested and complicated, and what any university is in any particular time and place is a …
Neoliberalism
Trent: A Neoliberal University
The year is 1982. Pierre Trudeau is still raising his children at 24 Sussex Drive. Ronald Reagan was elected just last year; he will occupy the White House for the …
The Right to Learn
On Wednesday, September 19 the TCSA hosted a film screening of the documentary The Right to Learn, as well as a panel discussion on the accessibility of post-secondary education. The …
Trent Annual Political Research Symposium a hit
On Feb. 26, about fifty members of the student body, with a few faculty members sprinkled in, headed to The Pit in Lady Eaton College to attend an extremely informative …
The plight of PhD students: Part II
At some universities, PhD students are offered instructor positions in their upper years or at least put into a pool of possible PhD student instructors. At Trent, conversely, PhD students …
Educational austerity: what it means for Trent
The tale of budget cuts to higher education institutions in Canada is an old one. It is ironic that one of the very pillars of progress has become significantly underfunded …
Indigenous Studies: a lack of resources and faculty
Trent University is academically diverse with many prospective students and current students looking to further their education in science, nursing, business, arts, and humanities courses. However, Trent may be facing …
Trend towards casual academic positions harming education
Part-time precarious positions have negative impacts for students, teachers and for education in general. At Trent, the casualization of the academic labour force has been incrementing in the last few …
TFS, OPIRG, and Artspace to screen Whose University Is It?
Before you watch this film, you should ask yourself: how much do you really know about the history of your university? In the 2003 documentary Whose University Is It? filmmakers …
Editorial: Interaction, not production, is critical for education
There have never been more educated people in the world than there are right now. According to Government of Canada research conducted in 2012, 93 percent of the Canadian population …