Bulletin Archive

Une mine d'amiante à Thetford Mines (Québec), importante source mondiale de production d'amiante chrysotile. [Photo : Pierre Obendrauf, The Gazette (Montreal)] Les médecins du Canada appellent le gouvernement fédéral à abandonner son soutien à l’indus­trie de l’amiante. Lors de l’assemblée […]

L'ACPPU a annoncé la création d’une commission d’enquête sur les événements entourant la te­nue, cet été, d’une conférence con­troversée sur les moyes de progresser vers la paix au Moyen-Orient. Coparrainée par les universités Queen’s et York dans le cadre des […]

An asbestos mine in Thetford Mines, the Quebec-based, major world source of chrysotile asbestos. [Photo: Pierre Obendrauf, The Gazette (Montreal)] Canadian doctors have called for the federal government to end its support for the asbestos industry. Doctors attending the Canadian […]

Augmenter les fonds de recherche et améliorer l’accessibilité à l’EPS Dans son mémoire prébudgétaire 2010 présenté au Comité permanent des finances, l’ACPPU recommande au gouvernement fédéral d’augmenter le financement octroyé aux trois conseils subventionnaires et de rendre les études postsecondaires […]

CAUT has announced a commis­sion of inquiry into events surrounding a controversial conference this summer on paths to peace in the Middle East. Co-sponsored by Queen’s University and York University as part of York’s 50th anniversary celebrations, the conference drew […]

L’ACPPU a décerné cette année la bourse commémorative Stewart-Reid à Kevin Walby, doctorant en sociologie à l’Université Carleton. M. Walby détient un baccalauréat ès arts avec mention de l’Université de la Saskatchewan ainsi qu’un diplôme d’études supérieures en sociologie de […]

The Evolution of American Women’s Studies: Reflections on Triumphs, Controversies and Change, Alice E. Ginsberg, ed. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan Ltd, 2008; 256 pp; ISBN: 978-0-230-60579-4, hardcover $80 US. This book offers reflections by well-known women’s studies scholars, tracing […]

Trinity Western University has been added to CAUT’s list of universities and colleges that have a faith or ideological test as a condition of employment. The action follows a detailed investigation by professors William Bruneau of the University of British […]

Doctoral Education and the Faculty of the Future, Ronald G. Ehrenberg & Charlotte V. Kuh, eds. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2008; 320 pp; ISBN: 978-0-8014-4543-9, cloth $35 US. American colleges and universities simultaneously face large numbers of faculty retirements […]

For the Common Good: Principles of American Academic Freedom, Matthew W. Finkin & Robert C. Post. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2009; 263 pp; ISBN: 9780300143546, cloth $27.50 US. This is a lucid and concise account of the evolution […]

Teach Them to Challenge Authority: Educating for Healthy Societies, Gregory S. Prince Jr. New York, NY & London, UK: Continuum, 2008; 256 pp; ISBN: 9780826491381, cloth $26.95 US. This book belongs to that species of reflection on the state of […]

With the assistance of mediator Bruce Outhouse, Acadia Uni­ver­sity and CAUT reached an agreement in the case of Dr. Colin Wightman — whose termination by Acadia had prompted CAUT to start censure proceedings against the university. Acadia and CAUT agreed […]