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Two-thirds of Canadians are concerned about how cuts to research funding will impact Ca­na­da’s ability to attract and retain university teachers, and the same majority believes government should not steer research, according to a Harris/Decima poll conducted in April. When […]

La direction de l’Université Lakehead a annoncé le 24 avril que l’établissement fermerait ses portes pendant quatre jours en décembre en raison de difficultés financières. Non seulement les employés non essentiels n’auront-ils pas le droit d’entrer dans l’université, « mais […]

Restoring Free Speech and Liberty on Campus Donald Alexander Downs. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2005; 318 pp; ISBN: 978-0-5218-3987-7, cloth $34.99 us; ISBN: 978-0-5216-8971-7, paper $22.99 us. A hallmark of contemporary course outlines is the importance of developing critical […]

Historical Identities: The Professoriate in Canada Paul Stortz & E. Lisa Panayotidis, eds. Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press, 2006; 450 pp; ISBN: 9780802090003, cloth $74 ca. Six tenured professors (five of whom teach in education faculties), five retired historians, […]

Responsibility, Indigenous Epistemes and the Logic of the Gift Rauna Kuokkanen. Vancouver, BC: UBC Press, 2007; 248 pp; ISBN: 978-0-7748-1356-3, cloth $85 ca; ISBN: 978-0-7748-1357-0, paper $32.95 ca. Rauna Kuokkanen argues that attempts by universities to be inclusive are unsuccessful […]

Ottawa, ON: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, 2008; 143 pp; ISBN: 978-0-88627-544-0, paper $12 ca. While educators look for ways to incorporate a powerful learning medium into their practice, millions of youth are growing up in an online frontier where […]

Victor Catano poses with CAUT president Penni Stewart & Doug Lorimer, chair of the collective bargaining & economic benefits committee, after receiving his award April 23 in Ottawa. Saint Mary’s University professor Victor Catano was honoured with the Donald C. […]

The CAUT Council unanimously voted April 23 to recognize St. Jerome’s University Academic Staff Association as its 70th local member. The Council action came a month after academic staff at St. Jerome’s voted to certify SJU-ASA as a labour union […]

Lakehead University administration announced April 24 that the school would shut down for four days in December, citing fiscal challenges. All non-essential employees will be prohibited from going into the university and “will not be paid,” Lakehead said in a […]

La reconnaissance du champ d’étude de l’éducation Donald Fisher et Gail Edwards. Ottawa, ON: Société canadienne pour l’étude de l’éducation, 2007; 159 pages; ISBN: 978-0-9685137-2-9, 10 $ can. La création en 1972 de la Société canadienne pour l’étude de l’éducation, […]

Le lauréat du Prix de l’ACPPU pour services émérites, Guy Rocher, a pris la parole devant les délégués à l’assemblée du conseil le 24 avril à Ottawa. Guy Rocher, professeur de sociologie à l’Université de Montréal, est le quatrième lauréat […]

Michael Boudreau, in his review of Speak No Evil (CAUT Bulletin, April 2009), refers to the “controversy surrounding an individual’s right to free expression versus the need to protect minorities from hatred and/or violence.” Of course members of minorities are […]