Bulletin Archive

Over 150 participants took part in Canada’s first major conference focused on academic freedom and the law, held on February 10 and 11. Hosted by the Harry Crowe Foundation, the event brought together legal practitioners and academics from across Canada […]

The University and College Union (UCU) of the UK is asking international allies to join an academic boycott of Goldsmiths University of London, which is pushing ahead to eliminate 46 academic positions. In response to the job cuts, staff at […]

Scholars at Risk is protesting the arbitrary dismissal of three “democratically appointed” Deans from a major Turkish university and last month called on President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and top university officials to reverse the wrongful dismissals. Turkey’s Council of Higher […]

By Marc Spooner Recent alarming calls and attempts to overthrow democratically elected governments in Canada and the United States — both assumed to be paragons of democracy — certainly gives one pause. But, when added to the fact that we […]

With a spring federal budget expected in the coming weeks, CAUT is stepping up its advocacy work with the House of Commons’ Standing Committee on Finance, including a pitch for a $3 billion investment in core funding for universities and […]

Dr. Glynis Price is the president of the Concordia University of Edmonton Faculty Association (CUEFA). In January, CUEFA became the first academic staff association to strike in Alberta. What led to CUEFA’s job action?​ It has been an incredibly hard […]

Late last year, when Omicron was on the rise and many colleges and universities were looking to fully reopen campuses, many academic staff were perplexed about why they hadn't been included in the planning process. Consulting with internal experts and […]

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By Edward Swidriski Within the last year, a spate of bills seeking to ban the teaching of concepts related to racial justice and the history of racism in the United States have been introduced in at least twenty-three states, and […]

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