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M. Bruneau Lors de l’assemblée printanière du Conseil de l’ACPPU, William Bruneau a été élu à la présidence d’assemblée du Conseil. M. Bruneau, dont le mandat prendra effet en novembre 2006, succède ainsi à Gordon Shrimpton, qui quitte cette fonction […]

First CAUT Distinguished Academic Award winner Bernard Robaire addresses CAUT Council. CAUT honoured McGill University professor Bernard Robaire with the 2006 Distinguished Academic Award during a special ceremony at the CAUT Council meeting last month. First CAUT Distinguished Academic Award […]

Le mois dernier, à Burnaby, en Colombie-Britannique, lors d’une table ronde à laquelle étaient conviés des parents et des enfants, le premier ministre Stephen Harper a affirmé, au sujet de sa promesse de soutien gouvernemental à la garde d’enfants : […]

Le premier lauréat du Prix de l'ACPPU pour services émérites, Bernard Robaire, prend la parole devant l'assemblée du Conseil de l'ACPPU L'ACPPU a rendu hommage au professeur Bernard Robaire de l’Université McGill en lui remettant le Prix pour services émérites […]

Contrary to Martin Rudner’s assertion, as a former solicitor general, I feel very strongly that public trust in security agencies is fundamental to national security and that transparency, judicial safeguards and accountability can instill that trust. Professor Rudner asserts intelligence […]

Student activists have won an important struggle at McGill University, convincing the board of governors to divest stocks of any companies doing business in Burma. McGill is the first university in Canada to take this step, following the lead of […]

CAUT Council agreed last month to postpone consideration of censure of University College of the North until its November 2006 meeting to allow the parties to respond to CAUT’s concerns. “We have taken this decision to postpone our considerations as […]

First Nations University of Canada has been given a deadline of mid-June to demonstrate that it is acting on recommendations to change its governance structure. The Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada told FNUC that it has until June […]

Council delegate Robert Leclerc, & observer Geneviève Robichaud (inset, from top) Bob Rupert, Sarah Schmidt & Mike Gasher in a simulated press conference held April 27 in Ottawa. CAUT Council delegates improved their media skills in workshops April 27, working […]

American Association of University Professors president Jane Buck and president-elect Cary Nelson were arrested April 27 in New York City. Buck and Nelson were detained by police for their participation in an act of civil disobedience in support for striking […]

William Bruneau William Bruneau was elected at the spring CAUT Council meeting to succeed Gordon Shrimpton as Speaker of Council starting in November 2006. Shrimpton stepped down after serving for eight years. In one of the several tributes to the […]

Canadians don’t widely share most of the priorities of the Conservative government of Stephen Harper, according the latest public opinion survey commissioned by CAUT. The poll, carried out by Decima research just prior to the release of this month’s federal […]