These documents are part of CAUT’s Governance Library, an evolving collection of resources for supporting member associations in efforts to strengthen systems of collegial governance at their institutions and to protect and foster academic staff voices within them.
Feedback and suggestions for continued library development are welcome. Please contact CAUT’s Governance Committee at governance-gouvernance@caut.ca.
1 Introduction to the governance library and general resources
1.1 A brief introduction to collegial governance
1.2 Watchlist of major governance challenges
1.3 Organizing for collegial governance
1.4 Organizing for collegial governance at Canadian colleges
1.6 Direct links to relevant CAUT policy statements
2 Collective agreements
2.1 Governance and collective agreements
3 Senates and faculty councils
3.1 Senate and Faculty Councils
3.2 Cross-canada comparison of university senates
4 Boards of Governors
4.2 Fiduciary duties of university board members
4.3 Report on the cross-Canada comparison of university & college Boards of Governors
4.4 Cross Canada comparison of college board of governors
4.5 Cross Canada comparison of university board of governors
4.6 CAUT Report on board of governors structures at the thirty-one canadian universities (May 2018)
5 Academic administrator search, performance evaluation, and (re)appointment
5.1 Academic Administrator Searches
5.2 So you want an open search? Tips for organizing
5.3 Recent examples of open searches for presidents and provosts
5.4 Review and Reappointment of Academic Administrators
6 Development and approval of institutional policies
7 Institutional planning, budgeting, and finances
8 Archive
8.3 CAUT policy on governance: Where we have been and where we should go (2004)
8.4 Report of the CAUT ad hoc advisory committee on governance (2009)