{education.ideas} Canadian Education System

There are serious flaws in Canadian higher education system. The conditions of a research stipend offer made to a research student is uni-directional toward the sole benefit of the supervisor. The main problem with such a contract is that the evaluation is not quantitative and the research supervisor must be "satisfied" with the progress or he can cancel the contract. What usually happens is that there is a mutual agreement between both parties and no one crosses the line. So, everybody is happy. The research progresses, the student gets paid, and the articles get published. However, if a research supervisor wants to abnormally call the progress unsatisfactory even if the progress is good, there are absolutely no higher authorities that would look into the problem. I am not an activist (if I don't have to be one), and I sure have better things to do than spending my time (life?) correcting this flaw. But if you happen to be an activist, a member of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Canadian Federation of Students (CFS), or any other Canadian associations that care for education, there are research supervisors that use this legal advantage to abuse their fellow students. Modern slavery in year 2005.