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Debating Tenure
October/November 2009
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Michiel Horn
The case for tenure
The university world needs more tenure, not less, argues Michiel Horn, imperfect as it may be. MORE>
Michael Bliss
Why Tenure Has No Future
Today, tenure’s influence is mostly symbolic, writes Michael Bliss, but in the worst kind of way MORE>
Mark Kingwell
The Tenure Blues
The problem with tenure today is that it’s a conservative force, discouraging the free speaking and innovation scholarship is supposed to serve. MORE>
Pat Finn
The Real Case Against Tenure
Job security, not tenure, best protects academic freedom.  MORE>
Sandra Acker
Gender equity and the tensions of tenure
In North America, the tenure review holds a special place in academic work, one that is approached with both fear and pride. Should we also be concerned about equity issues? A report on a new study of tenure processes in Ontario. MORE>
James Soto Antony and Ruby Hayden
Are Tenured Faculty Slackers?
Contrary to popular wisdom, tenure does not create academic deadwood, James Soto Antony and Ruby Hayden show. MORE>
James Laxer
Obama and the crash: reshaping the intellectual agenda in Canada
Canadians need a frank debate about why the nation’s academics have been AWOL about questions of economic strategy. MORE>
Thomas Klassen
John S. Saul: a passionate scholar
In a long career and life, there are ample opportunities to take sides, make judgements, and reach firm conclusions. MORE>
Steve Penfold
Humour Matters
Tenure and the Frights of Passage MORE>
Mark Rosenfeld
Editorial Matters
Whither tenure? MORE>
Fiction & Poetry Archives
 
Judith P. Robertson
Poems in Newfoundland Time
Dr. Judith P. Robertson is a retired professor from the University of Ottawa who currently finds pleasure reading, writing and painting on the Southern shore of Newfoundland.   more>>

Kim Echlin
An excerpt from Kim Echlin’s just published novel, The Disappeared
A story of passionate love between a Canadian and her Cambodian lover which evokes their tumultuous relationship in a world of colliding values.  more>>

Sandra Campbell
Sound Seduction
The following is an excerpt from Sandra Campbell’s novel-in progress Dreaming Georgina. The novel is a fictional re-imagining of the life of Georgina Stirling, a 19th century lyric soprano from Twillingate, Newfoundland who defied the narrow conventions of her family and community. In 1888, she arrived in Paris and presented herself to Mathilde Marchese, the most illustrious voice teacher of her day. Marchese took her in and within three years Georgina made her debut in Paris. The novel explores the unusual circumstances that fueled the young woman’s ambition and those that led to the loss of her vocal powers after a brief but brilliant career. Throughout the telling, her pet pig offers her unusual reflections to guide us into a different way of knowing the truth of the singer’s life.  more>>

Desi Di Nardo
A Path for Trees and Hoar Frost
Academic Matters inaugurates a new poetry section with two contemplative poems.  more>>

Mitzi G. Mitchell
ONWARD AND UPWARD
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