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Selon toutes les indications, les études postsecondaires sont moins abordables en 2002 qu'elles ne l'ont été au cours des soixante dernières années conclut un rapport que l'ACPPU a rendu public en septembre. Intitulé Accès refusé : l'abordabilité des études postsecondaires […]

La ligne de partage au Moyen-Orient, complexe et acrimonieuse, s'étend aux campus universitaires d'Amérique du Nord, soulevant de graves questions au sujet de la liberté universitaire et de la liberté d'expression. Des manifestants pro-palestiniens en colère ont empêché l'ancien premier […]

Là-propos des lignes directrices du Canada pour le traitement éthique des sujets humains fera l'objet d'un nouvel examen. Santé Canada, le Conseil national d'éthique en recherche chez l'humain et le Groupe consultatif interagences en éthique de la recherche, créé récemment, […]

Le gouvernement fédéral est bien placé pour afficher un surplus d'au moins 6 milliards de dollars cette année, d'après les prévisions budgétaires annuelles de l'ACPPU. Dans son mémoire annuel, présenté au Comité permanent des finances, l'ACPPU soutient que le gouvernement […]

Talks between Wilfrid Laurier University and its striking support workers resumed Sept. 26 after a provincial mediator suspended negotiations. The 400 striking workers, members of the WLU Staff Association have been on strike since Sept. 16. At issue are provisions […]

A pro-Israel think tank started a web site last month to monitor North American faculty members and universities and to allow students to report on their professors. The Philadelphia-based Middle East Forum maintains "surveys of institutions" and plans to make […]

Canadian university research libraries fare badly in the latest report of the Association of Research Libraries on "Holdings of University Research Libraries in U.S. and Canada." Fourteen Canadian institutions were included among the 113 university libraries measured. Only three - […]

The complex and bitter divide in the Middle East is flaring up on campuses across North America - raising serious questions about academic freedom and freedom of speech. Angry pro-Palestinian protestors prevented former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu from speaking […]

Jean Chrétien - now that he has announced the date of his retirement - is seeking to establish his legacy as prime minister. Many big-ticket items were floated in the run-up to the Throne Speech. These proposals, if enacted, could […]

The Liberal government of Jean Chrétien is promising to increase funding to the federal granting councils to provide greater support for graduate studies and research. The announcement came on Sept. 30 in the federal speech from the throne which also […]

On Sept. 9 Statistics Canada issued revised data for average university tuition fees for the years 2001-2002 and 2002-2003. The revisions reported primarily affect undergraduate tuition fees in Saskatchewan. In Saskatchewan, the revised figures reveal that average undergraduate tuition increased […]

Concordia University's board of governors voted to impose a moratorium on the use of university space for events related to the Middle East conflict following a protest that forced the cancellation of a speech by former Israeli prime minister Benjamin […]