Bulletin Archive

In 2010, the federal government eliminated the mandatory long-form census, yet another blow to the place of scientific evidence in public policy making. Census data provides evidence that allows us to make informed decisions about social services, to address employment […]

A coalition of university teachers, students and support staff in Nova Scotia are seeking equal standing in upcoming deliberations that will set the course for post-secondary education in the province for years to come. “We are all aligned and everyone […]

Les journalistes ont pressé de questions l’ancien juge de la Cour suprême John Major (Commission d’enquête relative aux mesures d’investigation prises à la suite de l’attentat à la bombe commis contre le vol 182 d’Air India) le 29 octobre à […]

Il semble que, chaque jour qui passe, une nouvelle épée de Damoclès pèse sur l’intégrité du système d’éducation postsecondaire. Un système que beaucoup d’entre nous ont bâti et maintenu en place au prix de lourds sacrifices au fil des ans, […]

Le projet de modification de la Loi sur l’Université du Nouveau-Bruns­wick prévoit une réforme en profondeur qui transformera complètement la plus vieille université de langue anglaise au Canada, tout en dotant le conseil des gouverneurs de pouvoirs inégalés, selon certains […]

Every day it seems we are faced with more threats to the integrity of a post-secondary education system that so many of us have given so much to build and maintain over the years, and which has done so much […]

Proposed changes to the University of New Brunswick Act are sweeping and will radically alter the face of Canada’s oldest English-language university, while granting unpre­cedented powers to the institution’s board of governors, according to critics. The act, that both incorporates […]

Recent protests across US colleges and universities to “UnKoch my Campus” have drawn renewed attention to the issue of corporatization of higher education. Currently, McGill University is the only Canadian post-secon­dary institution to receive money from the Charles Koch Foundation, […]

We Belong at Nipissing — The contract academic staff bargaining unit of the Nipissing University Faculty Association unveiled posters via a social media website highlighting what their members contribute to the university community. CAUT member associations held a coordinated campaign […]

Six months after the university first approved setting up call centres, faculty members voted on Sept. 17 to halt the rollout plans, until an ad hoc committee convened last year to study the implications of introducing the centres reports back […]

In a Globe and Mail article published last month, University of Alberta president Indira Samarasekera lamented the abandonment of the University of Saskatche­wan’s budget review process. She seemingly wants to ensure the recent controversy at the neighbouring campus that led […]

It was called a “dirty little secret” in a CBC radio special airing last month. But there is no secret, for those of us working in Canadian higher education, about increased reliance on contract academic staff — faculty members employed […]