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University of Saskatchewan professor Patricia Monture and MIT professor Jill Ker Conway win CAUT Sarah Shorten Awards Sarah Shorten award winners Patricia Monture (left) and Jill Ker Conway (right), at CAUT’s May Council meeting in Ottawa. The 2007 Sarah Shorten […]

Bill C-61, the federal government’s proposed amendments to the Copyright Act, drastically restricts access to electronic documents and online material. If passed into law by Parliament, the amendments will represent a major setback for the interests of teachers, librarians, students, […]

The flaw of rankings is that most universities are good at one thing or another, says Alan Ryan. The “league-table mentality,” whose malign impact on schools and universities has been much discussed recently, is an odd phenomenon. We all know […]

In this inaugural column I want to introduce myself and briefly sketch some of the challenges facing us. I was elected vice-president of CAUT in 2007, following a long history of activism within my local association at York University, where […]

New Brunswick Approves Meritus University Programs In its rush to welcome a private, for-profit university to Fredericton, the New Brunswick government is ignoring the dismal record of the school’s parent company, and putting students’ academic futures at risk, warns CAUT. […]

The Association of Professors of Saint Paul University has won its drive to represent full-time faculty members and professional librarians at the university in Ottawa. The Ontario Labour Relations Board formally certified the association last month, culminating a spring organizing […]

The Alberta Colleges and Institutes Faculties Association and the sessional faculty union at the University of Toronto (CUPE 3902 Unit 3) were voted into membership at CAUT’s council meeting last month. ACIFA represents the interests of more than 6,000 members […]

Our objective should be solely to profit from the benefits that a sound program of developmental physical activity in sport, exercise and related expressive activities can bring for all people in our country, says Earle Zeigler. [Photo: Andy Naval, www.accugraphics.net] […]

Dans son empressement à accueillir une université privée à but lucratif à Fredericton, le gouvernement du Nouveau-Brunswick ne tient aucun compte du bilan désastreux de la société mère de l’établissement et met en péril l’avenir universitaire des étudiants, prévient l’ACPPU. […]

Pour ma toute première rubrique dans le Bulletin, j’aimerais me présenter et puis esquisser brièvement certains des défis qui se posent à nous. J’ai été élue vice-présidente de l’ACPPU en 2007, après de nombreuses années de militantisme au sein de […]

L’Association des professeurs et des professeures de l’Université Saint-Paul est sortie victorieuse de la campagne de syndicalisation qu’elle a menée ce printemps en vue de représenter les membres du corps professoral et les bibliothécaires professionnels à temps plein de cet […]

Les prix Sarah-Shorten de l’ACPPU sont décernés à la professeure Patricia Monture de l’Université de la Saskatchewan (à gauche) et à la professeure Jill Ker Conway du Massachusetts Institute of Technology Les prix Sarah-Shorten de 2007 ont été remis lors […]