UCP appointments expand corporate power over post-secondary institutions
by Corporate Mapping Project | May 31, 2022
New report reveals increased corporate governance of higher education in Alberta Edmonton – The UCP government is on a mission to change the landscape of higher education in Alberta. Cutting to the bone the operating budgets of universities and colleges is the most visible strategy used to advance their privatization agenda. But another front in …
Higher Education – Corporate or Public?
by Laurie Adkin, Mike Lang, Mark Shakespear, David Chen and William Carroll | May 31, 2022
How the UCP is restructuring post-secondary education in Alberta Over many years, post-secondary education institutions (PSEIs) around the world have undergone a transformation toward the corporatization of education. Increasingly, these institutions are seen (and funded) less as providers of public goods (higher education and research) and more as “businesses” that should produce commodities and attract …
Webinar: Petro-populism in an age of climate denial and digital disinformation
by Corporate Mapping Project | April 22, 2022
This webinar was put on in May 2022 by the Corporate Mapping Project and hosted by CCPA-BC Director Shannon Daub. Researchers Bob Neubauer and Nick Graham shared highlights from their investigation into the ways industry-linked organizations (such as Oil Respect and Resource Works) and allied groups (like Canada Strong) use social media to create a …
Modernizing BC’s Oil and Gas Royalty Regime to Tackle Climate Change
by Marc Lee, Tom Green, Peter McCartney and Anjali Appadurai | February 2, 2022
In 2021, BC got a full serving of extreme weather events due to global warming. It is clear that the BC government must speed up meaningful action to phase out domestic consumption and production of fossil fuels that are the principal cause of climate change. The BC government’s current review of the royalty regime for …
