Bulletin Archive

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 […]

Un sondage d’opinion Harris/ Décima dont les résultats ont été publiés ce mois-ci révèle que huit Canadiens sur dix sont favo­rables à un gel ou à une baisse des frais de scolarité dans les universités et les collèges. Il ressort […]

Canadian singer-songwriter Bruce Cockburn, seen here performing at the United Nations Climate Change Convention in Montreal on December 7, 2005, donated his time and talent for a FAUST-hosted gathering last month. [Photo: IISD/Earth Negotiations Bulletin] Returning to work after a […]

Loretta Czernis, présidente sortante de l’ACPPU, en compagnie de John Loxley, professeur de science économique à l’Université du Manitoba, à qui été décerné un prix spécial du mérite le 3 mai. Le prix 2008 de l’ACPPU pour services émérites a […]

Elizabeth Church & Jon Roe A celebration of excellence in Canadian journalism was hosted this month at CAUT’s Council meeting. The 2008 Awards for Excellence in Education Journalism were handed out in Ottawa on May 2 and May 3 to […]

A major OECD report released last month on higher education is recommending governments play a more active role in “steering” universities and colleges while raising tuition fees. The report results from a three-year review of higher education policy in 24 […]

Eight out of 10 Canadians want tuition fees frozen or lowered, according to a poll published this month. The cost of a university or college education is seen as the number one challenge facing policymakers, with almost 50% of Canadians […]

CAUT past president Loretta Czernis congratulates University of Manitoba economics professor John Loxley on winning a special academic award on May 3. John Loxley, a professor of economics at the University of Manitoba, has won the 2008 CAUT Distinguished Academic Award. […]

International higher education stands somewhere between irrational exuberance and a bubble, says Philip Altbach. It may be illuminating to compare the current subprime mortgage and housing-sector crisis in the United States and developments in international higher education. First, buyers and […]

All my life, I’ve thought of the CBC as a kind of university of the air, says William Bruneau. In March 27, 2008, the CBC sent an emissary to Vancouver. He was Mark Steinmetz, the head of CBC Radio music. […]

Cancer specialist Dr. Cathy Popadiuk was bullied and harassed by her superiors, marginalized in her department and had her academic freedom threatened, an external investigation has found. [Photo: Reprinted with permission from the Telegram] Dr. Cathy Popadiuk, a professor of […]