Bulletin Archive

Negotiations between the University of Prince Edward Island and its faculty union reached a critical stage this month, with the union deciding to move into strike readiness. The UPEI Faculty Association, the union representing more than 300 full and part-time […]

Prior to Christmas, my wife and I spent a week's holiday in London, U.K. We had very little news of Canada, except for a brief one-paragraph in The Times of London about Paul Martin taking over as prime minister. On […]

At its November meeting, CAUT Council voted to press the federal government to stop the export of asbestos, withdraw its funding from the Asbestos Institute and support a worldwide drive to eliminate all use of asbestos. The resolution, proposed by […]

CAUT has become a member of the Maquila Solidarity Network, a Canadian advocacy group campaigning to end sweatshop abuses in the global garment industry. "Universities and colleges have played an important role in trying to end the exploitation of garment […]

Jeanette Buckingham, a librarian at the University of Alberta, is a winner of the CAUT Academic Librarians' Distinguished Service Award this year. Buckingham was recognized for her work in promoting librarians' academic status and working conditions. The award, presented by […]

Recent changes to the federal Employment Insurance Act, which came into effect Jan. 4, provide a new type of special EI benefit for employees with severely ill family members. The new benefit allows up to six weeks of compassionate care […]

The latest round of Canada's Copyright Act reform is "not off to a good start," says Ken Field, chair of CAUT's intellectual property working group. Through October and November the House of Commons Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage conducted hearings […]

American Association of University Professors president Jane Buck spoke to CAUT Council delegates about a just-released special report by AAUP on the risks to academic freedom and free inquiry posed by the government response to the terrorist attacks of Sept. […]

CAUT recently welcomed two new member associations from Ontario, Brescia Faculty Association and the Ontario College of Art & Design Faculty Association, as well as the Saskatchewan Association of University Teachers. "These members represent a broadening base of membership support […]

Kudos to McGill student Jesse Rosenfeld for refusing to submit his essay for an electronic plagiarism test (Bulletin, Nov. 2003). In refusing, this second-year student demonstrates more wisdom and common sense than many tenured academics who have signed up for […]

The reversal of Professor David Noble's selection to the J.S. Woodsworth Chair at Simon Fraser University should be an alarm bell for academic faculty in Canada. A president leading his vice-president academic and the dean of humanities to terminate an […]

Dawn Williams. Toronto: D.P. Williams & Associates, 2002; 421 pp; hardcover $59.99 CA., paper $39.99 CA. Canada's Blacks are trailblazers and innovators. But just who are they? If you've ever wondered who the leading Black citizens are in our society […]