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In early May, the government of British Columbia released a major review of post-secondary education. The report, titled “Access and Excellence: The Campus 2020 Plan for British Columbia’s Post-Secondary Education System,”1 marks an important admission that the province’s last six […]

Teaching evaluations have become a permanent fixture in the academic environment. These instruments, through which students express their true feelings about classes and professors, can make or break an instructor. What would students say if they had Socrates as a […]

I’ve always said that anniversaries and milestones in an organization’s life are worth celebrating. In February we moved into our new office building, situated within a stone’s throw of our former building, which had housed our operations since 1994. This […]

Foundation president Howard Pawley [File Photo] Protecting the integrity of academic work is the theme for the second Harry Crowe Foundation conference being held later this year in Ottawa. In designing the event, the foundation’s directors identified four critical themes: […]

Chad Gaffield, le lauréat du Prix 2007 de l'ACPPU pour services émérites. Chad Gaffield, professeur d’histoire à l’Université d’Ottawa et président du Conseil de recherches en sciences humaines du Canada, a été élu lauréat du Prix 2007 de l’ACPPU pour […]

A clear majority of Canadians want new federal funding for post-secondary education targeted to lowering tuition fees, shows a poll done for CAUT and the Canadian Federation of Students. According to the survey, 53 per cent of respondents saw reducing […]

Les délégués présents à l’assemblée du Conseil du mois dernier ont voté en faveur de l’adhésion à l’ACPPU de l’association du personnel académique du Collège universitaire St. Mary’s, qui représente 54 membres à temps plein et à temps partiel du […]

Dangerous Fault Lines — Lakehead’s deal with the online giant Google raises privacy objections. [Photo: Lakehead University] Lakehead University has signed an outsourcing contract with Google to run e-mail services for faculty, staff and students at the university. Initially offered […]

Une nette majorité de Canadiens veulent que tout nouveau financement fédéral pour l’éducation postsecondaire soit consacré à la réduction des droits de scolarité, révèle un sondage réalisé pour le compte de l’ACPPU et de la Fédération canadienne des étudiantes et […]

Chad Gaffield — 2007 recipient of CAUT’s Distinguished Academic Award. Chad Gaffield, a professor of history at the University of Ottawa and president of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, received CAUT’s 2007 Distinguished Academic Award. The […]

Terre-Neuve-et-LabradorLe budget déposé le 26 avril par le gouvernement de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador octroie près de 30 millions de dollars supplémentaires en subventions de fonctionnement à l’Université Memorial et au Collège de l’Atlantique Nord; il affecte 3,25 millions de dollars supplémentaires à […]

Guest artists Susan O’Neill-Senyshyn & Yaroslav Senyshyn at April 27 concert. Pianist Yaroslav Senyshyn and flautist Susan O’Neill-Senyshyn received standing ovations for their performances at CAUT’s benefit concert in late April to raise money for Discovery University and its program […]