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Issues & Campaigns
From lobbying governments to raising public awareness, CAUT actively advances the social and economic interests of its members. We campaign for public funding and policies to ensure our institutions are accessible and of the highest quality. We defend the freedom of our members to teach and conduct research unrestricted by special interests.

CAUT is an outspoken defender of civil liberties and human rights, and advances equal rights for all. We fight for fair working conditions, job security, and compensation and benefits that foster quality teaching and innovative research.

What's new

• (Feb 14, 2013) Academic Research: CAUT is calling on the government of Canada to protect the integrity and independence of scientific researchers. [html]
  
  
• (Feb 14, 2013) Civil Liberties: Ask Federal MPs to vote against Bill S-7. The proposed "anti-terrorism" legislation aims to re-introduce the two provisions of the 2001 Anti-Terrorism Act that were subject to a sunset clause and which Parliament refused to extend in February 2007. [html]
  
  
• (Feb 5, 2013) International Human Rights & Solidarity: CAUT has joined more than 70 organizations from across Canada and Europe in raising concerns about the proposed Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). [html]
  
  
• (Dec 3, 2012) International Human Rights & Solidarity: Turkey - A CAUT letter to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan expressing concerns over reports of serious violations of trade union and human rights in Turkey. [pdf]
  
  
• (Nov 21, 2012) Better Funding: More than half of Canadians say they would be willing to pay more taxes to allow governments to increase post-secondary education funding (Harris/Decima). [pdf]
  
  
• (Oct 31, 2012) International Human Rights & Solidarity: CAUT is calling on members to join an on-line campaign to free jailed leaders of the Bahrain Teacher Association (BTA). [html]
  
  
• (Oct 17, 2012) Librarians & Libraries: Heritage Minister James Moore announced that the name and mandate of the Canadian Museum of Civilization will be changed to create the Canadian Museum of History. [html]
  
  
• (Oct 10, 2012) International Human Rights & Solidarity: Israel - Letter to Israeli Minister of Education regarding Ben-Gurion University, urging the Minister to stand up for academic freedom and reject closing the Department of Politics and Government. [pdf]
  
  
• (Oct 10, 2012) International Human Rights & Solidarity: Costa Rica - Letter to Canadian mining company Infinito Gold regarding threats to academic freedom at University of Costa Rica. [pdf]
  
  
• (Oct 3, 2012) Academic Freedom: Collective Bargaining rights of the faculty at Concordia University College of Alberta are under serious threat. [html]