Bulletin Archive

Professor David Mullan’s letter (“Issue is Quality, Not Feminist Agenda,” Bulletin, January 2006), errs in assuming Loretta Czernis’ concern about the underrepresentation of women is a concern for “feminist quotas.” One might have reservations about a national program that perpetuates […]

The faculty association at the new Northern Ontario School of Medicine has been certified by the labour board to represent the school’s full-time academic staff. NOSMFA was handed an interim certificate earlier this year, recognizing a 20-member bargaining unit that […]

Academic unions in Australia are condemning a decision by the University of Ballarat that requires all new staff to accept individual employment contracts in order to take up their appointments. The move comes just six months after the Australian government […]

Who will be the president of your local association in 2011? If you plan well, it may be a faculty member who is junior today, or someone who is not even on the payroll in 2006. It could be a […]

Back in the nineties, the author of the McDonaldization Thesis noted that soon the university will adopt many of the managerial models and practices associated with the spread of this hamburger chain. According to the American sociologist George Ritzer, new […]

In response to a request from the faculty council at Bishop’s University, CAUT has established an independent commission on governance to assist the university community resolve differences about how Bishop’s should be governed. The three members of the commission are […]

A university lecturer has won an important settlement which may ensure that part-time British academic staff are paid a pro-rata equivalent to their full-time colleagues. Susan Birch, who was employed on a part-time basis at Leeds Metropolitan University, challenged her […]

CAUT’s former executive director Donald Savage received the organization’s Milner Memorial Award in November for distinguished contribution to the cause of academic freedom. “The award signals Don’s commitment to academic freedom in the spheres of scholarly work, the law and […]

J’ai eu l’honneur de représenter l’ACPPU, aux côtés du directeur général James Turk et du directeur général associé David Robinson, aux réunions que le syndicat australien NTEU (National Tertiary Education Union) et l’Internationale de l’Éducation ont organisées le mois dernier […]

Les trois organismes subventionnaires canadiens ont annoncé la publication d’une mise à jour de l’Énoncé de politique des trois Con­seils (EPTC) sur l’éthique de la re­cherche avec des êtres humains. Cet­te nouvelle version comporte, en­tre autres changements, des corrections techniques […]

L'ACPPU est heureuse d’accueillir Leona Jacobs, bibliothécaire-analyste à l’Université de Lethbridge, à titre de chercheuse invitée pour 2006. Durant son séjour à l’ACPPU, elle étudiera les dispositions en vigueur qui régissent les congés de recherche accordés aux bibliothécaires des établissements […]

La totalité du personnel académique de l’Université de Sudbury s’est prononcée en faveur d’une mesure de grève en vue d’atteindre les objectifs visés dans la négociation. « Le message passé par nos membres devrait ouvrir la voie à une négociation […]