Bulletin Archive

University of Regina academics and administrative, professional and technical staff represented by the University of Regina Faculty Association have ratified 3-year contracts that expire June 30, 2014. The contracts, which members voted to accept on July 31, include retro­active salary […]

The Department of Canadian Heri­tage cut funding to independent labour magazine Our Times by 65 per cent, claiming the magazine failed to meet eligible circulation requirements, although it offered no details. Heritage Canada subsidizes Canadian print media through grants from the Canada […]

By John F. Conway The usual suspects are delighted. Harper has put his foot in his mouth once again and looks completely ridiculous. Just google “commit sociology” and you’ll see the general condemnation he has elicited, from sarcastic hilarity to […]

By G. Kim Blank Most universities have found themselves on the red — that is, the de­ficit — side of economic history. It didn’t take long for the Great Recession of 2007 and the Global Recession of 2009 to team […]

Les étudiants et le personnel académique de l'Université Mount Royal se sont rassemblés à l'extérieur du bureau de comté d'Alison Redford pour protester contre les compressions dans l'enseignement postsecondaire prévues dans le budget provincial du printemps. [Ted Rhodes/Calgary Herald] La […]

De tout temps, les syndicats, particuli­è­re­ment ceux du secteur public, ont été d’importants agents sociaux, économiques et politiques. Ils ont joué un rôle déterminant en rassemblant les travailleurs autour d’une revendication charnière, à savoir la création d’une société plus démocratique […]

Des étudiants représentant le Western Solidarity Network distribuent des dépliants à l'extérieur du périmètre du site de la semaine d'orientation, sur le campus de l'Université Western, le 3 septembre. [Mike Roy/theindignants.org] Certaines formes de communication sont plus égales que d’autres. […]

[Danny Abriel / Dalhousie Photography services] David Braybrooke, a professor emeritus of philosophy and political science at Dalhousie University and the University of Texas at Austin and a former president of CAUT, died on Aug. 7. He was 88. Braybrooke […]

Le ministère du Patrimoine canadien a réduit de 65 % le financement accordé au magazine pro-syndical indépendant Our Times, sous prétexte qu’il ne répondait pas aux critères de diffusion pour les magazines admissibles. Patrimoine canadien, par l’intermédiaire du Fonds du […]

[Karen Schlichting / CCPA and Matt Jiggins / flickr] Errol Black, Chair in Labour Issues and Jack Layton, Chair The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives has established a full-time labour research position to honour a former Brandon University professor and […]

[Karen Schlichting / CCPA and Matt Jiggins / flickr] Errol Black, Chair in Labour Issues and Jack Layton, Chair Le Centre canadien des politiques alternatives (CCPA) a créé un poste à temps plein de chercheur dans le domaine du mouvement […]

A First Amendment jurisprudence for the modern state Robert C. Post. New Haven, CT & London, UK: Yale University Press, 2012; 192 pp; ISBN: 978-0-30019-249-0, paper $22 USD. Review by Len Findlay Although their legal and educational histories are distinct, […]