Bulletin Archive

An Exploration of Contemporary Developments ASHE Higher Education Report, vol. 33, no. 2. Todd C. Ream & Perry L. Glanzer. Mississauga, ON: Wiley, 2007; 144 pp; ISBN: 978-0-47022-889-0, paper $31.99 CAD. In the 21st century, religious faith has re-emerged from […]

Without Losing Your Soul Kerry Ann Rockquemore & Tracey Laszloffy. Boulder, CO: Lynne Reinner Publishers Inc., 2008; 215 pp; ISBN: 978-1-58826-562-3, cloth $55 USD; ISBN: 978-1-58826-588-3, cloth $22.50 USD. For an African American scholar, who may be the lone minority […]

Impact of the War on Terror on American Higher Education James Ottavio Castagnera. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 2009; 205 pp; ISBN: 978-0-31336-428-0, cloth $49.95 USD. Reviewed by Alex Morrison Even before the disastrous events of Sept. 11, 2001, Canadian university […]

Donald Gillies. London, UK: College Publications, 2008; 152 pp; ISBN: 978-1-90498-727-7, paper £12. Reviewed by Will Low This book gives a distinctively British perspective on the challenges of administering and facilitating research output, focusing on the research assessment exercise (RAE) […]

SPUL vice-president John Kingma, president Yves Lacouture & treasurer Marcel Boulay at CAUT Council. The academic staff associations at Laval University, dubbed “the birthplace of French higher education in North America,” and University of King’s College, Canada’s oldest chartered university, […]

According to Isabelle Blain, “After hearing from our community, NSERC gave instructions to the evaluation group executive committees this year to no longer consider the option to ‘split’ a bin,” (Letters, CAUT Bulletin, April 2011). With this statement NSERC tacitly […]

Dr. Robert Latta’s thoughtful commen­tary, “Grant system squeezes researchers, grad students” (CAUT Bulletin, April 2011), voices what many of us were already thinking about NSERC’s bean-counting of HQP (Highly Qua­l­ified Personnel). It’s pretty gutsy for someone to state publicly that […]

The political scandal about Bruce Carson, the prime ministerial advisor-turned lobbyist whose activities are making front page news, obscures a more insidious role he has been playing as what Keith Stewart of Greenpeace Canada calls “the political quarterback for the […]

Manitoba Le gouvernement néo-démocrate a annoncé dans son budget du 12 avril le financement pluriannuel des établissements d’enseignement postsecondaire, faisant valoir la nécessité d’assurer une plus grande stabilité financière. Les universités et les collèges verront leurs subventions de fonctionnement s’accroître […]

Monique Cormier Monique Cormier, a University of Montreal professor of linguistics and translation, was presented with CAUT’s 2011 Distinguished Academic Award at the association’s council meeting in Ottawa May 7. Cormier is a recognized expert in translation and interpretation and […]

British Columbia’s Supreme Court has struck down legislation limiting the right of public school teachers to negotiate issues at the core of their employment relationship. In a 103-page decision, Justice Susan Griffin ruled the BC government breached the guarantees of […]

A majority of Canadians believe governments aren’t doing enough to make post-secondary education affordable, a recent poll has found. The Harris Decima poll, conducted for CAUT, also found the majority of respondents (57 per cent) are willing to pay higher […]