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The Conservative government’s latest copyright bill is a vast improvement over its predecessors — but one part has seriously negative consequences for most Canadians. The Copyright Modernization Act (Bill C-32) raises important issues for academic staff, and we need to […]

Hundreds of students were on Parliament Hill Nov. 25 at a rally over the high costs of higher education. Student leaders from across the country rallied on Parliament Hill Nov. 25 to unveil an 85,000-signature petition calling for more federal […]

pictured at left: Lisa Sharp Lisa Sharp, a University of New Brunswick biology professor serving on CAUT’s women’s committee, has been elected as chair of the committee for the remainder of the term of Paddy Musson, who resigned from the […]

Le plus haut tribunal du Canada a rejeté la demande d’autorisa­tion présentée par l’association du personnel académique de l’Univer­sité de la Colombie-Britannique (UBCFA), et appuyée par l’ACPPU, pour porter en appel la décision de la Cour d’appel provinciale qui avait […]

Le Dr Larry Reynolds a été réintégré dans ses fonctions de professeur de médecine aux départements de médecine familiale et obstétrique, gynécologie et sciences de la reproduction à l’Université du Manitoba et à l’Office régional de la santé de Winnipeg […]

Dr. Larry Reynolds has been restored as professor of medicine at the University of Manito­ba and the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, with joint ap­pointments in family medicine and obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences. In response, CAUT dropped its plans to […]

Canada’s highest court has denied the University of British Columbia Faculty Association’s application, supported by CAUT, for leave to appeal a B.C. Court of Appeal decision that upheld an arbitrator’s ruling that he did not have jurisdiction over a grievance […]

Government hands pharmaceutical industry more control in decision-making. In a move that a health care advocacy group says is like “putting biker gangs in charge of street crime,” British Columbia is handing pharmaceutical companies more control over drug coverage decisions […]

Carleton University’s Board of Governors will no longer withhold membership fees from student unions on campus, according to an agreement reached last month. In a joint statement issued Nov. 29, the university, the Carleton University Students’ Association, and the Graduate […]

The Mount Allison Faculty Association and university administration are to begin hearings before a conciliation board, the province of New Brunswick has announced. The Nov. 4 decision by Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour Minister Martine Coulombe came after the two […]

Lakehead University’s administration came under attack last year over imposed furlough days. [Photo: Scott Pound/Bulletin Archives] An arbitrator has found that Lakehead University violated its collective agreement by shutting down the university for four days in December 2009 and reducing […]

The Prince Edward Island government is threatening to in­troduce legislative changes that would allow for new degree-granting ar­rangements on the Island, unless the University of Prince Edward Island agrees to partner with a millionaire developer for a program in real […]