Bulletin Archive

Nick Ruest, vice-président de l’association des bibliothécaires de l’Université McMaster (MUALA), présent à l’assemblée du Conseil de l’ACPPU à Ottawa le 22 avril. L'ACPPU compte une association de plus dans ses rangs. Lors de l’assemblée du Conseil qui s’est tenue […]

Randy Lundy, chair of the First Nations University of Canada’s academic council. [Photo: Bryan Schlosser/Regina Leader-Post] The Government of Canada has put the future of Canada’s only First Nations university at grave peril. Indian and Northern Affairs Minister Chuck Strahl’s […]

Len Findlay’s book review “Insider’s Cautionary Tales of Academic Freedom” (Bulletin, March 2010) contained numerous barbs that insult Canadian academics. Statements included “gerbilized… academic labour force,” “compradors, quislings and thought police…in most faculties,” “academic managerial class externally meek and internally […]

I am grateful for Professor Prescott’s res­ponse to my review. He clearly cares about “Canadian academics” and the “national academy” as much as I do. However, Prescott and I do not have to agree about how that caring should express […]

I hate to say it, but I really dislike marking examination scripts. I’m not sure if this is unusual, but I feel I need some help… Therapist: Lie down on the couch and tell me why you feel this way. […]

Le gouvernement Harper a pris la décision de fermer les bureaux de la Commission canadienne des droits de la personne (CCDP) à Vancouver, Toronto et Halifax. Les trois bureaux qui disparaî­tront ont reçu 70 % de toutes les plaintes officielles […]

L'Université de l’Île-du-Prince-Édouard (UPEI) a décidé de porter en appel devant la Cour su­prême de la province le jugement par lequel la commission provinciale des droits de la personne a récemment invalidé la politique de retraite obligatoire de l’établissement en […]

As I write this column, the future of First Nations University of Canada is not clear. On Feb. 8 Indian Affairs Minister Chuck Strahl announced federal funding of $7.3 million for First Nations University would end. This is a tragic […]

The University of Prince Edward Island is appealing a recent human rights decision that struck down the institution’s mandatory retirement policy as discriminatory. The move by UPEI means the ruling of the PEI Human Rights Commission is destined for the […]

[Photo: Colleen Fraser] First Nations University of Cana­da, formerly known as the Sask­atche­wan Indian Federated College SIFC), will celebrate its 34th anni­versary this year — a milestone for the world’s in­digenous peoples’ right to higher edu­cation. The darkness that began […]

A University of Ottawa report proposing $25 million in cuts has the campus community up in arms. The 75-page “Resource Optimi­za­tion” report was prepared by a university advisory committee man­dated to find an across-the-board 5 per cent in savings for […]

Saskatchewan The province claims to heavily invest in education in its 24 March budget with a 5 per cent increase in operational funds for universities and colleges. Tuition fees will be allowed to rise by an equal amount, while the […]