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As science and engineering faculty across the country anxiously await the results of the 2011 Discovery Grant competition, it is worth reflecting on the changes the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (the program’s administrator) has introduced over […]

Promoting and protecting the integrity of academic research is a central concern of CAUT. We have long been critical of current measures used to assure research integrity and we have been vocal in calling for national standards. A review of […]

Students march in Halifax Feb. 2 to protest the end of the tuition freeze in Nova Scotia. [Photo: Moira Peters] Thousands of Nova Scotia students preparing to take to the streets for a “Reduce Fees-Drop Debt” rally Feb. 2 were […]

Le système québécois de la recherche s’est mis en place au cours de plusieurs décennies et rien n’indique que les structures actuelles, dont certaines ont à peine dix ans, soient déficientes Par Yves Gingras La Commission des finances publiques étudie […]

The overly protesting Drs Coates and MacLatchy (Bulletin, January 2011), in thrall to one golden rule, ignore the sage wisdom of another: when you find yourself in a hole, stop digging. Instead of professing profound disappointment, the embarrassed principals should […]

Study Group has had its plans for a new “pathways” joint venture scuppered by the University of Windsor’s Faculty Association after a lengthy campaign that convinced university president Alan Wildeman to refuse to sanction the deal. Private education corporation Study […]

On the heels of last year’s budget that froze government funding for public post-secondary institutions and student financial assistance programs for three years, the new BC budget tabled Feb. 15 announced the freeze would extend through an additional year. The […]

Quebec Premier Jean Charest attempted to put on a strong front in his inaugural speech that recalled the National Assembly after his surprise prorogation on Feb. 4. Charest, at a record low popularity, said his Liberal government recognizes employment and […]

Quebec education minister Line Beauchamp has confirmed that her government will go ahead with penalties against McGill for hiking tuition fees for its Masters of Business Administration program by almost 1,500 per cent last September. As the Bulletin reported in […]

Medical professors Anne Duffy & Paul Grof had their research records seized & copied. An independent committee of inquiry appointed by CAUT to investigate why computer files and documents were seized in a 2005 incident has issued an interim statement […]

Suivant de près le budget de l’an dernier par lequel le gouvernement britanno-colombien imposait pour trois ans un gel du financement des établissements postsecondaires publics et des programmes d’aide financière aux étudiants, le nouveau budget provincial déposé le 15 février […]

Les étudiants ont défilé dans Halifax, le 2 février, pour protester contre la fin du gel des frais de scolarité. [Photo : Moira Peters] Alors que la mobilisation se mettait en place en vue d’un grand rassemblement prévu le 2 […]