Bulletin Archive

In testimony last month before special House of Commons and Senate committees, CAUT called for the repeal of Canada’s Anti-Terrorism Act. "Police and security officials already had all the powers they needed to fight terrorism without the draconian Anti-Terrorism Act," […]

CAUT is accepting recommendations for the 2006 Sarah Shorten Award. The award, established by CAUT in 1990, recognizes outstanding achievements in promoting the advancement of women in Canadian universities and colleges. "Faculty associations, women’s committees, or any other interested parties […]

A study released last month by Statistics Canada shows that big hikes in tuition fees have meant far fewer students from middle class families are attending medical, law or dentistry programs. The report provides one of the most definitive assessments […]

Joe Berry. New York: Monthly Review Press & Boston:North American Alliance for Fair Employment, 2005; 160 pp; ISBN: 1-58367-129-3, paper $13 us. In the last 20 years, higher education in the United States has been eroded by massive reliance on […]

Donald Wright. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2005; 270 pp; ISBN: 0-8020-3928-6, hardcover $45 ca. The study of history in Canada has a history of its own, and its development as an academic discipline is a multi-faceted one. The Professionalization […]

Judy Rebick. Toronto: Penguin Books, 2005; 280 pp; ISBN: 0-14-3015-44-3, paper $24 ca. "The women’s movement saved my life," acknowledges Judy Rebick, "as it did for thousands of women of my generation. I hope that I have done it justice." […]

Le nouveau programme des chaires de recherche annoncé par le gouvernement de l’Ontario suscite des critiques véhémentes de la part de la communauté universitaire de cette province. L’Union des associations des professeurs des universités de l’Ontario (UAPUO) condamne le programme […]

More than 100 participants gathered at the University of Western Ontario in June for CAUT’s second contract academic staff conference. "Moving Forward: Achieving Equity for Contract Academic Staff" brought together per-course, limited-term and full-time academic staff from universities and colleges […]

L'ACPPU a décerné cette année la bourse commémorative J.H. Stewart Reid, d’une valeur de 5 000 $, à David Nielsen, doctorant en génie chimique à l’Université Queen’s. M. Nielsen a obtenu un baccalauréat en sciences de l’Université du Colorado, à […]

Doctoral student David Nielsen has been named as this year’s recipient of the J.H. Stewart Reid Memorial Fellowship from CAUT. Nielsen, a Queen’s University student, will receive $5,000 over the next year to pursue his PhD in chemical engineering. He […]

Une nouvelle étude de Statistique Canada rendue publique le mois dernier révèle que la hausse marquée des frais de scolarité se traduit par une baisse très significative du nombre d’étudiants de famille à revenu moyen qui s’inscrivent dans les programmes […]

Canada’s privacy commissioner has found that government anti-terrorist measures since Sept. 11 have threatened privacy and civil liberties. In her annual report to Parliament, Jennifer Stoddart noted numerous examples of the federal government’s security concerns overriding privacy rights. She cited […]