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Each year more than two million workers die from work-related accidents and diseases, with cancer as the leading cause of premature death. And, although a particularly heavy toll of dead and injured occurs in the world’s most hazardous industries, academic […]

Committee asked to determine if firing was consistent with tenure policies. When the University of Manitoba chose not to reappoint Larry Reynolds as head of family medicine at the university, CAUT established an ad hoc investigatory committee to determine whether […]

A United States federal court has ruled that it has the power to review whether the Bush administration has a valid reason for denying a visa to respected South Afri­can scholar Adam Habib. Habib is a sought-after political analyst and […]

Over half of Canadians believe that tuition fees should be low­ered, and almost 60 per cent believe tuition fees should be eliminated over time, according to a Harris De­cima poll commissioned by CAUT and the Canadian Federation of Students. Support […]

Victor Sim lost his battle with cancer last month. He was 80. Victor Sim passed away in Ottawa on Dec. 7, after a brief illness. Vic joined CAUT in 1973, where he served as associate executive secretary until his retirement […]

Good teaching is not a separate & distinct activity from the rest of academic work. After three decades of working with undergraduates, I remain convin­ced that teaching is best learnt on the job. The more teaching I do, the more […]

Basic research has a far greater social and economic impact than commercially-driven research, according to a recent study released by the Russell Group — the informal collective of the top 20 research universities in the UK. Based on data from […]

The University in a Corporate Culture Eric Gould. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2003; 272 pp; ISBN: 978-0300-087062, cloth $50 us. The view that universities are increasingly influenced by corporate dominated culture, politics and economics is hardly an original […]

une atteinte à la liberté académique Nancy Olivieri fait face à une autre poursuite du géant pharmaceutique Apotex Inc. [Photo d'archives] La récente poursuite entamée par la société pharmaceutique Apotex contre la Dre Nancy Olivieri est une atteinte flagrante à […]

Les accidents du travail et les ma­­ladies professionnelles font plus de deux millions de victimes chaque année, et le cancer est la première cause des décès prématurés. Si un nombre particulièrement élevé de décès et de lésions surviennent dans les […]

Plus de la moitié des Canadiens estiment que les droits de scolarité devraient être abaissés, et près de 60 % croient que ces frais devraient être éliminés complètement avec le temps, selon un sondage Harris De­cima mené pour le compte […]

Selon les conclusions d’une récente étude menée par le Russell Group (un réseau rassemblant les 20 principales universités de re­cherche au Royaume-Uni), la re­cherche fondamentale a un impact social et économique beaucoup plus important que la recherche à vocation commerciale. […]