Bulletin Archive

     La bourse commémorative J.H. Stewart Reid de l’ACPPU a été décernée, pour l’exercice financier 2007-2008, à deux doctorantes : Bénédicte Fontaine-Bisson et Jacqueline Kennelly. Cette bourse de 5 000 $, créée par l’ACPPU pour commémorer la vie et l’oeuvre de […]

Governor General Michaëlle Jean delivers the throne speech Oct. 16, as Prime Minister Stephen Harper [left] and her husband, Jean-Daniel Lafond look on. (Photo: Sgt Eric Jolin/ Rideau Hall) Last month’s Speech from the Throne made only superficial references to […]

L’American Federation of Teachers (AFT) a entrepris une vive campagne de sensibilisation en vue d’assurer un meilleur soutien professionnel aux professeurs réguliers tout comme à leurs collègues non réguliers à temps partiel et à temps plein dans les établissements postsecondaires […]

The University of Manitoba’s tentative contract with the faculty association has been ratified by rank-and-file members. The university reached the agreement with UMFA Oct. 15 following a protracted period of bargaining, conciliation and mediation. The new contract that was negotiated […]

L’ACPPU a ajouté sa voix aux appels lancés pour venir en aide aux intellectuels et scientifiques irakiens qui sont soumis à des dangers effroyables de plus en plus nombreux dans les universités de leur pays assiégé. « La situation de […]

A new report prepared by Advanced Education Minister Warren McCall says the Saskatchewan government should cut undergraduate tuition fees by $1,000 and extend a tuition freeze to make post-secondary education more accessible at the University of Saskatchewan and the University […]

Des campagnes annuelles sensibilisent la population à la violence faite aux femmes Les mentalités envers la violence faite aux femmes évoluent peu à peu chez les hommes et les institutions. C’est ce que constate la Campagne du ruban blanc — […]

Scientists believe government and research councils focus too heavily on economic outcomes of research, according to the findings reported last month by the Institute of Ideas. The study, conducted by the UK-based institute, also revealed divisions among scientists over whether […]

Shown holding the Distinguished Academic Awards are Lisa Doolittle, Alvin Finkel and Emily Luce. Three Alberta academics are recipients of first Distinguished Academic Awards from the Confederation of Alberta Faculty Associations. The award recognizes members of academia whose research or […]

Annual campaigns bring awareness to the fight to end violence against women. Male and institutional attitudes about violence against women are gradually changing for the better, according to the White Ribbon Campaign, now in its 17th year of “men working […]

The fight to save UNBSJ — Hundreds of protesters demonstrate on UNB’s Saint John campus Sept. 25. The crowd of students, faculty and community members voiced their opposition to recommendations from the Commission on Post-secondary Education to convert the University […]

In business, government and education today electronic tribes gather on a daily basis to send each other millions of signals that digitally bind together people in thousands of virtual tribes. Yet these social formations so touted by lovers of high […]