Bulletin Archive

The union hoping to represent administrative, professional and technical workers at the University of New Brunswick has found an ally in the academic staff association in the ongoing battle over unionization efforts. The 500 workers are in the pro­cess of […]

Anniversary marks some improvement, but contract academic staff still lag far behind their regular colleagues. Fair Employment Week was created a decade ago by a group of individuals and organizations to shine a spotlight on the poor pay and working […]

The Culture of Research in Canadian Universities Daniel Coleman & Smaro Kamboureli, eds. Edmonton, AB: University of Alberta Press, 2011; 312 pp; ISBN: 978-0-88864-541-8, paper $49.95 CAD. Reviewed by Margery Fee In the past 30 years, the state has tried […]

Les auteurs de la lettre ouverte : James Turk (gauche), directeur général, et Wayne Peters, président de l'ACPPU. Aussi étonnant que cela puisse paraître, la liberté universitaire se trouve menacée par l’organisme qui représente les recteurs des universités canadiennes. Dans […]

La présidente sortante de l’ACPPU, Penni Stewart, remet le prix pour l’équité à Anver Saloojee à Ottawa le 25 novembre dernier. Le président de l’association du personnel académique de Ryerson, Anver Saloojee, s’est vu décerner le mois der­nier une distinction […]

Dans le domaine de la promotion de l’équité, l’ACPPU cherche à renforcer l’inclusivité, non seulement pour défendre la justice sociale et économique des membres des groupes marginalisés, mais aussi pour assurer leur participation à la vie du milieu académique à […]

Library & Archives Canada — Funding cuts & management policies are threatening the future of the institution responsible for preservation of Canada's heritage. (Padraic Ryan) Concerned that the one federal institution responsible for preserving Canada’s culture and history is under […]

The ‘impact’ of great work is neither immediate nor measurable by the apparatchiks: it echoes down the ages, says Simon Blackburn. David Hume was born 300 years ago this (year). Prompted by the anni­ver­sary, many philosophers worldwide will be reflecting […]

I have recently written about a crisis facing post-secondary education in this country brought on by neo-liberal transformations in our economic, social and political landscapes. I have also written about attacks on professional academic librarians by bean-counting managers who misguidedly […]

(Asli Cetin/photos.com) More than one million undergraduate students hit the books this fall in Canada, breaking a new enrolment record. New numbers out from the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada show that 1,015,000 undergraduates registered in September 2011. […]

As part of the agreement with Barrick Gold, Écosociété, a small publisher based in Quebec, has put an end to publishing & reprinting Noir Canada. But the publisher & academics/authors Alain Deneault, Delphine Abadie & William Sacher still face a […]

Faculty, technical staff and support staff bargaining units at NSCAD University have voted overwhelming for strike action in recent weeks in the face of employer concessionary demands. Following a provincial report last fall that named NSCAD as one of six […]