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Professors, professional librarians and instructors at Carleton University have voted to ac­cept a tentative agreement reached with the employer April 17. The deal was reached before the collective agreement expired and is effective May 1, 2009 to April 30, 2010. […]

Victor Catano est photographié aux côtés de Penni Stewart, présidente de l’ACPPU, et de Doug Lorimer, président du Comité de la négociation collective et des avantages économiques, après la remise de son prix le 23 avril à Ottawa. Lors de […]

CAUT Council delegates voted last month to postpone consideration of censure of the board and administration of Acadia University over the firing of professor Colin Wightman, following a recommendation of CAUT president Penni Stewart and executive director James Turk. They […]

Le 23 avril, le conseil de l’ACPPU a approuvé à l’unanimité l’adhésion de l’association du person­nel académique de l’Université St. Jerome’s (SJU-ASA), qui devient ainsi le 70e membre local de l’ACPPU. Cette décision est intervenue un mois après que le […]

Two-thirds of Canadians are concerned about how cuts to research funding will impact Ca­na­da’s ability to attract and retain university teachers, and the same majority believes government should not steer research, according to a Harris/Decima poll conducted in April. When […]

La direction de l’Université Lakehead a annoncé le 24 avril que l’établissement fermerait ses portes pendant quatre jours en décembre en raison de difficultés financières. Non seulement les employés non essentiels n’auront-ils pas le droit d’entrer dans l’université, « mais […]

Restoring Free Speech and Liberty on Campus Donald Alexander Downs. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2005; 318 pp; ISBN: 978-0-5218-3987-7, cloth $34.99 us; ISBN: 978-0-5216-8971-7, paper $22.99 us. A hallmark of contemporary course outlines is the importance of developing critical […]

Historical Identities: The Professoriate in Canada Paul Stortz & E. Lisa Panayotidis, eds. Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press, 2006; 450 pp; ISBN: 9780802090003, cloth $74 ca. Six tenured professors (five of whom teach in education faculties), five retired historians, […]

Responsibility, Indigenous Epistemes and the Logic of the Gift Rauna Kuokkanen. Vancouver, BC: UBC Press, 2007; 248 pp; ISBN: 978-0-7748-1356-3, cloth $85 ca; ISBN: 978-0-7748-1357-0, paper $32.95 ca. Rauna Kuokkanen argues that attempts by universities to be inclusive are unsuccessful […]

Ottawa, ON: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, 2008; 143 pp; ISBN: 978-0-88627-544-0, paper $12 ca. While educators look for ways to incorporate a powerful learning medium into their practice, millions of youth are growing up in an online frontier where […]

Victor Catano poses with CAUT president Penni Stewart & Doug Lorimer, chair of the collective bargaining & economic benefits committee, after receiving his award April 23 in Ottawa. Saint Mary’s University professor Victor Catano was honoured with the Donald C. […]

The CAUT Council unanimously voted April 23 to recognize St. Jerome’s University Academic Staff Association as its 70th local member. The Council action came a month after academic staff at St. Jerome’s voted to certify SJU-ASA as a labour union […]