Bulletin Archive

Over the last two years, I’ve often been asked: “How do you like being president of CAUT?” and, “It must be a lot of work?” And I always replied that of course it’s a lot of work, it’s a full-time […]

Saskatchewan Federation of Labour members protest the government’s anti-union bills outside the legislature in Regina May 1, 2008. [Photo: Saskatchewan Federation of Labour] The Saskatchewan government pushed two laws through the provincial legislature this month that take away the right […]

CAUT Council delegates on May 2 voted on a call to censure First Nations University in November. The First Nations University of Canada may be censured by CAUT unless the university agrees to remedy gross violations of basic university governance […]

I appreciate Neil McLaughlin’s brief outline of the history of the anti-apartheid protests at McMaster University this spring (Commentary, April Bulletin). I respond to his comment about the usefulness of the phrase “Israeli apartheid” which he sees as potentially compromising […]

A Guide for Academics Who Want to Share Their Knowledge With the World and Have Fun Doing It Kathleen A. Kendall-Tackett. Washington: American Psychological Association; 2007; 352 pp; ISBN: 978-0-9792125-3-6, paper $19.95 US. Are you an academic who would like […]

Jeffrey M. Heath, ed. Toronto: Dundurn Press; 2007; 650 pp; ISBN: 978-1-5500252-2-4, hardcover $90.00 CA. E.M. Forster, whose novels, including A Room with a View, Howards End, and A Passage to India, probe the values of the English middle class, […]

Par Greg Allain Ces deux dernières années, on m’a souvent demandé : « Comment trouvez-vous votre poste de président de l’ACPPU? » et « Cela doit représenter beaucoup de travail? » J’ai toujours répondu qu’évidemment cela représente beaucoup de travail, […]

Les membres de la Saskatchewan Federation of Labour protestent contre les projets de loi antisyndicaux du gouvernement devant le Parlement provincial à Regina le 1er mai 2008. [Photo: Saskatchewan Federation of Labour] Le gouvernement de la Saskatchewan a fait adopter […]

Elizabeth Church & Jon Roe Une célébration de l’excellence en journalisme canadien a eu lieu lors de l’assemblée du Conseil de l’ACPPU ce mois-ci. Les prix d’excellence en journalisme dans le domaine de l’éducation postsecondaire de 2008 ont été décernés […]

William Bruneau’s review of David Levine’s Powers of the Mind: The Reinvention of Liberal Learning in America (Bookshelf, April Bulletin) takes the author to task for a Chicago-focused approach to developments in liberal education and an apparent ignorance of related […]

Un important rapport publié le mois dernier par l’Orga­nisation de coopération et de développement économiques (OCDE) recommande que les gouvernements jouent un rôle plus actif dans la « direction » des universités et les collèges tout en augmentant les frais […]

An investigator with the Ontario Human Rights Commission has filed her case report in a complaint involving York University’s decades-long practice of cancelling classes on Jewish holidays. York professor David Noble went to the commission only after complaining for years […]