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Many who read Sandra Bruneau’s review (CAUT Bulletin — Status of Women Supplement, April 1997) of Andrew Irvine’s "Jack and Jill and Employment Equity" will not have read Irvine’s paper, entombed as it is in the decent obscurity of a […]

While it is nice to see that CAUT still upholds family values and allows the president's relatives to write feature columns ("Whither Jill?", April, p. 6), one ought not for that reason to neglect some of the other standards of […]

Strikes take energy, time, commitment and able leadership. At York University our colleagues showed they had more than enough energy, time, commitment and able leadership to see them through the longest strike in the history of Canada’s English-language universities. I […]

Women in Science and Engineering Women have played a small part in the sciences in Canada, a fact which NSERC ultimately recognized as a problem that warranted examining "the various ways in which the agency could enhance the participation of […]

In October 1996 Statistics Canada announced the creation of the Centre for Education Statistics, which will replace the current education sub-division of Statistics Canada. Over the years CAUT and its members have made good use of the data collected through […]

Le gouvernement fédéral demeure un joueur important dans le financement de la recherche et de l’enseignement postsecondaire malgré les compressions draconiennes qu’il a effectuées récemment dans le secteur de l’enseignement supérieur. Le programme du Financement des programmes établis, consistant en […]

1. Quelles sont les questions que votre parti considère comme les plus importantes pour l’enseignement postsecondaire d’ici l’an 2000? Le Parti Libéral Le gouvernement libéral respecte la compétence des provinces en matière d’éducation, mais il est conscient qu’il importe de […]

Par l’entremise du Transfert canadien en matière de santé et de programmes sociaux, le gouvernement fédéral verse aux provinces 12,624 milliards de dollars au titre de la santé, du bien-être social et de l’enseignement postsecondaire. 1. Est-ce que votre parti […]

Depuis de nombreuses années, le gouvernement fédéral participe à l’aide financière aux étudiants par l’entremise du Programme canadien de prêts aux étudiants. Le niveau d’endettement des étudiants canadiens est actuellement parmi les plus élevés des pays de l’OCDE en raison […]

For many years, books and periodicals were exempted from federal sales tax. The imposition of the federal sales tax and import taxes on books and periodicals has considerably increased the costs of learning and doing research in Canada. Key foreign […]

The Fedeeral government has for many years contributed to student aid through the Canada Student Loans Program (CSLP). Because of rising tuition and fees, student debt levels in Canada are currently among the highest in OECD. An increasing number of […]

Research and development (R&D) efforts are important components of continued economic growth adn competitiveness, as well as social and cultural development. Universities play a significant role not only in performing research, but also in providing the specialized education needed to […]