Bulletin Archive

Le Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie, le Conseil de recherches en sciences humaines et les Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada, entre autres organismes, seront frappés par les mesures d'austérité dévoilées dans le budget du […]

À quelles conditions les universités peuvent-elles s’acquitter efficacement de leurs obligations à l’endroit de la société et conserver la confiance du public? Nos établissements publics d’enseignement postsecondaire doivent d’abord et avant tout jouir d’une autonomie et d’une liberté académique pleines […]

Après que le corps professoral de l’école de droit Osgoode Hall se fut en grande majorité pronon­cé, le 2 avril, contre le partenariat avec le groupe de réflexion privé dirigé par Jim Balsillie qui visait la création d’un programme de […]

Twenty-one scientists from German & Austrian universities & representatives from research institutes & publishers propose, in a white paper funded by the Robert Bosch Foundation, how best to ensure the integrity of scientific research. Translated from the German by James […]

Des syndicats du secteur de l’enseignement postsecondaire condamnent l’adoption, par le gouvernement de la Colombie-Britanni­que, du projet de loi 18, Advanced Education Statutes Amendment Act. La nouvelle loi, adoptée le 29 mars, interdit aux représentants élus du corps professoral, des […]

Faculty and student leaders at Concordia University are suspicious of a financial penalty imposed by Quebec’s education ministry in a time of turmoil over pending tuition fee hikes. Education Minister Line Beauchamp said March 8 that $2 million would be […]

Le syndicat représentant les bibliothécaires, professeures et professeurs du campus Moncton de l’Université Moncton (ABPPUM) a ratifié en mars la proposition de convention collective conclue avec le Conseil des gouverneurs. Rétroactif au 1er juillet 2011, le nouveau contrat de travail […]

Post-secondary unions are condemning the BC government’s adoption of Bill 18, the Advanced Education Statutes Amendment Act. The new legislation, passed on March 29, bars elected faculty, staff or student representatives from sitting on university or college boards and further […]

The New Brunswick government has unveiled a budget that promises to slash the province’s deficit by half and banks on balancing the books by 2014–2015. Richard Hudson, president of the Federation of New Brunswick Faculty Associations, said there’s disappointment at […]

Despite widespread student protests, Quebec will go ahead with plans to increase tuition fees, starting this fall. [Kunal Shah] A major question ahead of Quebec’s March 20 budget was whether the Liberal government would back away from its proposed $1,625 […]

After faculty at Osgoode Hall Law School cast an overwhelming vote April 2 against a partnership with Jim Balsillie’s private think tank for an international law program at York University, the university announced it was abandoning the initiative. “By cancelling […]

In a new three-year contract ratified last month, members of the Dalhousie Faculty Association have agreed to two years of cost-of-living increases of 1.25 per cent, follow­ed by a 1.75 per cent increase in the third year. Increases also apply […]