Peter MacKinnon
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- Aug 10, 2026
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- Jul 23, 2026
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Peter MacKinnon: Cambridge missteps in handling of scandal over alleged plagiarism (opens the original)
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There is clear and convincing evidence of declining trust in western universities, and restoring it requires that their leaders ask a fundamental question: what does trust require of us? In administration, teaching and research, recruitment and retention, protecting our campuses and all who come lawfully to them — what does trust require? As places of free inquiry, are they built on trust? Trust is the confidence that policies and practices reflect reasons why universities exist and receive wide
Peter MacKinnon: Canadian universities must look within and speak out on findings (opens the original)
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Canadian universities have been largely silent in the face of reports that intellectual life in them has been diminished. The most compelling reports have come from American sources which may explain the satisfaction of some that Canada is somehow different, and that our universities do not suffer from afflictions reported by institutions south of the border. A May, Yale University report on declining trust in post-secondary institutions found that declining trust was real and serious, and ident
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