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La proximité du mois de décem­bre me remet en mémoire la journée fatidique du 6 décembre et m’invite à réfléchir à sa signification. Désigné la Journée nationale de commémoration et d’action contre la violence faite aux femmes, le 6 décembre marque […]

Roula Markoulakis, doctorante à l’Université de Toronto en sciences de la réadaptation, est lauré­ate de la bourse commémorative J.H. Stewart Reid de 2012-2013 décernée par l’ACPPU. Le comité de sélection a choisi Mme Markoulakis, titulaire d’une maîtrise ès sciences et […]

Le président de la section locale 1290 du Syndicat uni du transport (SUT), George Turple (à gauche), aux côtés de Marvin Claybourn et Suzanne Prior de l'association du personnel académique de l'Université St. Thomas. Le 20 octobre, les membres en […]

Des conventions collectives de quatre ans entre l’University of Prince Edward Island Faculty Association (UPEIFA) et la direction de l’établissement viennent d’être ratifiées par un vote massif de quelque 400 membres du personnel académique représenté par le syndicat. Les membres de […]

Jorge Lobo A Costa Rican court has dismissed a controversial lawsuit involving a university professor who criticized the activities of a Canadian mining company. Calgary-based Infinito Gold sued biology professor Jorge Lobo of the University of Costa Rica for $1 […]

In 2007 the Canadian University Environmental Science Network (CUESN) and the Canadian College Environmen­tal Network (CCEN) began working with Environmental Careers Organization Canada to establish an accreditation process for post-secondary environmental programs, which is governed by the Canadian Environmental Accre­ditation […]

Those opposing ECO Canada’s accre­ditation effort of environmental studies degrees currently include 30 faculty from 12 environmental studies and sciences programs, calling into question the assertion that CEAC received a “positive response” to draft curriculum guidelines. However, no data is […]

Economic crisis being used as an excuse to attack both union & worker rights. Queen’s Park, Toronto — Ontario is taking steps to centralize control over colleges & universities. [Saforrest/Wikimedia Commons] Post-secondary education is under “serious attack” in Ontario following […]

Unpaid research posts represent the latest step in the ‘proletarianisation’ of the academy, argues Ross Perlin Recent graduates — those who can afford to, anyway — resign themselves to months of unpaid interning, treading water in the labour market. The […]

The importance of Canada’s universities and colleges is greater than ever. Yet, they are now facing some of the most difficult times in their history. Significant government underfunding, casualization, corporatization, privatization, marginalization of basic research and scholarly work, and a […]

[Rod Searcey] This spring, Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced a $60 million venture to offer free classes online. On July 24 the University of California at Berkeley said it would also join the effort. John Hennessy, […]

In a report released last month, a CAUT investigatory committee fully vindicated history professor Michael Mason against actions taken by the Queen’s University administration. In October 2011 his history class (HIST 283, Making of the Third World) was cancelled and […]