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Une enquête-reportage réalisée par deux journalistes du Globe and Mail, Mark MacKinnon et Rod Mickleburgh, soulève des inquiétudes sur les liens que les universités canadiennes entretiennent avec les agences de recrutement d’étudiants étrangers. Les journalistes y racontent l’histoire de Vic, […]

We were intrigued by Thomas Tiedje’s commentary “Is your ranking holding you down?” (Bulletin, October 2010). It is worthwhile stating at the outset that our view is not the same as Disraeli’s/Twain’s: “Lies, damned lies and statistics.” We believe data […]

I read with admiration the CAUT Almanac included with the September edition of the Bulletin. But I was disappointed when looking over the Almanac figures summarizing academic staff by visible minority and ethno-cultural background (figure 2.8 & table 2.19, p. […]

Professor Nunes is correct that there are difficulties with the categories and terminology used in the cited table and figure. Unfor­tunately we are hampered by the categories that Statistics Canada has constructed to sort and collect the data in the […]

An investigative report by Globe and Mail reporters Mark Mac­Kinnon and Rod Mickleburgh is raising concerns about Canadian universities’ ties to international student recruitment agencies. The report tells the story of “Vic,” a 19-year-old Chinese student whose family paid $20,000 […]

The union’s strike headquarters in London Mall. Faculty members at the university were prepared to walk out at midnight Nov. 3 if a deal wasn’t reached. [Photo: Nyssa kuwahara / The Gazette] The University of Western On­tario Faculty Association has […]

Gary Goodyear, Minister of State for Science & Technology, announced Oct. 14 that a panel is reviewing federal support for business innovation. [Photo: Brian Gardiner] The federal government has announced the creation of an advisory panel to make recommendations on […]

The report, 52 pages called The Benefits of Greater Differentiation of Ontario’s University Sector, supports a centralized planning approach & calls for a system of specialization to be imposed on the province’s universities. The Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario […]

Founders Hall at Canadian Mennonite University [File Photo] Canadian Mennonite Univer­sity in Winnipeg has been added to CAUT’s list of universities and colleges that have a faith or ideological test as a condition of employment. The action follows a detailed […]

Peter Davison, ed. London, UK & Toronto, ON: Random House, 2010; 544 pp; ISBN: 978-1-84655-355-4, cloth $54.95 CA. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reviewed by WILLIAM BRUNEAU Years ago, during a year in Paris, I used to visit the British Council. The Council had […]

Le licenciement du directeur de l’école Balsillie, Ramesh Thakur, résulte d’un sérieux manque de jugement de la part des universités et d’un grave manquement à leur engagement vis-à-vis de l’autonomie institutionnelle et de l’intégrité académique. [Photo : Mathew McCarthy / […]

Partis de Maniwaki (Québec) le 19 septembre dernier, quelque 100 membres de la communauté de Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg et de sympathisants, accompagnés par Shawn Atleo, chef national de l’Assemblée des Premières Nations, sont arrivés à Ottawa le 23 septembre après […]