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Current dogma states that all aspects of society should be subject to the principles and logic of marketization, and part of this dogma — which is gaining wider currency within higher education — is the belief that quality can be […]

Nick Ruest, vice-président de l’association des bibliothécaires de l’Université McMaster (MUALA), présent à l’assemblée du Conseil de l’ACPPU à Ottawa le 22 avril. L'ACPPU compte une association. de plus dans ses rangs. Lors de l’assemblée du Conseil qui s’est tenue […]

Le lauréat du prix d’excellence académique, Barry Grant, photographié avec des membres de sa famille lors de l’assemblée du Conseil de l’ACPPU à Ottawa le 24 avril. Barry Grant, professeur d’études cinématographiques à l’Uni­ver­sité Brock, est le lauréat 2010 du […]

Selon un nouveau sondage, près de huit Canadiens sur dix estiment plus important que jamais d’acquérir une éducation postsecondaire et la majeure partie de la population canadienne s’inquiète du coût de plus en plus élevé des études à ce niveau. […]

Les délégués au congrès national de l’ACPPU qui s’est tenu le mois dernier à Ottawa ont voté à l’unanimité pour la levée de la sanction de blâme contre l’Université des Premières nations du Canada (UPNC). L’ACPPU avait imposé ce blâme […]

Prime Minister Stephen Harper officially apologized in June 2008 to the tens of thousands of former students of the residential schools system. “We now recognize that it was wrong to separate children from rich and vibrant cultures and traditions — […]

In academia, it is common to distinguish between full and part-time work. A notice of motion before CAUT Council last month challenges us to rethink this nomenclature. The motion submitted by CUPE Local 3902 at the University of Toronto, called […]

McMaster University Academic Librarians’ Association vice-president Nick Ruest attends CAUT Council in Ottawa April 22. CAUT’s association base just got a little bigger with delegates at its April 2010 council meeting endorsing the membership application of the McMaster University Academic […]

Recognizing the best of education stories for 2009 — Our happy winners, from left to right, Rebecca Granovsky-Larsen, Nora Loreto & Sharon Lem at the awards ceremony in Ottawa April 24. Nora Loreto and Rebecca Granovsky-Larsen writing for the Ryerson […]

A new poll shows almost eight in 10 Canadians think a post-secondary education is more important than ever, with most citizens uneasy about its rising costs. The Harris-Decima poll, commissioned by CAUT and the Canadian Federation of Students, also shows […]

Holding the Distinguished Academic Award, Barry Grant poses for a photo with family members at CAUT’s annual meeting in Ottawa, on April 24, 2010. Barry Grant, a professor of film studies at Brock University, is CAUT’s 2010 Distinguished Academic Award […]

Delegates at CAUT’s Council meeting in Ottawa last month voted unanimously to lift the censure against First Nations Univer­sity of Canada. CAUT acted to impose censure in November 2008 — a step that hadn’t been used in almost 30 years […]