Bulletin Archive

In an era of wage restraint, aca­demic staff at St. Jerome’s University in Waterloo, Ontario have ratified a first collective agreement that locks in salary increases for 30 fac­ulty members and the university librarian. SJU-ASA members voted 96% in favour […]

Following months of difficult negotiations, the University of Prince Edward Island Faculty Association and employer have reached a tentative agreement after a pro­vincial conciliator was appointed to assist the parties at the union’s request. Details remain confidential until union members […]

Redeemer University College in Ancaster, Ontario, has been added to CAUT’s list of universities and colleges that subject academic staff to a faith test. The action follows the report of an ad hoc investigatory committee created last year under CAUT’s […]

New Brunswick New Brunswick’s 2011 budget, released March 22 by the newly-elected Conservative government, partially spared post-secondary education from the $220 million austerity measures imposed on government programs to help reduce the provincial deficit. Universities and colleges will see a […]

Eric Barendt. Oxford, UK & Portland, OR: Hart Publishing, 2010; 331 pp; ISBN: 978-1-84113-694-3, paper $80 US. By Dwight Newman Academic freedom is a value at the heart of the academic enterprise. Some invoke it as a shield in defence […]

How Special Interests Corrupt Public Health Research Thomas O. McGarity & Wendy E. Wagner. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2010; 400 pp; ISBN: 978-0-67404-714-3, paper $24.95 usd. What do we know about the possible poisons that industrial technologies leave in […]

The New Era of Campus Litigation Amy Gajda. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2009; 360 pp; ISBN: 978-0-67403-567-6, cloth $35 usd. Once upon a time, virtually no one in the academy thought to sue over campus disputes, and, if they […]

How Institutions Affect Academic Careers Joseph C. Hermanowicz. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2009; 344 pp; ISBN: 978-0-22632-761-7, cloth $55 usd. What can we learn when we follow people over the years and across the course of their professional […]

Inside the Corporate University Gaye Tuchman. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2009; 272 pp; ISBN: 978-0-22681-529-9, cloth $25 usd. Based on years of observation at a large state university, Wannabe U tracks the dispiriting consequences of trading in traditional […]

Le juge Denny Chin a dit non. « La question consiste à déterminer si le règlement est équitable, adéquat et raisonnable. Je conclus qu’il ne l’est pas. » Voilà comment, dans sa décision rendue le mois dernier, un juge de […]

Students march in Halifax Feb. 2 to protest the end of the tuition freeze in Nova Scotia. [Photo: Moira Peters] Thousands of Nova Scotia students preparing to take to the streets for a “Reduce Fees-Drop Debt” rally Feb. 2 were […]

I think we are seeing the effects of unionization. — Penni Stewart, CAUT president The gender pay gap for academic staff in Canada narrowed significantly, according to a report by CAUT released recently. According to the data, the overall gender […]