William Carroll

Dr. William Carroll is a critical sociologist at the University of Victoria, with research interests in the areas of social movements and social change as well as the political economy of corporate capitalism. He was a founding participant in the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Cultural, Social and Political Thought and currently serves as Director of the Interdisciplinary Minor/Diploma Program in Social Justice Studies. He has been awarded the Canadian Sociology Association's John Porter Memorial Prize twice: in 1988 for Corporate Power and Canadian Capitalism and in 2006 for Corporate Power in a Globalizing World. He is a co-director of the Corporate Mapping Project.

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Higher Education - Corporate or Public?:How the UCP is Restructuring Post-Secondary Education in Alberta

research | May 30, 2022

The United Conservative Party (UCP) government has, from 2018 to 2022, cut the operating support budget for Alberta’s PSEIs by 18.8%, resulting in a trail of destruction across the province’s universities, colleges, and technical institutes. This report addresses two questions. First, we ask what the agenda and actions of the United Conservative Party government of Alberta mean for higher education and research. Second, we ask how institutional factors explain the sector’s lack of autonomy and ability to resist the corporatization agendas of governments.

William Carroll

Higher Education - Corporate or Public?:How the UCP is Restructuring Post-Secondary Education in Alberta

Who owns and benefits from Canada’s fossil-fuel sector?

Who Owns Canada's Fossil-Fuel Sector?: Mapping the Network of Ownership & Control

We’re putting fossil fuel industry influence under the microscope

Why corporate power is a problem at the climate crossroads