Bulletin Archive

Thomas Bender, Philip M. Katz, Colin Palmer & the AHA Committee on Graduate Education. Urbana & Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2004; 240 pp; ISBN: 0-252-02898-8; hardcover $59.50 CA.; ISBN: 0-252-07165-4; paper $28.95 CA. In 1962, the American Historical Association […]

100 Canadian Heroines: Famous and Forgotten Faces Merna Forster. Toronto: Dundurn Press, 2004; 320 pp; ISBN: 1-55002-514-7; paper $24.99 CA. "If you've never heard of Helen McNicoll, you're not alone." So begins one of Forster's biographies - compact, powerful and […]

Facing financial hardships as a private university, Augustana University College in Camrose has inked a deal to merge into the University of Alberta. Under the plan, finalized in July, the Alberta government will pay $12 million over three years to […]

Prime Minister Paul Martin was elected on a promise to fix health care for a generation. The medicare deal struck in September between Ottawa and the provinces stipulates that over the next 10 years there will be $41 billion in […]

Une étude publiée le mois dernier et examinant le lien qui existe entre les droits de scolarité et l'accès à l'éducation post-secondaire est profondément erronée, selon la Fédération canadienne des étudiants et étudiantes (FCEE). La dernière étude réalisée par la […]

Les représentants de l'ACPPU se sont joints aux 1 500 enseignants et chercheurs de près de 160 pays qui ont participé en juillet au 4e Congrès mondial de l'Internationale de l'Éducation (IE) à Porto Alegre (Brésil). Le congrès de cinq […]

Marie-Josée Bourget Marie-Josée Bourget est entrée en fonctions à l'ACPPU en juillet dernier à titre de conseillère en négociation collective, en remplacement de Christiane Tardif, employée de longue date de l'ACPPU. Forte de ses vingt années d'expérience en tant qu'enseignante […]

La Cour supérieure de l'Ontario a entendu l'affaire parrainée par la Fédération canadienne des étudiants et étudiantes contestant l'interdiction de dix ans pour les faillites liées aux prêts étudiants. La Fédération soutient que la Loi fédérale sur la faillite et […]

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and UNESCO have launched a major initiative to develop global guidelines on quality assurance and accreditation for transnational post-secondary education. The initiative, begun earlier this summer, is in response to what both agencies […]

I was privileged to represent CAUT at an international conference held by Educational International in Porto Alegre, Brazil, in July, accompanied by CAUT executive director James Turk and associate executive director David Robinson. EI, a global trade union organization of […]

In July, doctors Shiv Chopra, Margaret Hayden, and Gerard Lambert were fired. All three government of Canada scientists achieved fame (or notoriety, take your pick) for questioning Health Canada's commitment to drug safety. A leading health policy advocate has described […]

Exposure to an inexpensive, but highly effective cold sterilant to disinfect and clean heat-sensitive medical equipment is causing multiple adverse reactions among healthcare professionals across Canada. Doctors, dentists, nurses and other healthcare personnel are quickly becoming sensitized to glutaraldehyde, seen […]