Tag Archives: funding

Ontario Universities: Is Change Coming?

Well Happy New Year! The start of the New Year is as good a time as any for reflecting on the state of things – including universities. As 2015 dragged to a close, a number of items came out which of course did not generate too much of a stir given the run up to […]

SSHRC Grant Trends in Economics

Well, the past week saw notifications go out to academic economists on the results of their 2014-15 Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Insight Grant applications.  Needless to say, there will be a lot of unhappy campers but then there always are when it comes to grant application success.   Needless to say, […]

Funding and the Future of Ontario Universities

Well, the Council of Ontario Universities or COU is looking for a new President and CEO.  The role of COU is to serve as a voice for the province’s university sector and help improve the public policies that affect the sector.  As the ad for the position states: “As a member-based organization, COU provides the […]

Universities, Public Funding & Entrepreneurship: The Consequences of Risk

Alex Usher of Higher Education Strategy Associates asked some interesting questions in his morning blog post.  The world of university funding in Canada is changing – there is more money overall for universities but governments have been paying a declining share of university operating budgets with the remainder coming from tuition and assorted sources of […]