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Michael Conlon Michael Conlon joined the staff of CAUT in May as a professional officer in its policy and research division. He joins CAUT from the Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities where he was a senior policy advisor […]

Michael Conlon Michael Conlon est entré en fonctions à l’ACPPU en mai dernier à titre d’agent professionnel au sein de la division de la politique générale et de la recherche. Avant de se joindre au personnel de l’ACPPU, il travaillait […]

A report released last month by the Maritime Provinces Higher Education Commission warns that student debt in the Maritimes has exploded in recent years. The study, Five Years On: A Survey of Class of 1999 Maritime University Graduates, found that […]

Les membres du personnel académique de la plus récente université de la Colombie-Britannique ont ratifié leur première convention collective en avril dernier. Entamées en janvier, les négociations en vue de la conclusion d’un contrat de travail visant les 650 membres […]

CAUT recognized award recipients Philip Koch (left) & Stephen LaRose at the 60th Council meeting in Ottawa April 28. Stephen LaRose and Philip Koch are the 2005 winners of CAUT’s award for excellence in post-secondary education journalism. LaRose, a freelance […]

Selon une étude de la Commission de l’enseignement supérieur des Provinces maritimes rendue publique le mois dernier, la dette des diplômés universitaires des Maritimes a explosé ces dernières années. L’étude intitulée Cinq ans plus tard : Un sondage auprès des […]

Academic staff members at British Columbia’s newest university ratified their first collective agreement in April. Negotiations for a contract covering the 650 members of Thompson Rivers University Faculty Association began in January and a tentative agreement was reached minutes before […]

L’ACPPU a décerné son prix d’excellence aux lauréats Philip Koch (à gauche) et Stephen LaRose lors de la 60e assemblée du Conseil tenue le 28 avril à l’hôtel Fairmont Château Laurier d’Ottawa. Stephen LaRose et Philip Koch sont les deux […]

Le mois dernier, j’ai croisé une ancienne connaissance que je n’avais pas revue depuis longtemps. Après les salutations d’usage, il me dit : « Maintenant que le semestre est terminé et que les notes finales sont rentrées, tu dois pouvoir […]

University of Guelph — Academic staff members vote in favour of unionization. A union drive at the University of Guelph has been embraced by a majority of academic staff members. The Ontario Labour Relations Board, which tallied the votes May […]

CAUT’s Academic Freedom Fund has donated $100,000 to the University of Regina Faculty Association to help the association protect academic freedom and academic staff rights at First Nations University of Canada. The donation, the first given since the fund was […]

At least two Canadian universities (Toronto and Guelph) have tried over the past year to get faculty to accept flexible benefit plans. So this seems a good time to outline what’s wrong with flex plans. University administrators have a strong […]