Bulletin Archive

By CAUT Staff The Alberta government last month eased up on some of the restrictions it imposed on university partnerships with entities or individuals with links to the Chinese government. According to Sam Blackett, the press secretary to Alberta’s Advanced […]

By CAUT Staff In what the organization hailed as the “biggest decasualisation win in the history of UK higher education,” the University and College Union (UCU) last month announced the rolling out of permanent contracts for 4,800 associate lecturers at […]

CAUT staff appointments Émilie Couture Digital Communications Coordinator Émilie Couture comes to CAUT with a long-time passion for language, a constant desire to find new and innovative ways to express herself, and an insatiable sense of curiosity. She holds a Bachelor […]

by Dan O’Donnell An Introduction to University Governance is a disappointing book, perhaps especially because it represents a lost opportunity for something badly needed in the sector: an orientation to university governance for external board members who are new to the […]

Fabrice Colin, President of the Laurentian University Faculty Association (LUFA), discusses the financial crisis at Laurentian University — the first publicly funded university in Canada to seek protection under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA).​ How has the financial crisis […]

By Diane Meaghan Ontario colleges have been chronically underfunded for decades. Provincial funding declined for operational expenditures from 75% in 1967 to 30% in 2020 (Statistics Canada, 2021), begging the question of whether colleges should be considered part of the […]

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In the months leading up to Laurentian University's 2021 decision to seek creditor protection, senior administrators were quietly soliciting the advice of outside legal and financial consultants on how to navigate a legal process under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act […]

Repercussions of the CCAA process Primary causes of the insolvency Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA) costs to the University * Media reports indicate that deficits ran back to at least 2014.  Sources: Preliminary Perspective on Laurentian University, Office of the […]

Acadia University academic staff sent a strong message to its University leadership this month. During the spring meeting of its Faculty Council, Acadia’s faculty members voted 89 per cent in favour of a motion expressing "no confidence" in the senior […]

When the University of Saskatchewan earlier this year announced it would be closing the Regina campus of the College of Nursing and shifting its programming to Prince Albert, Kathy Rodger, an associate professor, immediately found herself worrying about the quality […]