Episode Details

Last week, at the end of the day on a Friday, York University announced the suspension of program admissions for 19 undergraduate programs, including Indigenous Studies, Gender Sexuality Women's studies programs. These cuts occurred against established procedures for collegial governance, and is part of a wider attack on higher education at academic institutions around the world.

On this episode, Dr. Ethel Tungohan speaks to Dr. Ena Dua, Dr. Sara Rotz, and Academic Aunties producer Dr. Nisha Nath on what is going on, how this is part of a global backlash against DEI, the role of management consultants pushing an agenda for a neoliberal university, and why it is time for anyone who cares about the future of higher education to mobilize and do something.

Related Links

• Petition to Support York and Calling for Reversal of Suspensions
• Statement from Indigenous Studies at York on Program Cuts
• Statement from Women's, Gender and Social Justice Association
• Inside Doug Ford's Plan to Starve Ontario's Universities
• Undergraduate Employment Rates

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