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William Bruneau William Bruneau was elected at the spring CAUT Council meeting to succeed Gordon Shrimpton as Speaker of Council starting in November 2006. Shrimpton stepped down after serving for eight years. In one of the several tributes to the […]

Canadians don’t widely share most of the priorities of the Conservative government of Stephen Harper, according the latest public opinion survey commissioned by CAUT. The poll, carried out by Decima research just prior to the release of this month’s federal […]

Consideration of censuring Dalhousie University was postponed after CAUT Council learned of written commitments from Dalhousie University president Tom Traves to address concerns raised by CAUT regarding Gabrielle Horne and Michael Goodyear, both of whom are professors at Dalhousie. After […]

Cheryl Reed-Elder (gauche), présidente de l’Association du personnel académique du Collège universitaire Algoma, et Cindy Oliver, présidente de la Federation of Post-Secondary Educators de la C.-B., ont pris part à une conférence de presse simulée. Dans le cadre de la […]

The faculty association at the University of Saskatchewan has filed an unfair labour practice charge against the university, accusing the administration of closing the university’s almost century-old extension division so as to be able to hire non-faculty “professional staff” for […]

The Ontario Court of Appeal has opened the door to York University president Lorna Marsden being sued for misfeasance in public office. In a ruling late last month, an appeals court panel overturned a decision by an Ontario Superior Court […]

Compulsory retirement at age 65 was one of the best things that ever happened to me during my academic life. I am now financially free (pensioned) to follow the intellectual topics that intrigue me. My publication rate has increased over […]

Academic staff in the United Kingdom are leaving coursework unmarked, cancelling lectures and seminars and refusing to supervise exams in a coordinated effort to pressure employers into ending a bitter pay dispute. Association of University Teachers and National Association for […]

More than 20 years ago the Canadian Labour Congress declared April 28 a National Day of Mourning for workers injured or killed on the job. Every year since, unions, labour councils, families and community partners gather by the thousands to […]

A 16-day strike by academic staff at the University of Prince Edward Island is over, with both sides agreeing April 5 to a tentative agreement that was ratified later the same day by a 98 per cent majority. “We’re delighted […]

Lance Rucker’s department head and dean thought he should be promoted to full professor. So did the university’s senior appointments committee, a labour arbitrator and the provincial Labour Relations Board. Now, the B.C. Supreme Court agrees as well, leaving university […]

Four provincial budgets tabled in March served up mixed offerings for post-secondary education. Ontario In Ontario, the focus of the Liberal government’s budget was on rebuilding the province’s infrastructure, but universities and colleges received $290 million more in operating grants […]