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Mustafa Bahran, a nuclear physicist, escaped by car from Yemen to Saudi Arabia in 2015, fearing someone — perhaps a former student — would recognize him at one of 20 checkpoints along the way. He made it across safely. Bahran […]

by Brenda Austin-Smith The job of an academic isn’t one usually associated with danger in Canada; we consider ourselves largely protected from the kind of intimidation described in reports such as the one produced by the Scholars at Risk Academic […]

The University of Prince Edward Island Faculty Association is calling for greater transparency and consultation following news of the sudden departure of University President Alaa Abd-El-Aziz. Citing health concerns, Abd-El-Aziz stepped down in December after the Board of Governors launched […]

Dr. Faizullah Jalal, a prominent professor at Kabul University who was arrested by the Taliban in early January was released four days later — after calls for his immediate and unconditional release from Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, CAUT and […]

In an open letter published last month, more than 60 high-profile Australian academics including Brian Schmidt, the Nobel prize-winning astrophysicist and Australian National University vice-chancellor, condemned acting Education Minister Stuart Robert’s Christmas eve decision to cancel six grants recommended for […]

The Mount Royal University Faculty Association (MRFA) is grieving the dismissal of a tenured professor. Dr. Frances Widdowson was terminated from the University in December. Widdowson, who had been an associate professor at the University since 2008, in the economics, […]

CAUT has applied to intervene in the appeal of a Canadian Judicial Council (CJC) decision from last May to not establish a Committee of Inquiry regarding Justice David Spiro’s alleged interference in the hiring of Valentina Azarova as Director of […]

Now a year since Laurentian University's bid for creditor protection, the unprecedented crisis remains tied up in court as CAUT and other stakeholders seek answers about how an Ontario post-secondary institution wound up on the verge of bankruptcy. The latest […]