When you reflect on your years in high school, chances are there was at least one teacher who made an impact, someone who cared about your work and you as …
Does diversity in institutions of higher learning mean an enumeration of whether there are enough representatives across the traditional categories of race, class and gender? Or … Is it an …
Congratulations! You have come this far – through the challenging years as a doctoral student or post-doc, with late nights, writer’s blocks, reviews and rewrites, committee critiques, and so much …
As forward-thinking and innovative as many universities are, women in academia have not been immune to the discrimination and inequalities that women in all types of occupations continue to encounter. …
It is no surprise that we have so many idioms about losing sight of what is important or losing one’s balance. Burnout is real, and it has real consequences – …
Leadership responsibility in higher education may present itself when good academics are neither seeking office nor prepared for the role. The best researchers, grant-writers and teachers do not automatically make …
When H.G. Wells penned War of the Worlds and George Orwell wrote 1984, they both imagined dystopian future societies that appeared far-fetched by the standards of the time. Science fiction …
Why tell a new story of curriculum development? When talking about telling a new story, there should be consideration of whether the need for a new story actually exists. The …
Can women in academia aspire to a work-life balance? As women academics, we have fought hard for gender equality in a male-dominated world. We have sought the simple acknowledgement that …