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Adam Saifer

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Assistant Professor, Faculty of Management, University of British Columbia

Pro-Palestinian protesters set up tents on The Quad at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg in May 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods

June 3, 2024

How rich philanthropists exert undue influence over pro‑Palestinian activism at universities

Fahad Ahmad, Toronto Metropolitan University and Adam Saifer, University of British Columbia

When university administrators accede to donor demands, they punish students for enacting the core values and principles their institutions profess.

Charitable tax incentives enable the super-wealthy to redirect billions in tax dollars away from government programs toward their private philanthropic foundations and the causes they choose to support. (Shutterstock)

August 13, 2020

COVID‑19 has exposed the limits of philanthropy

Adam Saifer, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)

The growth of private foundations in Canada has occurred at the expense of government tax revenue. Philanthropic donations are dollars that have been redirected away from universal social services.

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