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Special Adviser to the President, EDID (Curriculum Transformation) and Professor, School of Professional Communication, Toronto Metropolitan University

University funding quickly raises the question of value: what is it that universities offer that warrants public investment? (Shutterstock)

December 14, 2023

Why universities warrant public investment: Preparing students for living together well

Jennifer S Simpson, Toronto Metropolitan University

The economic, civic and intellectual ends of a university education do not need to be placed in opposition to one another. A university education at its best will be attentive to all these ends.

While Canadian universities are paying more attention to anti-racism and equity, more must be done to incorporate those values into the education students receive. (Shutterstock)

September 12, 2021

In times of racial injustice, university education should not be ‘neutral’

Jennifer S Simpson, Toronto Metropolitan University; Sulaimon Giwa, Memorial University of Newfoundland, and Verna St Denis, University of Saskatchewan

Universities can ensure students in all disciplines are learning how to contribute to a world that they and future generations want to live in.

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