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Ce sont les gestionnaires de la University of Toronto Asset Management Corporation (UTAM), qui sont les gens les mieux rémunérés de tout le secteur universitaire en Ontario. Le président chef de la direction, William Moriarty, a engrangé un salaire de […]

[iStock.com / AndrewPenner] It turns out that the highest earners in Ontario’s academic sector are the managers of the University of Toronto Asset Management Corporation (UTAM). President and CEO William Moriarty ranked third among the province’s top earners in 2015, […]

On the final scheduled day of medi­ation prior to a looming strike deadline, the University of Ontario Institute of Technology Faculty Association and their employer reached a tentative agreement. The agreement includes provision for across-the-board salary increases in each year […]

The 2016 federal budget provided a long overdue boost to Canada’s knowledge infrastructure. “The Liberal government’s first budget is a welcome step,” said CAUT executive director David Robinson. “There is a long way to go to make up for lost […]

For several years now, Canadian universities & colleges have claimed financial shortfalls are demanding cuts & layoffs. Austerity is increasingly the watch-word at post-secondary institutions across the country. But the facts question many of the cries of poverty. Last year, […]

An inquiry into Laurentian University has concluded that senior officials have routinely violated aca­demic freedom and principles of collegial governance. CAUT established an investigatory committee following numerous faculty complaints against the university, including allegations that administrators changed grades without instructors’ […]

[iStock.com / IpgGutenbergukLtd] La participation du personnel académique à la gouvernance des établissements est depuis longtemps considérée comme une composante essentielle de la liberté académique. Or, la gouvernance collégiale et, partant, la liberté aca­démique subissent aujourd’hui les assauts de nouvelles […]

Wilfrid Laurier University PhD candidate Eden Hennessey created the #DistractinglySexist photo exhibit to highlight how women are confronting sexism in science & tech professions. [Hilary Gauld] The principle of objectivity is supposed to guide the scientific world. Remove personal biases, […]

After years of austerity measures and attacks against science and scientists, Canada needs a new vision to get science right and improve the accessibility and quality of post-secondary education. In its 2016-2017 pre-budget submission, CAUT recommends the federal government invest […]

Après des années d’austérité et des assauts contre la science et les scientifiques, le pays a besoin d’une nouvelle vision centrée sur l’utilisation de la science à bon escient ainsi que sur l’amélioration de la qualité et de l’accessibilité de […]

At the beginning of this year, the University of Texas began permitting guns on its campus, including in the classroom. In response, I’m beginning a personal boycott. I will not accept invitations to speak at any university where guns are […]

It’s 2016, and for the first time in history we have finally begun to achieve gender balance in government — at least at the symbolic level of federal cabinet posts. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for many other areas […]