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Some Canadian schoolchildren will not learn that gender identity is a social construct or that you can be something other than “male” or “female.” And this sex writer with a doctorate in sexual neuroscience is rather pleased about it. Debra Soh writes about the demise of Ontario’s new curriculum on sex education in The Globe […]
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Forget everything you know about liberal bias in academia. For Jessica Green, an associate professor of political science at the University of Toronto, the profession isn’t political or activist enough. Green writes in an op-ed titled “Why we need a more activist academy” about her desire to see academia become a more activist institution that […]
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Alan Dershowitz, the noted academic and lawyer, is no stranger to controversy. He has been arguing on for the right to advocate unpopular opinions for several decades, including, as far back as the 1950s, a public defense of communists’ right to speak at Brooklyn College. Now he is in the crosshairs of political liberals after […]
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Affirmative action—specifically the factoring in of racial characteristics when considering admission to higher education—has been a deeply contentious topic for years now. But the plight of Asian-Americans may be exposing the absurdity of this policy to a much wider audience than before. “What has been known for some time but is now getting the attention […]
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Are Millennials really buying too much avocado toast? Does Hollywood have a sequel problem? Why do so many young people feel the only way to be successful in life is to move to the big city? Understanding today’s twentysomethings can be perplexing for many observers. Young people’s choices, preferences, habits and hangups are the stuff […]
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College commencement season has typically been a time for controversy and protest, but 2018 proved to be a departure from the norm. It ended up much tamer this year than previous years, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education’s Alex Morey writes in an op-ed in USA Today. “Disinvitation season” didn’t occur because universities avoided inviting controversial […]