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La totalité du personnel académique de l’Université de Sudbury s’est prononcée en faveur d’une mesure de grève en vue d’atteindre les objectifs visés dans la négociation. « Le message passé par nos membres devrait ouvrir la voie à une négociation […]

Après six jours d’intenses négociations, souvent acrimonieuses, les ministres du Commerce des 149 pays membres de l’Organisation mondiale du commerce (OMC) ont convenu de remettre sur les rails le cycle des négociations commerciales globales. L’entente, atteinte dans les dernières heures […]

C’est par centaines que les gens ont assisté, le 30 novembre dernier, à la projection du documentaire « Seeds of Change » à la Winnipeg Art Gallery. Produit par les chercheurs Ian Mauro et Stéphane McLachlan de l’Université du Manitoba, […]

After six days of intensive and often acrimonious negotiations, trade ministers from the 149 member countries of the World Trade Organization reached an agreement to restart stalled global trade talks. The deal, struck in the dying hours of the ministerial […]

J. Paul Grayson’s review of Jeffrey Cormier’s 2004 book, The Canadianization Movement: Emergence, Survival and Success, (Bulletin, December 2005) points to some weaknesses which concern us. Cormier’s study contains much important information, especially relating to the discussion of Canadianization within […]

I was honoured to represent CAUT, along with executive director James Turk and associate executive director David Robinson, at meetings last month in Melbourne, Australia, hosted by the National Tertiary Education Union and Education International. NTEU, which represents higher education […]

Dr. David Graham is a senior official in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Drug Safety — the office responsible for monitoring drugs once they’ve been approved for sale. Graham, whose medical, epidemiological and biostatistics training was received […]

I must admit to being shocked and appalled by the protectionist, defensive tone of the President’s Column (Bulletin, December 2005) opposing the proposed General Agreement on Trade in Services, and especially the opening up to “trade” in higher education services. […]

Professor Rudner confuses CAUT’s concerns about the inclusion of education services within the General Agreement on Trade in Services with a general anti-internationalist stance. This suggests that opposition to trade agreements like GATS necessarily translates to opposition to the internationalization […]

I wonder whether the editor was conscious of the ironic juxtaposition on the front page of the December Bulletin. Two articles, side-by-side, quote CAUT president Loretta Czernis. The article captioned ‘Election Campaign’ quotes her as saying the federal government should […]

Canada’s three funding agencies have announced the release of an updated interagency policy statement on ethical conduct in research involving humans. The latest version incorporates editorial and technical corrections, among other changes. A summary of amendments can be found on […]

A CAUT investigatory committee has made a series of recommendations about continuing education programs, following from its investigation of allegations of violation of Dr. Laurent Leduc’s academic freedom at the University of St. Michael’s College (University of Toronto). Leduc, on […]