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Machine learning and the academic journals associated with this rather specialized area of technological study are unlikely candidates for controversy. However, last fall the discipline vaulted into relative notoriety with the mass resignation of 40 members of the editorial board […]

The Retired Academics and Librarians of the University of Toronto (RALUT), in collaboration with retiree associations at Ryerson and York Universities is planning to hold a meeting of all such Canadian associations as part of Congress 2002 (formerly the "Learneds") […]

After six months of negotiations and with the help of a provincial conciliator, members of the Association of University of New Brunswick Teachers have ratified a new collective agreement. The four-year contract, retroactive to July 1, 2001, covers the union's […]

The federal government's new rules for hiring academic staff have generated some conflict. Although the government eliminated its so-called "two-tiered" advertising rule which allowed advertising for non-Canadians only after advertisements for Canadians failed to generate a suitable candidate, it retained […]

Compte rendu de la table ronde organisée à l'Université Sainte-Anne dans le cadre de la série d'audiences publiques de l'ACPPU. Le 30 novembre 2001, la communauté universitaire et le public en général de Pointe-de-l'Église en Nouvelle-Écosse étaient conviés à venir […]

Part-timers at Wilfrid Laurier University ratified their first contract in December. Among the gains won by the part-time academic staff members of the Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty Association is the creation of continuing appointments for part-time librarians and seniority status […]

In a decision released last month, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario fully vindicated Dr. Nancy Olivieri against complaints filed by the Hospital for Sick Children in April 2000. HSC alleged Olivieri failed to provide an appropriate standard […]

Four former University of Toronto professors lost a certification for a class-action suit against the university for back pay and pension adjustments. The lawsuit filed by Ursula Franklin, Phyllis Grosskurth, Blanche van Ginkel and Cicely Watson contended that women who […]

Faculty members at the University of Sudbury in Northern Ontario voted overwhelmingly in favour of union representation in a December vote conducted by the Ontario Labour Relations Board. Laurentian University Faculty Association sought Labour Board certification as bargaining agent for […]

The Hidden Curriculum in Higher Education Eric Margolis, ed. New York: Routledge, 2001; 238 pp; paper $32.95 US Hidden Curriculum in Higher Education is a collection of essays that attempt to explain how post-secondary educational institutions contribute to the process […]

The Dalhousie Faculty Association was notified in early January 2002 that a provincial conciliator has been appointed to assist with resolving negotiations between the association and the university. The faculty association applied for conciliation in December, after the employer's team […]

Ellen O'Reilly & Eliane Leslau Silverman, eds. Ottawa: Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women, 2001; 131 pp; paper $13.95 CA This compilation of texts reflects and re-interprets women's lives from a feminist perspective. The papers range from a […]