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Twenty-one scientists from German & Austrian universities & representatives from research institutes & publishers propose, in a white paper funded by the Robert Bosch Foundation, how best to ensure the integrity of scientific research. Translated from the German by James […]

Des syndicats du secteur de l’enseignement postsecondaire condamnent l’adoption, par le gouvernement de la Colombie-Britanni­que, du projet de loi 18, Advanced Education Statutes Amendment Act. La nouvelle loi, adoptée le 29 mars, interdit aux représentants élus du corps professoral, des […]

Faculty and student leaders at Concordia University are suspicious of a financial penalty imposed by Quebec’s education ministry in a time of turmoil over pending tuition fee hikes. Education Minister Line Beauchamp said March 8 that $2 million would be […]

Le syndicat représentant les bibliothécaires, professeures et professeurs du campus Moncton de l’Université Moncton (ABPPUM) a ratifié en mars la proposition de convention collective conclue avec le Conseil des gouverneurs. Rétroactif au 1er juillet 2011, le nouveau contrat de travail […]

Post-secondary unions are condemning the BC government’s adoption of Bill 18, the Advanced Education Statutes Amendment Act. The new legislation, passed on March 29, bars elected faculty, staff or student representatives from sitting on university or college boards and further […]

The New Brunswick government has unveiled a budget that promises to slash the province’s deficit by half and banks on balancing the books by 2014–2015. Richard Hudson, president of the Federation of New Brunswick Faculty Associations, said there’s disappointment at […]

Despite widespread student protests, Quebec will go ahead with plans to increase tuition fees, starting this fall. [Kunal Shah] A major question ahead of Quebec’s March 20 budget was whether the Liberal government would back away from its proposed $1,625 […]

After faculty at Osgoode Hall Law School cast an overwhelming vote April 2 against a partnership with Jim Balsillie’s private think tank for an international law program at York University, the university announced it was abandoning the initiative. “By cancelling […]

In a new three-year contract ratified last month, members of the Dalhousie Faculty Association have agreed to two years of cost-of-living increases of 1.25 per cent, follow­ed by a 1.75 per cent increase in the third year. Increases also apply […]

A 2% increase to operating grants for universities like Saskatchewan (pictured here) is included in budget 2012, along with a 4% increase in tuition fees. [The Saskatoon Starphoenix] Resource-rich Saskatchewan posted another budget surplus of $95 million, but the 2012–2013 […]

Needing one of the opposition parties to support its provin­cial budget tabled March 27, the Onta­rio Liberal government announced both a rate freeze on social assistance payments and a one-year stay on further reducing corporate taxes from 11.5 to 11 […]

R. David Lankes. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2011; 408 pp; ISBN: 978-0-26201-509-7, cloth $55 USD. Reviewed by Karen Jensen It’s not surprising to uncover a book on reinventing library science, given many fields are currently facing difficulties. But this author […]