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CAUT should be commended for printing Elia Zureik's illuminating account of the myths and realities of the sorry state of higher education, indeed of education generally, for Palestinians subject to official Israeli government policies of Jewish domination and colonization. Israeli […]

Le gouvernement américain dit qu'il s'emploiera plus énergiquement à faire inclure les services d'enseignement postsecondaire dans le controversé Accord général sur le commerce des services. Alors que les négociations visant à élargir l'accord sont déjà en cours à l'Organisation mondiale […]

Thank you for putting a human face on the damage done to Palestinian education as a result of Israel's continuing military interventions in the occupied territories. Elia Zureik's article is a poignant reminder of the difficult and dehumanizing conditions in […]

Ian Jones, professeur de biologie à l'Université Memorial, n'a personnellement rien contre Brittany Spears, sa maison de disque ou les milliers d'admirateurs qui reproduisent sa musique à domicile. Il n'accepte tout simplement pas de devoir subventionner leurs relations symbiotiques. Dans […]

In response to my critics, let me say this. The sources I cited speak for themselves. I am always willing to engage people who disagree with me. But this does not mean one has to yield to unsupported and outrageous […]

La journaliste Anne McIlroy, du Globe and Mail, a remporté le prix de l'ACPPU pourl'excellence d'un reportage dans le domaine de l'enseignement postsecondaire. Mme McIlroy a obtenu le Prix d'excellence en journalisme de l'ACPPU dans le domaine de l'éducation pour […]

Although your article "B.C. OKs Plan for Private Universities" (Bulletin, May 2002) correctly quotes a letter from Darwyn Coxson, president of the Confederation of University Faculty Associations of B.C., regarding the new, private, degree-granting legislation in British Columbia, neither the […]

Josef Penninger, one of Canada's top scientists, is leaving the country because the University of Toronto and its largest affiliated hospital, the University Health Network, failed to act in a timely and decisive manner to deal with unfounded allegations made […]

The United States government says it will be more aggressive in getting higher education services covered by the controversial General Agreement on Trade in Services. With talks aimed at expanding the agreement already underway at the World Trade Organization, representatives […]

In response to the recommendations of the Olivieri committee of inquiry, CAUT has established a task force on academic freedom for faculty at university-affiliated health care institutions. James Turk, CAUT's executive director, said the experiences of Nancy Olivieri and David […]

Memorial University biology professor Ian Jones has nothing personal against Brittany Spears, her recording company, or the thousands of fans who make home copies of her music. He just resents having to subsidize their symbiotic relationship. In his work on […]

Your readers may be interested to know that since publication of the commentary by Elia Zureik in the May 2002 Bulletin, the situation for Palestinian universities, indeed for all civilian life in the occupied Palestinian territories, has taken a turn […]