Governments must let universities “do what we do best”: Lebel-Grenier

Universities must be allowed to do their job to support leadership, innovation, and community impact, but policy changes by the federal and provincial governments are making this difficult, writes Bishop’s University Principal Sébastien Lebel-Grenier. Lebel-Grenier writes that these policy changes affect who participates in higher education and the society that is shaped in the process. He further highlights the need to protect the role of universities as “engines of democratic life and innovation in Canada” and urges the government to give institutions the space they need to “educate, inspire and prepare the next generation.” “Let us do our job,” concludes Lebel-Grenier, “for the sake of Canada’s continued leadership, innovation, and our role as a global force for good.”