Archives du Bulletin

Save the World on Your Own Tıme Stanley Fish. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008; 189 pp; ISBN: 978-0-19-536902-1, hardcover $19.95 us. Stanley Fish purports to bring good news to the aca­demy — his gospel being that there is a […]

Le 3 mars, le directeur général de l’ACPPU, James Turk, s’est rendu sur la colline du Parlement pour discuter avec les députés Marc Garneau, Jack Layton et Mike Savage des compressions imposées aux programmes de recherche dans le budget fédéral […]

Six-year ordeal ends for Dalhousie medical oncologist Michael Goodyear. After an unprecedented six-year ordeal, Dr. Michael Goodyear, a professor of medicine at Dalhousie University, has been cleared of all allegations that led to his suspension in 2002 by the chief […]

Granting Councils Are Budget Losers Many in Canada’s academic research community are ringing alarm bells over this year’s federal budget, warning that inadequate funding and increased government oversight will make it more difficult to attract and retain researchers. While Finance […]

Twenty-five years ago the recommendations of the Royal Commission on Equality in Employment sparked a wave of activism on Canadian campuses. In light of this anniversary, we should reflect on equity progress in our post-secondary institutions. The commission, headed by […]

The article “Basic Research Trumps Applied in Value Created” (Bulletin, January 2009) implies that applied research is by definition “commercially-driven.” This implication ignores the extensive applied research occurring in medicine, psychology, disability studies, applied behaviour ana­lysis and other applied health […]

More than 9,000 part-time and sessional faculty at 24 commu­nity colleges in Ontario may have to wait a while before learning the outcome of the largest certification vote in the province’s labour history. The province-wide vote on whether to join […]

Henry Bertram Mayo a été membre du premier comité de direction de l’ACPPU. Éminent érudit canadien et membre fondateur de l’ACPPU, Henry Bertram Mayo est décédé de vieillesse à l’âge de 97 ans, le 15 janvier dernier, après s’être consacré […]

Academic Freedom in the Wired World: Political Extremism, Corporate Power and the University Robert O’Neil. Cambridge, MA & London, UK: Harvard University Press, 2008; 312 pp; ISBN: 978-0-674-02660-5, hardcover $35 us. In Academic Freedom in the Wired World readers come […]

Equity and Excellence in American Higher Education William G. Bowen, Martin A. Kurzweil & Eugene M. Tobin. Charlottesville, VA & London, UK: University of Virginia Press, 2005; 480 pp; ISBN: 0-8139-2350-6, hardcover $27.95 us; ISBN: 0-8139-2557-6, paper $18.95 us. Former […]

How the Net Generation Is Changing Your World Don Tapscott. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 2008; 384 pp; ISBN: 978-0071-508636, hardcover $27.95 us. Chances are you know a person between the ages of 11 and 30. You’ve seen them doing five […]

New Realities for Boomer Women Margret Hovanec & Elizabeth Shilton. Toronto, ON: Second Story Press, 2007; 279 pp; ISBN: 978-1-897187-21-0, paper $24.95 ca. We were the first generation of women to enter the workforce in massive numbers, breaking down the […]