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CAUT grew a little bigger last month when council delegates voted to accept the Carleton University Postdoctoral Association into membership. CUPA, with 70–80 postdoctoral fellows, is CAUT’s 74th member local. “Postdocs are academic staff to whom we extend a warm […]

CAUT unveiled a national campaign last month exposing the threats to Canada’s cultural institutions and historic sites and proposing what must be done to reverse the damage. The Canada’s Past Matters campaign will highlight how federal funding cuts and policy […]

Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservative government narrowly passed legislation Dec. 12 that forces all labour organizations to hand over detailed information on their finances, spending and activities for posting on a public website. C-377, the private member’s bill introduced by […]

Vue de la salle de lecture Birks à l'Université McGill. Le 24 novembre, l'ACPPU a retiré la résolution réclamant l'imposition d'une sanction de blâme à l'endroit de la direction de McGill par suite des problèmes soulevés par les bibliothécaires de […]

L'Association des universités et des collèges du Canada a fait savoir dernièrement que les inscriptions d’étudiants internationaux dans les universités canadiennes étaient en hausse de 12 % cet automne par rapport à l’an dernier. Le Canada occupe, selon l’Association, une « position […]

Moves to convert the Museum of Civilization to Museum of History slated. [Candice Eisner/Flickr] The federal government is transforming the Canadian Museum of Civilization into the Canadian Museum of History, a move that’s leading critics to speculate political spin not […]

Amalgamated Transit Union local president George Turple (left) stands with Marvin Claybourn & Suzanne Prior from the faculty association at St. Thomas University. Locked out ATU members on the picket line Oct. 20 in Moncton were joined by supporters from […]

As December draws near I’ve started to reflect on the signi­ficance of Dec. 6. Designated as the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, the day recalls the murder of 14 women at an engineering school in […]

Roula Markoulakis, a University of Toronto student completing a PhD in rehabilitation science, has been chosen as CAUT’s J.H. Stewart Reid Memorial Fellowship recipient for the 2012–2013 year. Markoulakis, who graduated with a Master of Science and Bachelor of Science […]

Four-year collective agreements between the University of Prince Edward Island Faculty Association (UPEIFA) and the school have been ratified in resounding votes by approximately 400 academic staff members represented by the union. The UPEIFA bargaining unit #1 which includes faculty […]

Le Musée des civilisations deviendra le Musée de l'histoire. [Candice Eisner/Flickr] Le gouvernement fédéral transformera le Musée canadien des civilisations en Musée canadien de l’histoire, une décision qui, soupçonnent les critiques et sera-t-on à même de constater quand le nouveau […]

Jorge Lobo Un tribunal costaricain a rejeté une poursuite controversée mettant en cause un professeur d’université qui avait critiqué les activités d’une compagnie minière canadienne. La société Infinito Gold, dont le siège social est à Calgary, a intenté une poursuite […]