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A partnership announced last month between Microsoft Canada and the University of Waterloo has unleashed a torrent of criticism from students and faculty. In a letter to university president David Johnston, the Faculty Association of the University of Waterloo called […]

Liberal MPs attending a national caucus meeting in Quebec last month were warned that years of federal underfunding have seriously undermined the country's universities and colleges. CAUT executive director James Turk issued the warning during an invited presentation to members […]

CAUT is stepping up its campaign to educate its members about the overuse and exploitation of contract academic staff. More than 80 delegates including tenured and contract academic staff from CAUT locals, CUPE members, and representatives of the American Association […]

In response to criticisms of Canada's system of awarding research grants through a peer review process, CAUT has established a task force on peer review, chaired by CAUT past-president Tom Booth. Booth, who heads the botany department at the University […]

En avril 2002, les professeures à la retraite Ursula Franklin, Phyllis Grosskurth, Blanche van Ginkel et Cicely Watson ont établi un précédent en obtenant gain de cause contre l'Université de Toronto. Elles prétendaient avoir perdu des revenus salariaux et de […]

Blue Lake, a PhD student at Memorial University of Newfoundland, is the recipient of CAUT's 2002-2003 J.H. Stewart Reid Memorial Fellowship. Lake, a full-time student enrolled in the faculty of medicine, is researching the biological basis of cancer using the […]

Les députés fédéraux présents au caucus national qui a lieu au Québec le mois dernier ont été prévenus que les nombreuses années du sous-financement imposé par le gouvernement fédéral avaient nuit gravement aux universités et collèges du pays. James Turk, […]

Most of Canada's university students will have to dig deeper into their pockets to pay for tuition fees once again this year, according to the latest survey of fees released by Statistics Canada. In the 2002-2003 academic year, undergraduate students […]

Maureen Shaw, présidente sortante de la College Institute Educators' Association of British Columbia CIEA/BC, a été élue à la présidence du Syndicat national de l'Association canadienne des professeurs et professeurs d'université lors du congrès du SNACPPU à Vancouver en juin […]

CAUT is exploring a closer working relationship with the American Association of University Professors. CAUT president Victor Catano and executive director James Turk met with their AAUP counterparts in Washington last month to discuss ways the two organizations could work […]

Le partenariat annoncé le mois dernier entre Microsoft Canada et l'Université de Waterloo a déchaîné les critiques de la part de la population étudiante et du corps professoral. Dans une lettre adressée au recteur de l'université David Johnston, la Faculty […]

CAUT's new task force on academic freedom for faculty at university-affiliated health care institutions held its inaugural meeting in Ottawa at the end of August. Task force chair, Dr. Philip Welch, characterized the task force's goal as trying to assure […]