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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 […]

National post-secondary education faculty unions and associations from more than 30 nations met in Melbourne, Australia for the 5th Education International Conference on Higher Education and Research. Key issues included academic freedom, commercialization, privatization, trade negotiations, security, working conditions, brain […]

Mary Kandiuk, reference librarian at Scott Library at York University, is the recipient of the sixth CAUT Academic Librarians’ Distinguished Service Award. The award, created in 1994, recognizes a librarian or a faculty member for outstanding service in furthering the […]

Academic staff at the University of Sudbury have voted 100 per cent in favour of strike action to achieve bargaining goals. “This message from the membership should help produce meaningful bargaining with the university and a fair settlement,” said local […]

Leona Jacobs, systems librarian at the University of Lethbridge, is CAUT’s visiting scholar for 2006. While at CAUT, she will study research leave provisions for Canadian academic librarians. Her work will examine the availability of leave provisions and their patterns […]

L'ACPPU a procédé à un examen indépendant du Programme des chaires de recherche du Canada (PCRC) qui finance 2 000 professorats de recherche dans les universités canadiennes. Dans son rapport, l’ACPPU fait ressortir de sérieuses lacunes dans la conception et […]

L'ACPPU a informé le recteur de l’Université Dalhousie, Tom Traves, qu’elle pourrait adopter une motion de censure contre l’établissement si la direction ne satisfait pas à l’obligation qui lui incombe de prendre les dispositions nécessaires pour défendre deux professeurs en […]

Maintenant qu’il est confirmé que les élections fédérales auront lieu le 23 janvier prochain, l’ACPPU souhaite plus que jamais faire de l’enseignement postsecondaire un enjeu électoral. « Les prochaines élections sont l’occasion pour nous de porter toute notre attention sur […]

Face au renversement imminent du gouvernement fédéral, le ministre des Finances, Ralph Goodale, s’est servi de la Mise à jour financière de cette année pour annoncer les éléments phares du programme de la prochaine campagne électorale du Parti libéral. Les […]

Le mois dernier, la Commission canadienne des droits de la personne a demandé que soit formé un tribunal chargé d’instruire les plaintes de huit professeures contre Industrie Canada. Déposées en mai 2003, ces plaintes allèguent que le Programme de chaires […]