Bulletin Archive

A poll released this month by CAUT strongly suggests Canadians are worried that rising tuition fees are preventing qualified high school graduates from getting a university or college education. The poll reports that more than seven out of 10 Canadians […]

Algoma's part-time faculty and sessional instructors have voted unanimously to join the Algoma University College Faculty Association as a separate bargaining unit. Karl Jirgens, president of AUCFA, said the association was heartened by the solid recognition it received from the […]

In the message from the president in the February edition of the Bulletin "CAUT Issues Statement on Closure of Palestinian Universities," Victor Catano speaks of the "punitive closures of schools ... as reprisal for terrorist incidents elsewhere." This is far […]

Thanks to professor John Jeffries Martin for articulating what many of us knew all along - that the academic rank of associate professor is redundant and should be abolished (Commentary, Bulletin, March 2003). While probationary untenured status is undoubtedly justified, […]

In a highly controversial setting, Ontario's Progressive Conservative government delivered a pre-election budget on March 27. Refusing to reconvene the legislature, Premier Ernie Eves arranged for the budget to be presented at a Brampton auto parts plant owned by a […]

The other evening I was at a dinner with a group of academics and non-academic professionals when the subject turned to tenure. I wasn't surprised by the opposition to tenure expressed by the non-academics, as there is always some resentment […]

Des professeures demandent une enquête spéciale Huit professeures demandent à la Commission canadienne des droits de la personne de mener une enquête spéciale sur des allégations voulant que le Programme de chaires de recherches du Canada soit discriminatoire à l'égard […]

A court in Egypt has acquitted a prominent university professor of a series of charges, in a ruling campaigners for democracy and human rights issues are hailing as a victory. The Court of Cassation returned a verdict of not guilty […]

L'ACPPU s'est jointe à un grand nombre d'organismes qui mettent en doute le projet de loi du gouvernement fédéral, le projet de loi C-17 ou la Loi sur la sécurité publique. Comparaissant devant le comité parlementaire spécial mis sur pied […]

The financial collapse of a major periodical subscription service earlier this year could cost university and college libraries in Canada and the United States millions of dollars in prepaid subscription orders. RoweCom Inc., one of the world's largest journal distributors, […]

Le budget du gouvernement fédéral déposé le 10 décembre 2001 a proposé très peu de modifications au régime de l'impôt sur le revenu. Cependant, le 20 décembre 2002, le ministère des Finances a dévoilé un nombre assez important de projets […]

The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador brought in what many are describing as a pre-election budget on March 27. Spending is up and much of the focus was on education. Finance Minister Joan Marie Aylward promised Memorial University a $13.1 […]