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A petition calling on Western University to end its Access Copyright agreement has been signed by 70 library workers at the university, ahead of the renewal deadline. The library workers launched the petition last month, which calls on Western to […]

I write to correct a possible misperception created by the April Bulletin article “‘Smoke & mirrors’ obscure Nova Scotia’s budget.” The notion that the Council of Nova Scotia University Presidents agreed to “a three per cent cut this year … […]

Landsberg, Germany: Olzog-Aktuell, 2012; 228 pp; ISBN: 978-3-78928-216-4, cloth €29.90. The practical reality for many German academics and researchers is that publishing in English is becoming progressively more vital for their careers. However, some German linguists are railing against this […]

Successful strategies by award-winning teachers Robin K. Morgan & Kimberly T. Olivares, eds. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2012; 148 pp; ISBN: 978-0-25300-612-7, paper $22 usd, eBook $18.99 USD. How should I use technology in my courses? What impact does […]

Communicating with traditional and social media for scholars, researchers, and academic leaders William Tyson. Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishing, 2010; 256 pp; ISBN: 978-1-57922-333-5, paper $19.95 usd; ISBN: 978-1-57922-546-9, eBook $15.99 usd; ISBN: 978-1-57922-545-2, Lib eBook $45 USD. How do you […]

A critical reader in Canadian mad studies Brenda A. LeFrançois, Robert Menzies & Geoffrey Reaume, eds. Toronto, ON: Canadian Scholars’ Press, 2013; 380 pp; ISBN: 978-1-55130-534-9, paper $49.95 CAD. In 1981, Toronto activist Mel Starkman wrote: “An important new movement […]

How Canada’s student loan system is failing young people and the country Thomas Pawlick. Bradenton, FL: BookLocker.com, 2012; 246 pp; ISBN: 978-1-62141-779-8, paper $15.95 usd, eBook $4.99 USD. Thomas Pawlick exposes the exploitation and entrapment in Canada’s student loan system: […]

L’ACPPU demande au gouvernement fédéral de revoir sa politique scientifique et le financement de la recherche au Canada, dans le sillage du tollé général provoqué par ses décisions récentes en matière de sciences et de recherche. « Les sciences au Canada […]

[Makaristos/Wikimedia] Manitoba post-secondary institutions were dealt a surprise in the province’s April 16 budget announcement that reneged on a promised five per cent increase to base operating grants. Instead, the schools will get half of the expected amount, just 2.5 […]

Le gouvernement libéral de l’Île-du-Prince-Édouard a déposé le 27 mars un budget déficitaire de près de 60 millions de dollars pour l’année, une volte-face par rapport à la promesse faite l’an dernier de restaurer l’équilibre budgétaire de la province d’ici 2015. […]

A blue-ribbon commission is calling for changes to the governance structure of the Royal Military College of Canada (RMCC) in order to protect the academic integrity of the institution. The governance report released by the independent commission April 9 notes […]

Marie Battiste est la lauréate du prix d’excellence académique de l’ACPPU de 2013, la plus grande distinction conférée à un membre du personnel académique en reconnaissance de son travail remarquable dans les domaines de l’enseignement, de la recherche et des […]