Bulletin Archive

Linda Trimble & Jane Arscott. Peterborough, Ontario: Broadview Press, 2003; 210 pp; ISBN: 1-55111-374-0; paper $24.95 CA. Still Counting is an account of why scholars and activists continue to count the number of women elected to Canada's legislatures, and demonstrates […]

L'Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) et l'UNESCO ont lancé une vaste initiative conjoin-te visant à élaborer des lignes directrices internationales sur l'as-surance qualité et l'homologation dans l'enseignement supérieur transnational. Cette initiative, amorcée au début de cet été, […]

Gary Teeple. Aurora, Ontario: Garamond Press, 2004; 274 pp; ISBN: 1-55193-041-2; hardcover $42.95 CA.; ISBN: 1-55193-039-0; paper $26.95 CA. Demands for 'human rights' and resistance to their violation are rarely out of the news. Yet, their definition is far from […]

J'ai eu le privilège de représenter l'ACPPU à la conférence internationale que l'Internationale de l'Éducation (IE) a tenue en juillet dernier à Porto Alegre (Brésil), et d'y être accompagnée par le directeur général de l'ACPPU, James Turk, et son directeur […]

Buying In or Selling Out? The Commercialization of the American Research University Donald G. Stein, ed. Piscataway, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 2004; 192 pp; ISBN: 0-8135-3374-0; hardcover $25.95 US. In the decade of the 1960s the world economy grew […]

CAUT has sharply criticized the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada's consultation paper "From Granting Council to Knowledge Council." Released at the beginning of 2004, the SSHRC document would cause a fundamental transformation of the funding agency. In […]

Research libraries at Canada's universities are still a long way from the top, says the latest report from the Association of Research Libraries. According to the study, Holdings of University Research Libraries in U.S. and Canada, which includes 14 Canadian […]

Former University of Victoria president David Strong last month received approval from the British Columbia government to call his new institution a university, the first such approval given under the province's controversial Degree Authorization Act. University Canada West, Strong's private […]

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 […]