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CALL Conference in Toronto "Where Do We Go for Equity?" was the subject of a panel presentation by CAUT staff lawyer Shaheen Hirani at the annual meeting of The Canadian Association of Labour Lawyers held in Toronto from April 30 […]

Gender discrimination in the School of Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is substantive and pervasive acknowledges a report released by MIT in March. Five years in the making and initiated by several female faculty members in the school, […]

Almost a year and a half after the end of the Nova Scotia government's legislated freeze on collective bargaining, the faculty and librarians at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design have ratified a new collective agreement. The term […]

New Zealand Four in ten university staff suffer frequent job stress according to a study commissioned by the Association of University Staff of New Zealand and authored by the New Zealand Council for Educational Research. Workload and Stress in New […]

CAUT's public awareness campaign - Our Universities, Our Future - was a central topic of discussion at CAUT's Council meeting in April. David Robinson, CAUT's new director of public policy and communications, provided Council with a preview of the plans […]

A few years ago, the federal government announced major cuts in transfer payments to the provinces for health, post-secondary education and social assistance. Despite recent increases, these transfers still fall short of their 1994-1995 level. At the same time, provincial […]

Dr. Nancy Olivieri was invited to speak at the CAUT Council banquet on April 23. When Dr. Olivieri, in the face of threats from drug manufacturer Apotex, decided to go public with her research findings neither the Hospital for Sick […]

During the past six months the CAUT Defence Fund Trustees have been called upon once again to provide strike benefits, loans and solidarity visits for striking academic staff. The second strike by the Mount Allison Faculty Association in seven years […]

La campagne de sensibilisation de l'ACPPU, sur le thème «Nos universités, notre avenir», a été au coeur des discussions à la dernière assemblée du Conseil tenue à la fin d'avril. David Robinson, nouveau directeur des communications de l'ACPPU, a donné […]

The University of Toronto Faculty Association (UTFA) has reached a mediated settlement with the university's governing council. The mediator was Martin Teplitsky. The three-year agreement, ending June 30, 2002, calls for salary scale increases of 1.5%, 2.0%, and 1.5% respectively, […]

La ministre de la Justice, Anne McLellan, a annoncé la mise sur pied d'un comité d'examen chargé de revoir la Loi canadienne sur les droits de la personne pour la rendre plus actuelle et pour améliorer le mécanisme de règlement […]

The Faculty Association of the University of Waterloo and the board of governors have ratified a salary settlement for 1999/ 2000. The one-year deal negotiated under the terms of the memorandum of agreement in place at Waterloo took effect on […]