Bulletin Archive

Le mois dernier, l’ACPPU a lancé un appel aux chefs des partis de l’opposition pour qu’ils s’opposent farouchement aux tentatives des conservateurs d’imposer une nouvelle loi sur l’équité salariale qui empêcherait pratiquement les femmes dans le secteur public fédéral et […]

La campagne VOTEZ OUI s’est arrêtée au collège Fleming en janvier dernier. Figurant ici sur la photo : Candy Lindsay, vice-présidente de l'Organisation des employés à temps partiel et de session des collèges d'arts appliqués et de technologie (OPSECAAT); Dave […]

Les budgets fédéraux déposés par le gouvernement conservateur le 26 février 2008 et le 27 janvier 2009 ont considérablement modifié l’impôt sur le revenu. Certaines des propositions présentées dans le pre­mier de ces deux budgets ont reçu force de loi […]

The Ontario government has en­acted legislation ending the York University strike — the longest by academic workers in 30 years. As a York faculty member I find it difficult to ignore the events of the 12-week walkout, especially since the […]

Russel Ogden now allowed to continue the research originally approved by Kwantlen’s research ethics board. [Photo: Erling Christensen] CAUT’s inquiry in the case of criminologist Russel Ogden of Kwantlen Polytechnic University came to an end in January when a mutually […]

Full-time academic staff at Wilfrid Laurier University ratified a new three-year agreement last month. The contract, affecting 500 faculty and professional librarians at Laurier’s Waterloo and Brantford campuses, includes an Ontario wage-parity adjustment of $1,800 and a salary increase of […]

I am surprised you featured the re­sults from the Boston College study so pro­minently in the Bulle­tin (“Entry-Level Salaries Highest in Canada,” December 2008). The study authors take great pains to say their work is exploratory and there are limitations […]

We were surprised that Penni Ste­wart (President's Column, Bulletin, December 2008), having detailed the secrecy with which Canadian granting agencies are established and governed, implied this was by choice of government, past and pre­sent. On the contrary, we think we […]

The Feb. 26, 2008 and Jan. 27, 2009 federal budgets tabled by the Conservative government introduced numerous income tax changes. Some of the announcements in the 2008 budget have been signed into law and others are still making their way […]

The VOTE YES campaign at Fleming College in January. Pictured are Candy Lindsay, vice-president of the Organization of Part-Time and Sessional Employees of the Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology (OPSECAAT); Dave Shaw, a part-time faculty member at Fleming; Gary […]

CAUT called on the leaders of the opposition parties last month to block attempts by the Conserva­tives to impose a new pay equity act that will make it almost impos­sible for women in the federal public sector and their unions […]

Save the World on Your Own Tıme Stanley Fish. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008; 189 pp; ISBN: 978-0-19-536902-1, hardcover $19.95 us. Stanley Fish purports to bring good news to the aca­demy — his gospel being that there is a […]