Op-Eds & Published Commentary

Westheimer, J. (2026, April 13). When schools ban politics, what are students really learning? The Globe and Mail.

Westheimer, J. (2026, Jan 31). The hardest part of fighting fascism comes after the fascists have fallen. Truthout.

Westheimer, J. & Spooner, M. (2025, Nov 8). Governments that silence teachers hurt students. The Star Phoenix, The Regina Leader Post, and others.

Westheimer, J. (2025, Aug 28). Do you care about democracy? Then you should care about threats to elected school boards in Canada. The Toronto Star.

Spooner, M. & Westheimer, J. (2025, May 14). Canadian democracy needs universities — Now More Than Ever. Edmonton Journal.

Westheimer, J. (2025, Feb 23). How to teach hope when democracy is retreating. The Conversation.

Westheimer, J. (2025, Jan 14). Bowing to authoritarianism in the gilded age of tech plutocracy. Globe and Mail.

Westheimer, J. (2024, Nov 20). University strikes are about much more than money. Ottawa Citizen.

Westheimer, J. (2024, Oct 23). Keeping students from political events undercuts their civic education. Ottawa Citizen.

Westheimer, J. & Spooner, M. (2023, Dec 11). Stop the hand-wringing on education test scores. Canada is doing just fine. Ottawa Citizen; Montreal Gazette; Vancouver Sun.

Bolton, E. &Westheimer, J. (2023, March 31). Democracy is backsliding in Israel and we must call it out. The Ottawa Citizen.

Westheimer, J. (2021, March 8). Year one – Three essential lessons COVID-19 has taught us about education. The Ottawa Citizen.

Westheimer, J. (2021, Jan 25). The virus of disinformation threatens democracy and education is the cure. The Toronto Star.

Westheimer, J. (2020, March 31). Forget trying to be your kid's substitute school teacher duringCOVID-19. The Ottawa Citizen.