Bulletin Archive

Les lauréates du prix de l'ACPPU : Janet Steffenhagen (photo du haut) et Momoko Price. Janet Steffenhagen, journaliste spécialisée dans les question d’éducation au Vancouver Sun, et Momoko Price, ancienne rédactrice du journal étudiant de l’Université de la Colombie-Britannique, sont […]

Un juge de la Saskatchewan a confirmé la décision arbitrale selon laquelle l’Université des Premières nations du Canada (UPNC) a enfreint la liberté académique de Blair Stonechild, éminent membre du corps professoral de cette université. « Nous sommes très heureux […]

CAUT award winners Janet Steffenhagen (top) & Momoko Price. Education reporter Janet Steffenhagen and Momoko Price, a former writer with the University of British Columbia’s student newspaper, have won the 2006 Awards for Excellence in Education Journalism, presented by CAUT. […]

A Saskatchewan judge has upheld an arbitration ruling that found the First Nations University of Canada violated the academic freedom of prominent faculty member Blair Stonechild. “We’re very pleased with the decision and hope the university will now respect the […]

Genetically Modified Language: The Discourse of Arguments for GM Crops and Food Guy Cook. London: Routledge, 2004; 176 pp; ISBN: 978-0-415-31467-1, hardcover $100 US; ISBN: 978-0-415-31468-8, paper $28.95 US. It takes courage to review a book written by a linguist. […]

Florian Sauvageau, David Schneiderman & David Taras. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 2005; 272 pp; ISBN: 978-0-774-81243-6, hardcover $85 CA; ISBN: 978-0-774-81244-3, paper $24.95 CA. Media coverage of the Supreme Court of Canada has emerged as a crucial factor […]

Flora Roy. Waterloo, Ontario: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2006; 136 pp; ISBN: 978-0-88920-502-4, paper $24.95 CA. Building on the success of her first volume, Recollections of Waterloo College, Flora Roy’s Recollections of Waterloo Lutheran University 1960– 1973 continues her personal […]

York University student Daniel Freeman-Maloy reached an out-of-court settlement with the university last month, putting an end to a long legal battle following his three-year ban from campus for his part in two unauthorized protests against Israeli policies toward Palestinians. […]

Wayne Peters, president of the University of Prince Edward Island Faculty Association, says a recent intellectual property grievance settlement is an important win for academic staff at the university. Academic staff at the University of Prince Edward Island now have […]

Manifestation des syndicats de la Colombie-Britannique contre la loi sur l'amélioration de la prestation des services sociaux et de santé, au moment de sa promulgation il y a quatre ans. [PHOTO : Hospital Employees Union] Dans une décision marquante rendue […]

Dans le cadre de sa nouvelle stratégie nationale des sciences et de la technologie visant à renforcer l’économie canadienne, le gouvernement fédéral veut accroître les liens entre les entreprises et les universités et donner à l’industrie plus de pouvoir sur […]

In early May, the government of British Columbia released a major review of post-secondary education. The report, titled “Access and Excellence: The Campus 2020 Plan for British Columbia’s Post-Secondary Education System,”1 marks an important admission that the province’s last six […]