Launching Volume 55 Issue 2

We finalize this issue of the journal (volume 55, issue 2) at a time when colleagues across the country (and some from beyond national borders) are preparing to meet at the Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education annual conference, which is being hosted in Toronto by George Brown College in partnership with the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences.This year's conference and the broader Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences occurs at a time when postsecondary institutions are experiencing heightened budgetary pressures and acclimating to new government policies and priorities.In recent months, it seems that every meeting I attend, on or off campus, includes questions around university funding; equity, diversity, and inclusion; students' mental health and well-being; and global talent development and mobility.These major themes are reflected in the articles that comprise this timely issue.Staci Kenno and Barbara Sainty open the issue with their examination of Ontario's university funding formula and strategic mandate agreements.Lilach Marom and Ania Switzer address Jewish identity and antisemitism