Abstract:Writing this paper has been difficult. Since drafting the first of its many versions, I have been unable to commit to a position on the question of hope for Canada's public serving universities. On the one hand, I believe strongly in the public service mission and potential of our universities. On the other hand, I despair of the abhorrent past of these institutions and of the continued and intensifying corporatization of them (Brownlee, 2015;Hampton, 2016; Thobani, 2021). As I cannot, in good conscience, make… Show more
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