Bulletin Archive

Chrystal Ocean, coordinator. Duncan, British Columbia: Wellbeing through Inclusion Socially & Economically (WISE Society), 2005; 192 pp; ISBN: 0-9736664-0-4, paper $24.99 CA. With rare courage and unrelenting honesty, 21 women tell their stories of living below Canada's poverty line. This […]

L'ACPPU a lancé une campagne en faveur de la liberté de publier afin de protéger les communications savantes ouvertes. « La liberté de publier est partie intégrante de la vie universitaire », soutient Loretta Czernis, présidente de l'ACPPU. « Mais […]

Les professeurs, le personnel et les organisations étudiantes ont uni leur force pour chercher ainsi à faire condamner les administrateurs de l'Université York qui ont fait appel à la violence policière dans le but de mater une manifestation étudiante qui […]

La discrimination ne peut jamais être justifiée moralement. Pendant des siècles les femmes ont couramment fait l'objet de discrimination. Il est même devenu dans l'ordre des choses de ne pas concevoir la femme comme une personne. Sur ce sujet nous […]

Des groupes d'étudiants contestent les conclusions d'un rapport de recherche tout récent de Statistique Canada selon lequel le principal obstacle à l'accès aux études postsecondaires n'est pas l'argent, mais les antécédents familiaux. « Nous ne nions pas que l'argent ne […]

Le Comité de direction de l'ACPPU a créé un nouveau comité qui sera chargé de le conseiller sur les affaires francophones du secteur canadien de l'enseignement postsecondaire. « Nous sommes heureux à l'idée de pouvoir profiter des possibilités que nous […]

Discrimination can never be morally justified. For centuries it was commonplace to discriminate against women. It became second-nature not to think of women as persons. On this issue, there has been some forward movement. Such is hardly the case with […]

One of the benefits of working in a university is that you are likely to meet interesting people from all over the world. The fact that more than 25 per cent of students at my institution - the University of […]

CAUT has launched a freedom to publish campaign to protect open scholarly communication. "The freedom to publish is as an integral part of academic life," said Loretta Czernis, president of CAUT. "But with growing pressure to veil areas of university […]

The United States Treasury Department has relaxed the rules requiring American publishers to obtain a license to publish the works of academics and authors from countries under trade embargoes. The decision comes after a lawsuit was filed in federal court […]

The CAUT executive has formed a new committee to advise on francophone issues in Canadian post-secondary education. "We're enthusiastic about the opportunities offered through our new committee," said Loretta Czernis, president of CAUT. "Everyone in the academic community is facing […]

Ontario urged to boost spending, but students to pay more. Students in Ontario say the long awaited report on the province's post-secondary education system confirms their worst fears by urging higher tuition fees and more student debt. The report - […]