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While the age of our members is diverse, a significant proportion fall into the 18-24 year old demographic. Statistics show that this age group has the lowest voter participation in federal elections. One of our jobs in this federal election […]

AUCC’s election strategy has three key components: collecting and disseminating information on the five main parties’ positions with respect to higher education and research in Canada; securing commitments favourable to the higher education community from party leaders and local candidates […]

As readers of the Bulletin will know, phase II of Bill C-32 was "hijacked" by the Heritage Committee when a large number of amendments were rammed through the committee in December of 1996 without any significant debate. The result unfairly […]

In the late 1980s the Liberals often spoke of the importance of research and development. As opposition MPs Liberals were quick to point out Canada’s poor performance in funding R&D compared with other G-7 countries. In 1989 M.P. Rey Paktaghan […]

Le 19 mars, les professeurs de l’Université York ont déclenché la grève. La Caisse de défense a promis 1 million de dollars en indemnités de grève ainsi qu’un soutien financier pour les activités de fonctionnement du syndicat pendant la grève. […]

D’ici quelques semaines, la campagne électorale fédérale sera probablement lancée. Le Comité de direction ainsi que le personnel de l’ACPPU songent déjà aux questions que nous poserons aux partis et aux candidats. Comme à l’habitude, nous visons à placer la […]

Strike at York On Mar. 19 York University faculty went out on strike. The CAUT Defence Fund promised $1,000,000 for strike pay and financial support for the operations of the union during the strike. Individual faculty associations also offered donations […]

Thank you for drawing to my attention the views of CAUT on the financial barriers that you believe may hinder the mobility of students at the post-secondary level. The ministers of education took note of your concerns at their Feb. […]

I was delighted to read John McMurtry’s timely letter in the February CAUT Bulletin. A general debate on the question of management rights in the university context is much needed and I hope that Dr. McMurtry’s letter will trigger such […]

In the February CAUT Bulletin, Bill Bruneau outlined his concerns about differential roles for faculty. He based his argument on a particular document that circulated at UBC a few years ago. I haven’t seen that document, so my comments come […]

Arthurs & Lorimer Release Report In the aftermath of the strike at Trent University before Christmas and the subsequent mass exodus of senior administrators, the board of governors set up an external review of the administration of the university. The […]

Advances in information technology will profoundly reshape the Canadian university — but in what shape, exactly? Technological soothsayers predict not only the end of the library, but also the end of the university as we know it. Rather than surrender […]