Bulletin Archive

Alors que les étudiants de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador seront épargnés d’une hausse des droits de scolarité, des compressions budgétaires menacent d’abolir des postes d’enseignement et des programmes au moment même où la province s’efforce de maîtriser une dette croissante. Le budget 2013 […]

[Gary A.K./Flickr] C’est sans surprise que les établissements d’enseignement postsecondaire ont pris connaissance du budget présenté pour l’année 2013-2014 par le gouvernement néo-démocrate de la Nouvelle-Écosse. La publication du budget marquait le déclenchement de la troisième phase d’un plan de […]

Confucius Institutes, launched by the Chinese government in 2004, usually come with generous donations to the hosting academic institution. [IVANWALSH.com / Flickr] McMaster University is severing ties with an institute that teaches Chinese language and culture, because of concerns about […]

Union members & supporters rally at the University of Manitoba Feb. 13, 2013. The University of Manitoba Faculty Association and five other on-campus unions teamed up in an epic day of protest Feb. 13 to send their message of frustration […]

A potential walkout by faculty members and librarians at NSCAD University has been averted after a tentative deal was reached with university administrators March 7. The 110 regular and contract academic staff represented by the Faculty Union of NSCAD had […]

[LICHTMEISTER/SHUTTERSTOCK.COM] CAUT is applauding the Royal Society of Cana­da’s decision to establish an expert panel to examine the status and future of Canada’s libraries and archives. The panel will be chaired by Patricia Demers, distinguished professor at the University of […]

CAUT has established an ad hoc investigatory committee to examine concerns of five staff at Brock University regarding their right to criticize a program created in relation to a university agreement with the Roman Catholic Diocese of St. Catharines. The […]

Even after slashing post-secondary funding and with harsh cuts to seniors’ programs, the Alberta Conservative government posted its sixth consecutive deficit of $2 billion and tabled a March budget that relies on borrowing money for $4.3 billion in province-wide capital […]

CAUT has released revised Guidelines for the Use of Copyrighted Material, in response to recent amendments to the Copyright Act and victories at Canada’s highest court. “It would be beneficial for educators to familiarize themselves with the updated document,” says […]

Concordia University Faculty Association has voted to go on strike for the first time in its history. The union held a gene­ral assembly March 9 in which a motion for strike action passed with a three-quarters majority. CUFA represents 1,000 […]

The Canada Excellence Research Chairs program will fund 11 new chairs at eight Canadian universities at a cost of about $55 million over five years. The November 2012 announcement comes on the heels of the program’s first competition in 2010 […]

[LICHTMEISTER/SHUTTERSTOCK.COM] L’ACPPU se réjouit de la décision de la Société royale du Canada (SRC) de constituer un groupe d’experts qui aura pour mission d’examiner l’état et l’avenir des bibliothè­ques et des archives du Canada. Le groupe sera présidé par Patricia […]