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[WaveBreakMedia / Shutterstock.com] Privacy organizations & advocates worldwide call on countries to protect citizens from mass digital surveillance. In its commitment to the protection of basic civil liberties, CAUT has signed onto the International Principles on the Application of Human Rights […]

During November’s first weekend, Aboriginal academics from across Canada will gather in Toronto for CAUT’s fourth Forum for Aboriginal Academic Staff. Over three days, participants will explore the role of Aboriginal academics as activist scholars for social and political change. […]

CAUT has released an investigatory committee report into action taken against a professor by administrators at King’s University College. Professor Ken Luckhardt was banned from the campus after writing a letter to the principal and academic dean, following his retirement, […]

Five faculty members in the DeGroote School of Business have been handed lengthy suspensions by a three-member internal tribunal, with no right to appeal. [Tom Flemming / Flickr] McMaster University has imposed lengthy suspensions without pay on a number of […]

Annette Gallant A Laval University PhD student has won a national award for her research into eating behaviour and patterns in children, adults and families and how these behaviours relate to obesity. Annette Gallant , who holds an honours bachelor […]

Student leader Jessica McCormick says tuition fees are currently the single largest expense for most college & university students & are increasing more rapidly than any other cost faced by students & faster than inflation. [Daniel Smith] Canada tops OECD […]

Bernice Schrank [Amirault Photography] CAUT Council has created the Bernice C. Schrank Award to recognize outstanding contributions to the enforcement of academic staff workplace rights through the grievance process. “This is a long overdue and very important way of recognizing […]

The intersections of race and class for women in academia Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs, Yolanda Flores Niemann, Carmen G. González & Anglea P. Harris, eds. Logan, UT: Utah State University Press, 2012; 588 pp; ISBN: 978-0-87421-922-7, paper $38.95 USD; ISBN: […]

Democracy and the future of the institution Thomas Docherty. London, UK & New York, NY: Bloomsbury Academic, 2011; 208 pp; ISBN: 978-1-84966-615-2, paper $29.95 USD; ISBN: 978-1-84966-631-2, eBook $27.99 USD; ISBN: 978-1-84966-632-9, PDF $27.99 USD. Review by Carey A. Watt […]

[University of Guelph] CAUT has released the report from a committee working over the last year and a half investigating allegations of major problems at the University of Guelph’s Ontario Veterinary College. Concluding that the problems are serious, and recognizing […]

The University of Manitoba Faculty Association is in conciliation talks with the university administration following a strong member turnout and vote in favour of strike action earlier this month. “Our major issues are those related to governance, members’ rights and […]

Un tribunal interne composé de trois membres a imposé des suspensions prolongées, sans droit d'interjeter appel, à cinq professeurs de l'école de commerce DeGroote. [Tom Flemming / Flickr] L’Université McMaster a imposé des suspensions prolongées, sans rémunération, à un certain […]