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On Jan. 6, Dr. Nancy Olivieri was removed from her administrative position at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children. CAUT President Bill Graham described this as "tantamount to total dismissal." At press time the U of T faculty association was meeting […]

I read with interest Kathryn Campbell's commentary in the November Bulletin about the detrimental effect a change in accounting standards will bring to the universities. I suspect the case has been misstated or, at least, overstated. Professor Campbell is correct […]

Exploding the Tax-Cut Myths It is almost impossible these days to pick up a newspaper or listen to a newscast without reading or hearing the corporate mantra that Canada must lower its taxes to become more competitive. Yet for all […]

When Dr. Nancy Olivieri defied threats of legal action by the powerful drug company Apotex and intimidation by her own hospital administration she was putting the safety of her patients first, above her own safety and her career. Professor Arthur […]

Conference reveals equity clauses as vital components of any faculty contract. The collective bargaining sessions at the 1998 CAUT Status of Women Conference in Regina examined a range of issues including the basics of collective bargaining, a review of equity […]

Powerful international forces seek to replace hard-won definition of academic freedom. Undermining academic freedom is consistent with the World Bank's proclaimed Reform Agenda which CAUT President Bill Graham first reported on in his coverage of the World Conference on Higher […]

In December, Dr. Arnold Naimark released his review of the Toronto Hospital for Sick Children's treatment of Dr. Nancy Olivieri - the eminent medical researcher who faced legal threats from pharmaceutical company, Apotex Inc., when her research raised questions about […]

At fall 1998 meeting of the CAUT Defence Fund, trustees learned that the fund was at nearly the $10-million mark, and recovering from the major expenditures during the York University strike a year earlier. In the last three years there […]

CAUT will form a committee of inquiry to investigate the treatment of Professor Michael Thorpe, formerly of Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick. Professor Thorpe, who retired from Mount Allison in 1997 after 23 years, was denied a summer […]

Video footage of RCMP officers pepper-spraying protesters last year at the University of British Columbia has become a regular item on nightly newscasts. What has been woefully lacking, however, is any broader analysis about what these images represent. One important […]

During our recent negotiations at the University of Manitoba a sow's ear was turned into a silk purse. The administration's efforts to divide the faculty on the issue of mandatory retirement was thwarted by the faculty association's careful attention to […]

In an unprecedented move, the Canadian Association of University Teachers is launching a national public awareness campaign to draw attention to the worsening crisis affecting post-secondary education in Canada. At its Nov. 20-22 meeting in Ottawa, CAUT Council voted to […]