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The federal government and the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada have agreed to a framework agreement on federally funded research. Under the terms of the agreement, AUCC members say they will double the amount of research their institutions […]

The University of California at San Diego has abandoned plans to discipline a student group for providing a website link to a site supporting an organization designated as a terrorist group by the United States government. The UCSD administration claimed […]

Michiel Horn, professor of history at Glendon College, York University, was honoured last month for his achievements and contributions to the cause of academic freedom. Horn received CAUT's highest honour, the Milner Memorial Award, at the November 2002 CAUT Council […]

CAUT Council has approved new policy statements on social justice, equity, outsourcing and renewal and retention of academic staff. Complete texts of the policy statements can be viewed at www.caut.ca/english/about/policy/default.asp. Social Justice The social justice policy asserts that social justice […]

Inadequate legal protection for privacy in the workplace is a threat to academic freedom, privacy-law experts Valerie Steeves and Eugene Oscapella warned CAUT delegates in a special session at CAUT's November Council meeting. Steeves, who teaches law at Carleton, and […]

Une forte majorité de Canadiens souhaitent que le gouvernement fédéral accorde la priorité au renouvellement des dépenses relatives aux programmes sociaux, d'après un sondage d'opinion mené pour le compte de l'ACPPU. D'après le sondage, six Canadiens sur dix affirment que […]

As universities become increasingly dependent on private donations, some donors are taking the opportunity to try to shape university policy and intrude on academic freedom, says CAUT executive director James Turk. In a speech delivered Oct. 30 at an Israel […]

Les États-Unis demandent au Canada et à d'autres membres de l'Organisation mondiale du commerce de prendre des engagements nouveaux et majeurs qui intégreraient entièrement des services de l'enseignement postsecondaire à l'Accord général sur le commerce des services. Dans un document […]

Members of Brandon University Faculty Association are getting a 9% wage increase over three years after ratifying a collective agreement Nov. 18. Other provisions include the elimination of increment thresholds, an annual one step increase to existing floors and ceilings […]

Dans le cadre d'une journée de lobby national organisée par l'ACPPU et la Fédération québécoise des professeures et professeurs d'université, plus de 60 professeurs et universitaires de tout le pays ont demandé au gouvernement fédéral d'accroître le financement de l'enseignement […]

Following a successful strike vote, members of the University of Winnipeg Faculty Association voted recently to ratify a new five-year collective agreement. In each of the first two years the agreement provides scale increases of $2,000 and structural adjustments and […]

Michiel Horn, professeur d'histoire au Collège Glendon de l'Université York, a été récompensé le mois dernier pour ses réalisations et son apport à la cause de la liberté universitaire. M. Horn a reçu le plus grand honneur de l'ACPPU, soit […]