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Le débat sur la réforme du droit d’auteur canadien a pris, en décembre dernier, une ampleur telle que le ministre de l’Industrie Jim Prentice et le gouvernement Harper ont dû carrément faire marche arrière. En effet, les modifications attendues depuis […]

I appreciate the clarity Patrick Finn brings to the discussion of problems and issues associated with information technologies in university classrooms (“Technology in the Classroom is more than Fun and Games,” Bulletin, October 2007). As important as the issues Finn […]

[Jeff Miller / UW-Madison University Communications] A group of University of Wisconsin-Madison alumni has given an unprecedented naming gift of $85 million to the Wisconsin School of Business to preserve the school name. The donation defies conventional naming gifts where […]

An ugly attack on a Dalhousie University professor and his family could happen to just about anyone as a result of malevolent use of social networking websites, the Dalhousie Faculty Association is warning. Academics should consider their privacy in a […]

Bullying at work represents a significant threat and can have devastating effects on the mental health of workers. Workplace bullying is on the rise across the country, involving increasingly high stakes for employees, employers and unions caught in the middle. […]

Debate over reform of Canada’s copyright law heated up in December, causing a major scramble for Industry Minister Jim Prentice and the Harper government. Introduction of long-awaited amendments to the federal Copyright Act that deal with copyright infringement had been […]

Former CAUT executive director Donald Savage (right) joins UNESCO officials Marco Antonio Dias (left) and Dimitri Beridze (third from left), and Pat Finn, executive director of the Carleton University Academic Staff Association, following UNESCO General Council’s adoption of the recommendation […]

[Photo: Ryan Rexworthy / York University] An Ontario labour arbitrator has ruled in favour of David Noble (shown in photo, left), a partial victory for the York University social sciences professor in his ongoing dispute with the university over academic […]

Most Canadians think tuition fees should be lowered or frozen, a new poll commissioned by CAUT and the Canadian Federation of Students showed last month. The nationwide survey on public attitude toward tuition fees, accessibility and the federal government’s performance […]

If we substitute ‘academic freedom’ for ‘intellectual diversity’ how does that change the game? [Photo: Alonso Nichols / TUFTS University] Disagreement is one of the greatest sources of pleasure available to intellectuals. If I find someone agrees with me, I […]

By Cindy Oliver, Anne Skoczylas, Brenda McLean, Geoff Martin, George Davison, Sandra Hoenle & Petra Ganzenmueller It is becoming increasingly clear that a major challenge facing Canadian academic staff is one that we rarely discuss — the basic definition of […]

J’aimerais pour commencer féliciter nos collègues de l’Université Acadia pour les impressionnants gains qu’ils ont faits sur de nombreux plans par suite de leur récente grève de trois semaines, notamment la majoration des salaires, la réévaluation de la charge de […]