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In the November 2004 Bulletin, Michael Geist describes Access Copyright programs using such inflammatory and silly terms as "cash grab" and "unnecessary." He makes no distinction between scientific and scholarly information (for which creators have already been paid, which is […]

The Canadian Federation of Students has unveiled a national student loan debt clock to highlight what it says has been an explosion in student loan debt. "Paul Martin declared a war on debt 10 years ago, but student loan debt […]

In his commentary on copyright (Bulletin, November 2004) Michael Geist suggests "copyright is important to the education community." In my 25 years as an educator I have not seen any evidence of this. In fact, according to numerous recent discussions, […]

Five new policy statements were adopted at last month's CAUT Council meeting. Employment Status of Graduate Students The policy statement on the employment status of graduate students seeks to ensure that graduate students who are given primary responsibility for a […]

While at first blush Professors Waltner-Toews and Berezin appear to be commenting on copyright from opposite perspectives - Waltner-Toews expressing concern that creators of creative works should be suitably compensated while Berezin calling for a phase-out of copyright within the […]

CAUT announced the launch in November of a national campaign to highlight the hidden dangers students and staff face from exposure to asbestos at institution across the country. "Asbestos is an extremely hazardous substance that has been completely banned in […]

In her article on asbestos (Bulletin, November 2004) Loretta Czernis incorrectly stated that asbestos is banned in Canada. She then gave a dramatic illustration of its harmfulness, claiming the Institut national de santé publique du Québec (INSPQ) found that women […]

September 11: Consequences for Canada Kent Roach. Montreal, Quebec & Kingston, Ontario: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2003; 280 pp; ISBN: 077352584X, hardcover $70 CA.; ISBN: 0773525858, paper $22.95 CA. On September 11, 2001, Al-Qaeda terrorists orchestrated an attack of unmistakable significance […]

We need to find ways to make academic work more family friendly. That's the message I take from new data CAUT has collected showing a significant "baby gap" among female faculty members. Nearly one half of the female academics in […]

Countries with largest public sectors also have healthy economies When Canadians went to the polls last June, they chose, in policy terms, new spending by the federal government over shrinking government through more tax cuts. In so doing, they rejected […]

With too little public money to work with, universities are increasingly turning to private revenue sources. Canada's universities and university colleges are increasingly drawing upon private sources of funding to make up for public funding cuts, according to a report […]

Canadians want the federal government to do more to make education more affordable, a new CAUT survey shows. "People are clearly saying they find university and college tuition too high," said Loretta Czernis, president of CAUT. "Students and their families […]