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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 […]

Canada’s academic scientists and engineers are increasingly anxious about the effectiveness of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council’s Discovery Grant Program after only 58 per cent of applications were successful in the 2010 competition. The program’s success rate has […]

Every qualified student, Canadians and their governments believe, should have access to post-secondary education. But is near universal access a realistic goal given current tuition policy in most Canadian provinces? Are some students being systematically ex­cluded? Data suggests students from […]

Academic staff at the University of Western Ontario have voted in favour of strike action. UWO Faculty Association members voted 87 per cent in favour of a strike. Their last contract expired June 30. “This is a very strong mandate […]

Nadia Guidotto Nadia Guidotto, a student working towards a PhD in political science at York University, has been awarded CAUT’s J.H. Stewart Reid fellowship. Nadia studies gender identity and sexual orientation. She has an honours bachelor of arts degree from […]

L'Université Crandall (anciennement l’Université baptiste de l’Atlantique) vient d’être ajoutée à la liste établie par l’ACPPU des universités et collèges qui impo­sent, comme condition d’embauche, l’obligation de subir un test d’obédience idéologique ou de foi. Cette mesure fait suite à […]

Nadia Guidotto L'ACPPU a décerné cette année la bourse commémorative Stewart-Reid à Nadia Guidotto, doctorante en science politique à l’Université York. Nadia détient un baccalauréat ès arts (spécialisé) de l’Université Queen’s, une maîtrise en droit de l’Osgoode Hall Law School […]

La colère gronde chez les étudiants de la Nouvelle-Écosse depuis la publication d’un rapport recommandant une réforme radicale du système universitaire de la province. Invoquant les contraintes budgétaires du gouvernement et la diminution du nombre d’inscriptions dans les établissements, Tim […]

Selon des documents obtenus par la journaliste Margaret Munro de l’agence Postmedia News grâce à la Loi sur l’accès à l’information, les scientifiques à l’emploi de Ressources naturelles Canada (RNCan) doivent obtenir l’autorisation ministérielle pour parler aux journalistes. Les nouvelles […]

Scientists at Natural Resources Canada must have ministerial approval before speaking to journalists, according to documents obtained by Postmedia News reporter Margaret Munro through the Access to Information Act. The new rules, in effect since March, require scientists to have […]