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Haroun M'Barek, a Laval University student deported to Tunisia last Jan. 6 by Immigration Canada has returned to Canada. M'Barek, who was tortured by Tunisian security forces following his arrest soon after his arrival in Tunisia, was sentenced to three […]

D'après une opinion juridique rendue publique ce mois-ci par l'ACPPU et une coalition de groupes et de syndicats de l'enseignement, les présentes négociations sur la libéralisation du commerce à Genève, sous l'égide de l'Organisation mondiale du commerce (OMC), mettent en […]

Bruneau & Wodell report on the first comprehensive investigation into the dispute involving Dr. Nancy Olivieri, Apotex, the Hospital for Sick Children & the University of Toronto. The case involves issues of research ethics & academic freedom so important to […]

The committee of inquiry into the dispute involving Dr. Nancy Olivieri, the Hospital for Sick Children, the University of Toronto, and Apotex Inc. issued its long awaited report in October. Two years in the making, the report warns tougher measures […]

The proposed closure of Trent's two downtown colleges & the subsequent court case that upheld that decision has left professors little option but a high court appeal. The continuing dispute over the closure of Trent University's two downtown colleges is […]

The Association of Research Libraries' annual survey paints a depressingly familiar picture of Canadian university libraries. With the exception of a few bright spots (the University of Toronto, the University of Alberta and the University of Manitoba) the ranking of […]

Members of the University of Manitoba Faculty Association approved a strike ballot by 68.2 per cent in a vote taken Oct. 1­2. Issues include salary structure (the employer wants discretionary market-related increases in excess of $1 million), faculty renewal and […]

David Healy files lawsuit over breach of contract. World renowned clinical psychiatrist Dr. David Healy is suing the University of Toronto and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health for breach of contract, defamation and denial of academic freedom. Healy […]

Bishop's University Faculty Association has voted to join the National Union of the Canadian Association of University Teachers (NUCAUT), becoming the twelfth association to do so. Bishop's joins Memorial, Mount Saint Vincent, Cape Breton, Mount Allison, York, Windsor, Laurentian, Algoma, […]

The survival of academia's cherished "information commons" is on the line as Parliament gears up for another round of amendments to the Copyright Act. This time the focus is the impact of digital technology on the rights of creators, owners […]

First Nations people are bearing the brunt of rising tuition fees and stagnant funding for post-secondary education, the Assembly of First Nations is warning. While tuition fees once again rose in 2001, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada did not increase […]

Jim Stanford's commentary "We Don't Need No Education" (Bulletin, September 2001) provides a breath of fresh air to all the cant about the purpose of higher education being for "higher productivity" and "global market competitiveness." But the irony of the […]