Archives du Bulletin

Jeanne M. Follman. Chicago: Duomo Press, 2001; 176 pp; paper $14.95 US, $22.95 CA. The dot-coms have boomed and busted and the cyber-sizzle surrounding the advent of the Internet has come and gone. But the Internet and the Web are […]

Universitas 21, an international consortium of universities including McGill and British Columbia, is proceeding with controversial plans to develop an online university with Thomson Learning, a division of the Thomson Corporation. Thomson and the consortium have each pledged US $25 […]

In a letter released Sept. 5 to University of Toronto president Robert Birgeneau, a group of internationally renowned psychiatrists and medical researchers are accusing the university and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health of violating academic freedom by revoking […]

CAUT's continuing support of mandatory two-tier academic hiring is regrettable. It was a wrong-headed policy originally, and it continues to be deeply counterproductive. Let it be clear that some members of CAUT would like to see this policy scrapped. Canadian […]

We welcome the fact that a timely and important book by Donald R. Forsdyke, "Tomorrow's Cures Today? How to Reform the Health Research System," was reviewed in the June 2001 Bulletin by Professor Neena L. Chappell. At the same time, […]

Professor Neena Chappell has thoughtfully reviewed my book, "Tomorrow's Cures Today? How to Reform the Health Research System" (Bulletin, June 2001). She correctly paraphrases, both when asking "How do we predict today, what will be important in the future?" and […]

In June, the University of British Columbia Faculty Association released the results of its first survey of disability accommodation at UBC. The results indicate more than 150 faculty members have experienced disability, and many continue to face barriers to inclusion […]

CAUT has launched a program to train members to be instructors in its newest educational course. The program prepares experienced local leaders to offer CAUT's representative training course to local associations across the country. The first group of CAUT instructors […]

Simon Fraser University investigator Lyman Robinson submitted his report on the David Noble appointment to the J.S. Woodsworth chair in humanities to SFU president Michael Stevenson in late July. Robinson's principal recommendation was that the appointment process should continue. He […]

A new web site launched earlier this year by the Washington-based Center for Science in the Public Interest is disclosing the links between hundreds of scientists and their corporate partners. The site also provides information about some of the corporate […]

If Only We Knew: Increasing the Public Value of Social Science Research John Willinsky. New York: Routledge, 2000; 252 pp; paper $38 US. John Willinsky has written a provocative and informative analysis of why social scientists need to improve the […]

Sharon Anne Cook, Lorna McLean & Kate O'Rourke, eds. Montreal: McGill/Queen's University Press, 2001; 498 pp; hardcover $45CA. A startling collection that gives voice to Canadian women's experiences and accomplishments during the twentieth century. Lavishly illustrated and written for a […]