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An agreement reached on Oct. 23 headed off a threatened strike at BC colleges, university-colleges and institutes. About 8,000 educators -- members of the College Institute Educators' Association and the BC Government and Service Employees' Union -- had been scheduled […]

An Instance of the Fingerpost Iain Pears, London: Jonathan Cape, 1997; pp. 698; hardcover $35 ca. Some Bulletin readers will know Iain Pears as an art historian, television consultant and journalist on both sides of the Atlantic, inveterate writer of […]

Given the various, belittling stereotypes about accountants, it may come as quite a surprise that this stolid cadre of professionals has quietly delivered a life-threatening blow to the university community. While underfunding, academic freedom, the commoditization of teaching, and the […]

All faculty associations need to act promptly in response to a recently adopted policy statement on research ethics issued by Canada's three granting councils. Universities have until September 1999, to bring their own ethics policies in line with the new […]

A Simon Fraser University committee has recommended full compensation for Russel Ogden's legal expenses and lost wages in connection with his appearance before a 1994 coroner's inquiry. The committee also recommended the SFU administration offer Mr. Russel an apology. Mr. […]

Thirteen years ago Nuri Jazairi, a professor of economics at York University, was denied a promotion to full professor. Professor Jazairi believed the denial stemmed from his open support for the people of Palestine. After exhausting internal appeals at York, […]

With a strike deadline just hours away, the University of Manitoba Faculty Association reached a tentative agreement on Sunday, Nov. 8. The three-year agreement made significant gains on a number of issues -- performance indicators, education technologies, replacement of faculty […]

The Hospital for Sick Children has agreed to a three-person committee of inquiry into the Dr. Nancy Olivieri case. Apotex Inc. withdrew Dr. Olivieri's research funding and threatened her with legal action when she wanted to publish findings critical of […]

CAUT has joined forces with a number of associations to provide common input to the federal government on the new copyright regulations. The regulations have been drafted by Heritage Canada and Industry Canada as an outcome of the Phase II […]

On Oct. 13-15 the University of Victoria Faculty Association appeared before the B.C. Labour Relations Board to present, through its lawyer, arguments on three issues: Is the faculty association a "trade union" (as defined by the B.C. Labour Relations Code)? […]

Canada's largest coalition for public education, the Public Education Network, met in Montreal on October 26 to plan activities for 1999. At the top of its list is preparing a detailed report card on the federal government's record on educational […]

L'ACPPU a délégué deux représentants à la Conférence mondiale sur l'éducation supérieure du 5 au 9 octobre 1998. Le président de l'ACPPU, Bill Graham, a fourni le rapport alarmant qui suit sur cette conférence. Il nous informe que la délégation […]