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   Trade union rights are human rights 30 October 2025

   Canada: Education International condemns adoption of controversial bill that denies teachers’ labour rights in Alberta

   Education International (EI) has issued a strong condemnation of the adoption of Bill 2, or the “Back to School Act,” by the Alberta Government. The legislation and its use of the notwithstanding clause overrides the rights of 51,000 striking teachers.

   Canada: Education International condemns adoption of controversial bill that denies teachers’ labour rights in Alberta

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   Standards and working conditions 24 September 2025

   Education voices | Campaigning for higher education research

   David Robinson

   This testimony was collected as part of the research project entitled “In the eye of the storm: Higher education in an age of crises” conducted by Howard Stevenson, Maria Antonietta Vega Castillo, Melanie Bhend, and Vasiliki-Eleni Selechopoulou for Education International. The research report and executive summary are available here .

   Education voices | Campaigning for higher education research

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   Equity and inclusion 9 August 2025

   Education Voices | The trade union fight for Indigenous rights in Quebec

   Isabelle Tremblay Chevalier

   The education trade union movement supports Indigenous Peoples and works to promote their rights in education all around the world. To mark the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, celebrated every year on 9 August (the date of the first meeting of the United Nations Working Group on Indigenous...

   Education Voices | The trade union fight for Indigenous rights in Quebec

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   Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 11 June 2025

   Canada: Quebec’s Premier must “backtrack” and fully fund higher education

   In Canada, the Centrale des syndicats du Québec (CSQ) and its federations in the college system are denouncing cuts of 150 million Canadian dollars (around 96 million euros) by 2025-2026 and are calling on Premier François Legault to restore funding for the CEGEPs, the public education institutions where the first...

   Canada: Quebec’s Premier must “backtrack” and fully fund higher education

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   Democracy 12 February 2025

   Defending academic freedom: Higher education unions mobilise against escalating attacks

   Across the world, governments, right-wing pressure groups, conservative and religious organisations, and corporate interests are escalating their attacks on academic freedom. Efforts to censor curricula, restrict research, and erode institutional autonomy are increasing, and political harassment of educators is becoming more widespread.

   Defending academic freedom: Higher education unions mobilise against escalating attacks

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   Standards and working conditions 7 February 2025

   Academic freedom at risk: the view from North America

   David Robinson

   To fulfil their mission of preserving, sharing, and advancing knowledge, higher education institutions must ensure that academic staff enjoy academic freedom. Academic freedom isn’t a special perk or privilege. Rather, it’s a necessary condition for the job. It is a professional and contractual right ensuring that in their teaching, research,...

   Academic freedom at risk: the view from North America