Bulletin Archive

Gideon Rosenbluth, CAUT’s president in 1966–1967, died suddenly of a heart attack in Vancouver Aug. 8 while swimming with a friend. He had just spent a happy week with visiting family, taking long walks in the woods he loved, enjoying […]

Contract academic staff at McGill University have become the latest unionized group on campus.       The 1,300 members in the bargaining unit that includes all course lecturers and instructors were balloted for certification earlier this year and voted overwhelmingly to […]

Edward J. Carvalho & David B. Downing, eds. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011; 310 pp; ISBN: 978-2-23010-834-9, cloth $90 USD; ISBN: 978-0-23011-700-6, paper $28 USD. Reviewed by Paul Handford On the clear blue morning of Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, […]

The Rise of the Academic Bully Culture and What to Do About It Darla J. Twale & Barbara M. De Luca. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2008; 219 pp; ISBN: 978-0-47019-766-0, cloth $40 USD. Reviewed by Judy Haiven In the Milgram […]

Wayne Peters (à droite), président de l’ACPPU, serre la main à Christian Addai-Poku, président de la National Association of Graduate Teachers du Ghana, après avoir conclu un accord de coopération mutuelle. Les 1 400 délégués présents au 6e Congrès mondial […]

[Photo: Joel Blit/shutterstock.com] The first budget of the new Conservative majority in the House of Commons received a critical response from the orga­nization representing Canada’s post-secondary academic staff. “The Harper government ignored skyrocketing student debt levels and tuition fees and […]

The implications of NSERC’s new evaluation procedures for smaller universities are deeply troubling. As Paul Sanborn points out (Letters, Bulletin, May 2011) NSERC’s increased emphasis on highly qualified personnel (HQP) lies at the heart of our concerns. Let us be […]

[Photo: Peter Searle] To succeed in the 21st century, gra­duates will need much more than a narrow range of skills offered by an outdated academy. A wise person, according to the psychologist Barry Schwartz, is like a jazz musician. Both […]

It is a great pleasure to be writing my first of many “president’s columns” for the Bulletin. I was elected president at the association’s Council meeting on May 7, after having served as vice-president for the past three years and […]

CAUT has released a bargaining advisory on hours of insurable employment for contract academic staff. “While working to achieve the pro-rata model for their contract members, academic staff associations continue to face the reality of having to set fair terms […]

Rempart de la « cité universitaire » depuis vingt ans Pierre Hébert. Montréal, QC : Fédération québécoise des professeures et professeurs d’université (FQPPU), 2011; 110 pages; ISBN : 978-2-92100-217-2, 20 $ can. Par Greg Allain Nous avons très peu d’historiques […]

There’s disappointment in Ca­na­da’s research community after the latest announcement of grant awards from the federal government’s research funding agencies. “Despite an outcry over the state of research funding, success rates for grants have declined over the past decade,” said […]