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The CAUT Collective Bargaining and Economic Benefits Committee (CBEBC) has sponsored two collective bargaining workshops since the fall. These workshops have been conducted by Christiane Tardif and Pierre Choquette, CAUT collective bargaining officers, with the participation of other people. Collective […]

Jean Charest, the Conservative Leader, attacked the scale of cuts to the transfer payments to the provinces for health, post-secondary education and welfare and said that these should be slowed down. The Reform Party was already on record in its […]

Some of CAUT's proposals to the CPP consultations are to be implemented: CPP to remain as a public pension plan, that it move towards becoming a partlially-funded plan, that it expand its investment s Finance Minister Paul Martin has introduced […]

For the past three years a coalition of labour and social action groups has proposed an alternative budget to that of the Liberals. The coalition thought it could only be credible if it worked on a complete budget with differing […]

Concern over the government's future plans for Canada's retirement income system has provoked a number of organizations to band together under the umbrella of the Retirement Income Coalition. In early December, CAUT was approached to become a member of the […]

In May-July 1993 a Board of Inquiry of the Ontario Human Rights Commission had completed 23 days of hearings when Brock University's lawyers challenged the impartiality of the Chair. A ruling was sought under the Judicial Review Procedure Act to […]

Cooperation between the academic community and Agriculture Canada’s Research Branch proves that colaboration works. Scientists are exposed to fresh new ideas, and students gain a broader range of experience. To get the most out of research these days, it makes […]

One summer morning five years ago, the UBC Faculty Association staff had a visitor, the business agent of one of the Canadian Union of Public Employees locals on campus. He arrived in a foul temper, having just discovered the administration […]

Dans un geste sans précédent, des organismes du milieu de l’enseignement postsecondaire à Ottawa ont uni leurs forces pour exercer des pressions sur le gouvernement fédéral. Cette collaboration se fait surtout sentir dans les domaines de la recherche, de l’aide […]

Dans le numéro de janvier dernier, l’ACPPU a publié un rapport de presse sur le débat soulevé par les droits différentiels au Québec. L’ACPPU s’est toujours opposé à ce genre de majoration dans n’importe quelle province. L’ACPPU a écrit au […]

La dotation différenciée entre la recherche et l’enseignement Il y a quelques années, un doyen de l’Université de la Colombie-Britannique a distribué un document intitulé Differentiated Roles for Faculty. D’aucuns en ont été surpris puisque, depuis les années 1960, des […]

Copyright Legislation Angst, combat, defeat and endurance — rather than terms to describe warring nations or Olympic competition these have been the hallmarks of the proposed Canadian copyright legislation known as Bill C-32. For those who are just "tuning in" […]