Bulletin Archive

Barbara Murphy. Winnipeg: J. Gordon Shillingford Publishing Inc., 2002; 143 pp; paper $17.95 CA. Because they live, on average, six years longer than men, most women will spend the last years of their lives alone. Biologically, women are the stronger […]

Rashmi Luther, Elizabeth Whitmore & Bernice Moreau, eds. Ottawa: Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women, 2003; 112 pp; paper $13.95 CA. This book, the proceedings of a symposium, focuses on the experiences of women of colour and Aboriginal […]

Cogs in the Classroom Factory: The Changing Identity of Academic Labor Deborah M. Herman & Julie M. Schmid, eds. Westport, Connecticut & London: Praeger Publishers, 2003; 232 pp; hardcover $66.95 US., £43.25. The character of academic labour is changing dramatically […]

The Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons has formally reprimanded University of Toronto professor of medicine Dr. Gideon Koren. He had written anonymous harassing letters about Dr. Nancy Olivieri and three colleagues during Olivieri's dispute with the Hospital for Sick […]

As they return to classes this fall, university students are facing the biggest increase in tuition fees in four years, reports Statistics Canada. Undergraduate students will pay an average of $4,025 in tuition fees this year, almost three times the […]

For the record, on AAUP's position regarding the University of South Florida, I make three points: The AAUP is not supporting Professor Sami Al-Arian, but is supporting principles of justice and academic due process. If he is found guilty of […]

The number of Albertans who think higher education remains affordable has fallen sharply over the last two years, according to survey results released by provincial officials. In 2001, 75 per cent of Albertans polled said a post-secondary degree was within […]

Morton Weinfeld (letter, Bulletin, June 2003) seeks to rationalize the U.S.-U.K. invasion and occupation of Iraq in terms of "a new discourse on human rights" that transcends international law. He cites the discovery of mass graves as justification, neglecting to […]

Alain Taurisson et Alain Senteni, rédacteurs. Québec : Presses de l'Université du Québec, 2003; 336 p.; 35 $ CAN (cartonné). Au-delà des contraines liées au temps ou à l'espace, que l'on vive dans une région isolée ou dans une mégapole, […]

Morton Weinfeld says he wishes he had Victor Catano's certainty in opposing the attack on Iraq but then states "there was no other option but military force." I am astonished at his casual dismissal of "legality" as "not the ultimate […]

Une diplômée de l'Université de la Colombie-Britannique (UBC), Cynthia Maughan, intente une poursuite de 18 millions de dollars devant la Cour suprême de la Colombie-Britannique contre l'université et quatre membres du corps professoral qui auraient exercé de la discrimination à […]

This past summer the country has been preoccupied with SARS, Mad Cow Disease and power outages. Overlooked in the media is the emerging crisis in higher education. August brought with it the annual Statistics Canada report on tuition fees. Once […]