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There's somethin' happening here, What it is ain't exactly clear" — Stephen Stills of Buffalo Springfield ("For What It's Worth," 1966). What is happening in the growing overlap of information technology and the delivery of higher education is becoming increasingly […]

The University of Prince Edward Island Faculty Association successfully concluded its unionization drive with the Aug. 2 certification order of the PEI Labour Relations Board. Whereas the faculty association had previously represented only full-time teachers, it will now bargain for […]

To combat abuses of academic freedom and human rights in education, CAUT has joined a new worldwide alert network. The UNESCO-funded Network for Education and Academic Rights (NEAR) disseminates information on academic rights violations to its member organizations throughout the […]

Acadia University Faculty Association is now the certified union for a new bargaining unit of contract academic staff. In June, the Nova Scotia Labour Relations Board issued a certificate after a hearing to determine the composition of the bargaining unit. […]

Ontario has abandoned its plan to create a unified tribunal for all workplace related disputes Labour Minister Chris Stockwell confirmed July 6. "This is a victory for the many labour and equity groups that fought the proposal," said CAUT president […]

In a split decision, the Ontario Court of Appeal ruled Aug. 10 that Trent University's board of governors acted within its authority when it decided to close two downtown colleges in defiance of the senate's opposition to the plan. The […]

New publishing policies aim to preserve scientific integrity. A dozen of the top medical journals announced in August a policy of rejecting drug company-sponsored studies that do not guarantee scientific independence to researchers or supply them with all the data. […]

In a precedent-setting decision, a federal court jury in the United States District Court in Cheyenne, Wyoming unanimously found that GlaxoSmithKline's antidepressant Paxil caused a man to kill three family members and himself and awarded survivors from two families $8 […]

At a time when Canada's & New Brunswick's public universities are badly underfunded, any public money going to private universities is too much. Just months after the government of Alberta's decision to recognize the DeVry Institute of Technology as a […]

The University of British Columbia's medical school has implemented an employment equity initiative to offset historic discrimination against aboriginal persons. The university has committed to ensuring that up to 5 per cent of its first-year admissions are aboriginal students. "Aboriginals […]

Un rapport que l'ACPPU vient de rendre public conclut que la flambée rapide des frais de scolarité diminue les services pour lesquels les étudiants paient tandis que l'accès aux universités et collèges est davantage tributaire du niveau du revenu. L'étude, […]

Dalton Camp a écrit dans l'édition du 1er avril 2001 du Toronto Star : « À la veille du Sommet des Amériques de Québec, se tiendra aussi le Sommet des peuples. Apparemment, le premier a trait au commerce, à l'ouverture […]