Bulletin Archive

(Asli Cetin/photos.com) Les universités canadiennes ont accueilli cet automne un nom­bre record de plus de un million d’étudiants du premier cycle. Selon les plus récents chiffres publiés par l’Association des universités et collèges du Canada (AUCC), le nombre d’étudiants inscrits […]

Le litige sur la retraite obligatoire à l’Université de Île-du-Prince-Édouard qui se poursuivait depuis six ans a enfin trouvé un règlement. Dans un communiqué commun publié le 12 octobre, l’université et l’association du personnel académique de l’Université de l’Île-du-Prince-Édouard (UPEIFA) […]

Portant un cercueil en carton symbolique, les membres du syndicat UCU de l'université de Southampton ont défilé le 31 octobre pour dénoncer les changements à leur régime de retraite. (Southern Daily Echo) Après une grève du zèle de plusieurs semaines […]

How to Earn Nothing and Learn Little in the Brave New Economy Ross Perlin. Brooklyn, NY: Verso Books, 2011; 288 pp; ISBN: 978-1-84467-686-6, cloth $28.50 CAD. Reviewed by Johanna Weststar Ross Perlin’s exposé of the explosive rise of internships has […]

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 […]

Transforming the Social Sciences Will C. van den Hoonaard. Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press, 2011; 375 pp; ISBN: 978-1-44264-268-3, cloth $75 CAD; ISBN: 978-1-44261-150-4, paper $32.95 CAD. The Seduction of Ethics is an ethnographic work about relationships between researchers […]

During 2008–2009, Israel lobby organizations made concerted efforts to block a planned conference on statehood for Israel and Palestine at York University. So begins the narrative of a new book just released by CAUT, No Debate: The Israel Lobby and […]

Earle H. Waugh, Olga Szafran & Rodney A. Crutcher, eds. Edmonton, AB: The University of Alberta Press, 2011; 296 pp; ISBN: 978-0-88864-532-6, paper $49.95 CAD. In this groundbreaking contribution to the field of culture and medicine, 25 professionals in medicine, […]

The council representing Quebec university professors voted overwhelmingly last month reaffirming its opposition to the province’s plan to increase tuition fees. Quebec’s March 2011 budget announced a $1,625 university tuition hike over five years, representing a 75 per cent increase […]

The Comprehensive Manual of Theory and Techniques for Masters and Doctoral Research Barry White. Camberwell, VIC: ACER Press, 2011; 360 pp; ISBN: 978-0-86431-823-7, paper $89.95 AUD. This book is the complete guide to writing a masters’ and doctoral thesis and […]

A new federal government actuarial report on the Canada Student Loans Program shows that the $15 billion legal limit for outstanding federal student loans will be reached and surpassed as early as January 2013 as a result of sharply rising […]

The Children of the 1970s in Adulthood Lesley Andres & Johanna Wyn. Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press, 2010; 270 pp; ISBN: 978-0-80209-258-8, cloth $70 CAD; ISBN: 978-0-80209-467-4, paper $32.95 CAD. Secondary school graduates of the late 1980s and early […]