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Les trois partis d’opposition fédéraux ayant fait tomber le gouvernement conservateur par un vote de censure, les Canadiens prendront le chemin des urnes le 2 mai prochain pour des élections où l’éducation postsecondaire s’annonce comme l’un des enjeux importants. Dès […]

Bill C-42 makes it legal for Canadian airlines to send passenger information for flights that traverse U.S. airspace. Canadian air passengers now require approval of American authorities to board most planes leaving from Canadian airports. In March, Bill C-42 — […]

La nouvelle loi (C-42) permet aux transporteurs aériens canadiens de communiquer en toute légalité l¹information sur les passagers à bord des avions qui survolent le territoire américain. Depuis l’adoption en mars der­nier du controversé projet de loi sur la sécurité […]

Members of the University of Winnipeg Faculty Association have voted in favour of a new, three-year contract. The new contract includes a 5.41% salary increase over the life of the agreement, pension contribution increases and improvements to salary ranges and […]

With the three federal opposition parties voting no-confidence in the ruling Conservative government in March, Canadians will head to the polls on May 2 with post-secondary education shaping up as an important election issue. Early in the campaign, the Liberal […]

In an era of wage restraint, aca­demic staff at St. Jerome’s University in Waterloo, Ontario have ratified a first collective agreement that locks in salary increases for 30 fac­ulty members and the university librarian. SJU-ASA members voted 96% in favour […]

Following months of difficult negotiations, the University of Prince Edward Island Faculty Association and employer have reached a tentative agreement after a pro­vincial conciliator was appointed to assist the parties at the union’s request. Details remain confidential until union members […]

Redeemer University College in Ancaster, Ontario, has been added to CAUT’s list of universities and colleges that subject academic staff to a faith test. The action follows the report of an ad hoc investigatory committee created last year under CAUT’s […]

New Brunswick New Brunswick’s 2011 budget, released March 22 by the newly-elected Conservative government, partially spared post-secondary education from the $220 million austerity measures imposed on government programs to help reduce the provincial deficit. Universities and colleges will see a […]

Eric Barendt. Oxford, UK & Portland, OR: Hart Publishing, 2010; 331 pp; ISBN: 978-1-84113-694-3, paper $80 US. By Dwight Newman Academic freedom is a value at the heart of the academic enterprise. Some invoke it as a shield in defence […]

How Special Interests Corrupt Public Health Research Thomas O. McGarity & Wendy E. Wagner. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2010; 400 pp; ISBN: 978-0-67404-714-3, paper $24.95 usd. What do we know about the possible poisons that industrial technologies leave in […]

I think we are seeing the effects of unionization. — Penni Stewart, CAUT president The gender pay gap for academic staff in Canada narrowed significantly, according to a report by CAUT released recently. According to the data, the overall gender […]