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Wednesday, January 16, 2019 | Category: On the Road, Ten with Ken

Moving Mountains: UniverCity @ SFU

Faced with tuition caps and declining government grants, public colleges and universities are becoming more entrepreneurial and seeking alternative revenue streams, often by selling off surplus campus lands to developers, or leasing campus space for retail or residential development. Simon Fraser University,... Read more

Faced with tuition caps and declining government grants, public colleges and universities are becoming more entrepreneurial and seeking alternative... Read more

Wednesday, November 28, 2018 | Category: On the Road, Ten with Ken

Why Indigenization Matters

In the wake of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and Canada’s Truth & Reconciliation Commission findings, higher ed is realizing just how much work lies ahead if it is to reconcile itself with Indigenous peoples, and indigenize the curriculum. Saskatchewan, where some projections... Read more

In the wake of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and Canada’s Truth & Reconciliation Commission findings, higher ed is... Read more

Thursday, November 22, 2018 | Category: Innovation, On the Road, Ten with Ken

Incentives for Innovation

This week, our conversation continues with Steve Robinson, interim President & Vice-Chancellor at Brandon University in Manitoba. We tackle one of the toughest questions for today’s higher ed leaders: how to encourage a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship on campus. Many academics, Steve... Read more

This week, our conversation continues with Steve Robinson, interim President & Vice-Chancellor at Brandon University in Manitoba. We tackle one... Read more

Friday, November 16, 2018 | Category: On the Road, Ten with Ken

Indigenizing the Academy

This week, Ken Steele talks with Steve Robinson, interim President & Vice-Chancellor at Brandon University in Manitoba, about one of the most urgent changes facing higher ed in the next decade: indigenization. Every university in Canada, particularly those in Western Canada, is faced with the challenge... Read more

This week, Ken Steele talks with Steve Robinson, interim President & Vice-Chancellor at Brandon University in Manitoba, about one of the most... Read more