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Après plusieurs mois de correspondance électronique, le nouveau sous-comité de l'ACPPU sur l'équité a tenu sa première conférence téléphonique le 9 février. Mis sur pied l'automne dernier, le comité de sept membres conseillera le Comité de direction sur des préoccupations […]

Le gouvernement de l'Alberta a posé un geste sans précédant en accordant au DeVry Institute of Technology, une société américaine à but lucratif qui possède 21 campus en Amérique du Nord, le droit de conférer des grades universitaires. « Cette […]

L'ACPPU a nommé Larry Dufay au nouveau poste d'agent de recherche principal. Larry possède une maîtrise en géographie de l'Université de Toronto ainsi que des baccalauréats en économie et en études environnementales de l'Université de la Saskatchewan et de l'Université […]

Police forces in Peterborough intervened early on the morning of Mar. 1 to remove students occupying the offices of the academic vice-president and the dean of arts and science at Trent University. The eight women, living in the offices since […]

On Feb. 23 the University of Prince Edward Island Faculty Association submitted its application for certification to the provincial Labour Relations Board. Don Gillis, president of the faculty association, said a 30-member organizing team signed up an overwhelming majority of […]

The National Graduate Council gears up to expose the dangers of corporate funding of university research. Dr. Nancy Olivieri will deliver the keynote address. The National Graduate Council of the Canadian Federation of Students is gearing up for their Forum […]

In an unprecedented move, the government of Alberta has granted the DeVry Institute of Technology, a for-profit US-based corporation with 21 campuses across North America, the right to grant academic degrees. "This is a serious development that could have profound […]

The Ethical Canary: Science, Society & the Human Spirit Margaret Somerville, Toronto: Penguin Books of Canada, 2000; 344 pp; hardcover $33.99 CA. I could have written this book for Margaret Somerville. The Ethical Canary focuses on such controversial topics as […]

In a decisive victory, the University of British Columbia Faculty Association has gained the right to represent all faculty members at UBC. In a decision handed down Dec. 18, the B.C. Labour Relations Board reaffirmed the faculty association as the […]

Edited by Gary Kinsman, Dieter K. Buse & Mercedes Steedman. Toronto: Between the Lines, 2000; 293 pp; paper $29.95 CA. At one time or another, not just left-wing political groups, trade unionists, and Quebec sovereignists, but also universities, gays and […]

Academics are nothing if not totally absorbed in their work, be it research, teaching, or ideally, both. Historically, universities provided a nurturing environment for these dedicated people, offering room, board and a modest salary while largely leaving them alone to […]

Ruth Jonathan. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 1997; 244 pp; paper $24.95 CA. Illusory Freedoms brings together social and educational theory. Its practical focus is the recent neo-liberal approach to the ordering of society and education, analysed here not as direct challenge […]