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Les étudiants ont participé avec les grévistes du syndicat britannique UCU au mouvement de débrayage. (FIFE Free Press group) Deux millions de travailleurs du secteur public au Royaume-Uni ont déclenché, ce 30 novembre 2011, une grève historique de 24 heures […]

Les étudiants de l'Ontario ont livré au premier ministre Dalton McGuinty, le 2 décembre, une pétition de plus de 40 000 signatures. Les étudiants de l’Ontario font pression sur le gouvernement libéral de la province pour qu’il réduise les frais […]

Des mythes sur la hausse des frais de scolarité et l’économie du savoir Eric Martin et Maxime Ouellet. Montréal, QC: Lux Éditeur, 2011; 156 pages; ISBN: 978-2-89596-126-0, 14,95 $ CAD. Recensé par Greg Allain Université Inc. est un petit livre […]

The goal of CAUT’s equity work is to achieve inclusiveness, not only with regard to social and economic justice for members of marginalized groups but also to ensure their full participation in the academy. CAUT believes an inclusive university or […]

Anver Saloojee accepts the equity award from CAUT past president Penni Stewart in Ottawa Nov. 25. Ryerson Faculty Association president Anver Saloojee was presented with a national honour last month by CAUT for his efforts at making equity a central […]

The union hoping to represent administrative, professional and technical workers at the University of New Brunswick has found an ally in the academic staff association in the ongoing battle over unionization efforts. The 500 workers are in the pro­cess of […]

Anniversary marks some improvement, but contract academic staff still lag far behind their regular colleagues. Fair Employment Week was created a decade ago by a group of individuals and organizations to shine a spotlight on the poor pay and working […]

Library & Archives Canada — Funding cuts & management policies are threatening the future of the institution responsible for preservation of Canada's heritage. (Padraic Ryan) Concerned that the one federal institution responsible for preserving Canada’s culture and history is under […]

The ‘impact’ of great work is neither immediate nor measurable by the apparatchiks: it echoes down the ages, says Simon Blackburn. David Hume was born 300 years ago this (year). Prompted by the anni­ver­sary, many philosophers worldwide will be reflecting […]

I have recently written about a crisis facing post-secondary education in this country brought on by neo-liberal transformations in our economic, social and political landscapes. I have also written about attacks on professional academic librarians by bean-counting managers who misguidedly […]

(Asli Cetin/photos.com) More than one million undergraduate students hit the books this fall in Canada, breaking a new enrolment record. New numbers out from the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada show that 1,015,000 undergraduates registered in September 2011. […]

As part of the agreement with Barrick Gold, Écosociété, a small publisher based in Quebec, has put an end to publishing & reprinting Noir Canada. But the publisher & academics/authors Alain Deneault, Delphine Abadie & William Sacher still face a […]