In a recent article, Globe and Mail columnist Doug Saunders argues that Canada must take action to protect its higher education sector. “Canada needs to understand its universities and colleges as crucial instruments of national security,” he writes. “Allowing them to decline, during this time of national emergency, would jeopardize us economically, socially, politically, and materially.” Saunders outlines the democratic, economic, and social securities that higher education ensures for its population. He concludes by asserting that the credentials awarded at graduation are more than simple pieces of parchment: “They’re our shield against inequality and social division, against economic stasis, and against authoritarian tides.”
