February 2021

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February 2021

Duty to accommodate

Last summer, Cynthia Bruce, an assistant professor of music therapy, health and wellness,...

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February 2021

President’s message / Disability and the (online) academy

By Brenda Austin-Smith Despite some improvements in our sector since the passage of the...

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By the Numbers / Academic staff with disabilities

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In this Issue

News / Education for All campaign launches
CAUT has formed a coalition with organizations representing students and workers at universities and...
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News / CAUT signs the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment
CAUT has signed the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), an international initiative...
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News / Pensions — hot topic in new contract deals won at Simon Fraser and Dalhousie
Simon Fraser University Faculty Association (SFUFA) achieved a long-term bargaining goal this round of...
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News / Collegial governance at stake at the University of Alberta
CAUT has written to University of Alberta President Bill Flanagan expressing concerns about the state of...
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Commentary / Copyright limits and learning: lessons from the COVID-19 quarantine
By Carys Craig The World Intellectual Property Organization’s Standing Committee on Copyright and Related...
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Commentary / Unionization, academic freedom, & sessional contract faculty
By Stephanie Ross, Larry Savage, & James Watson There is little doubt that the casual nature of sessional...
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CAUT staff appointments
Janna Bryson Research Analyst CAUT has hired Janna Bryson as a Research Analyst. Janna has a background in...
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Obituary / Robert S. (Bob) Rodger 1926–2021
One of the key organizers of the Dalhousie Faculty Association (DFA), Robert S. (Bob) Rodger passed away...
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From the Bulletin archives / CAUT Bulletin April 2003
Most Canadians say high fees block access A poll released this month by CAUT strongly suggests Canadians...
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Interview

Interview / ​Catherine Nolin & Grahame Russell

In November 2020, the Canadian Association of University Teachers Council passed a motion condemning the last-minute...

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Book review

Book review / Being at Large — Freedom in the age of alternative facts

Santiago Zabala McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2020; 200 pp; ISBN: 978-0-2280-0191-1. By Charles Reeve The summer...

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