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The publication of an article by Sarah Miller of Queen's University on deregulation of fees back to back with that of Nobel Laureate Arthur Kornberg (Bulletin, December 2000) is certainly to be commended. The first, articulate and concise, the second […]

In his review of the Law Commission of Canada report entitled The Governance of Health Research Involving Human Subjects (Michael MacDonald et al), Patrick O'Neill writes: "The study gives short shrift to the problems associated with funding of research by […]

Teaching assistants at Carleton University won a stunning victory hours before their strike deadline on Jan. 31. In addition to wage increases of 3.5 per cent in the first year and 4 per cent in the second, their new agreement […]

In the 35 years since the Duff Berdahl report (University Government in Canada), governance in Canadian universities has changed. It is interesting to document the changes that have occurred. Three benchmarks in the history of our organization can be effectively […]

The government of Quebec is offering five-year income tax holidays in an effort to lure foreign academics in information technology, engineering, health sciences and finance to take jobs at the province's universities. Officials claim the tax enticement is needed to […]

The nine-week strike by almost 350 sessional lecturers at the University of Quebec at Trois-Rivières ended on Jan. 9 with a 75 per cent vote in favor of settlement. In June 2002, lecturers at UQTR will receive upgrades and raises […]

The CAUT librarians conference will take place Oct. 25-­27, 2001 in Ottawa, Ontario. "Academic Librarians in the Digital Age" will examine the impact of digital technology on the rights of academic librarians and their ability to fulfil their professional responsibilities. […]

CAUT and the Fédération québécoise des professeures et professeurs d'université (FQPPU) have set Thursday, April 26 as the date of the next national joint lobby day. "We want to bring together representatives from as many associations as we can to […]

En 2001, l'ACPPU intensifiera son travail de sensibilisation en lançant, à Halifax, les 9 et 10 mars, la première tranche d'une série d'audiences publiques pancanadiennes sur la situation de l'enseignement postsecondaire au Canada. Le forum de Halifax, parrainé par l'ACPPU […]

Higher education faculty from 16 states and four Canadian provinces gathered in San Jose, California recently for COCAL IV, a national conference on contingent academic labour. The January conference, hosted by the California Part-time Faculty Association (CPFA), brought together more […]

Invoquant le motif de discrimination, la Fédération canadienne des étudiantes et étudiants a déposé devant la Cour supérieure de l'Ontario une requête en vue de contester la constitutionnalité de certaines dispositions de la Loi sur la faillite et l'insolvabilité qui […]

A patchwork quilt of provincial policies is creating serious disparities in educational opportunity across Canada, says the second annual report on the state of post-secondary education released in January by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA). According to the […]