Citizens' Press Top Stories
Open Access Publishing
The move to an Open Access publishing model is the only model of publishing that embodies all of the values of the academy. The campaigns to implement funds to support open access should be established as a priority for all universities and governments that fund them.
The Ignorance Enabling Industry Comes To Canada
The Ignorance Peddlers have come to Canadian air-waves. They are turning off thoughtful people and undermining informed debate and comment. They are using Internet chatroom and comment thread antics, but it is organized and corporate-funded and has one goal: distort the message. Thinking people need to respond.
Copyright and the Academy
A brief overview of copyright in the modern context and the way that copyright and publicly funded academic labour relate.
Canadian Student Debt Limit
The $15 billion student debt cap has been lifted for no other reason than we will, with current policy, surpass that number over the next year. This landmark deserves more attention than it is getting and the new rules are an affront to good economic management and bad for students.
Student and Youth (Un)Employment
A quick comment on youth unemployment in response to a Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives' blog post. Student unemployment in the current economic system cannot be properly addressed without state intervention.
