Bulletin Archive

Juridiquement, les renseignements personnels sont mal protégés en milieu de travail, ce qui menace la liberté universitaire. Voilà la mise en garde qu'ont faite les spécialistes en droit relatif au respect de la vie privée, Valerie Steeves et Eugene Oscapella, […]

In a dramatic and unprecedented move, all 77 of Italy's university presidents resigned last month to protest the latest round of steep budget cuts they say are jeopardizing the country's higher education system. "People must be made aware that universities […]

Wendy Robbins, professeure d'anglais à l'Université du Nouveau-Brunswick et vice-présidente, questions féministes, de la Fédération canadienne des sciences humaines (FCSH) joindra les rangs de l'ACPPU à titre de professeure invitée pour l'année 2003-2004. Elle s'attaquera à plusieurs projets de recherche […]

CAUT has signed an agreement with the American Association of University Professors to provide services for members of CAUT working temporarily in the United States and members of AAUP working temporarily in Canada. Members of CAUT working in the U.S., […]

Le directeur général de l'ACPPU, James Turk, a rencontré des hauts fonctionnaires du ministère des Affaires étrangères pour leur faire part de la préoccupation que suscite le traitement infligé aux citoyens canadiens tentant de se rendre aux États-Unis ou d'y […]

Delegates to CAUT's November Council set a new course for the association with a decision making occupational health and safety a priority. Starting in the next budget year, CAUT will add an occupational health and safety officer to its professional […]

Anthony Arnove, ed. Cambridge, Massachusetts: South End Press, 2002; 264 pp; hardcover $40 US., paper $16 US. In this critically acclaimed collection, leading voices against the sanctions document the human, environmental, and social toll of the U.S. and UK-led war […]

Richard Fossey & Mark Bateman, eds. New York: Teachers College Press, 1998; 216 pp; hardcover $38 US. Higher education is fast becoming indispensable to an individual's economic self-sufficiency. Unfortunately, the cost of higher education is going up. In recent years, […]

The Gold and the Blue: A Personal Memoir of the University of California, 1949-1967 Clark Kerr. Berkeley & Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2001; 573 pp; hardcover $35 US. Clark Kerr was, and is, a tremendously active participant in […]

Following a Dec. 16, 2002 arbitration board ruling, University of Calgary academic staff members will be forced to accept a 3.5% and a 3.75% base salary increase respectively for each year of a new two-year contract. The salary increase, which […]

notice there is no deadline explicitly set on the Homework! in the November 2002 issue of the Bulletin in which it was asked which was the better deal depending on whether a discount was computed before or after taxes were […]

The question of university governance has long been a matter of debate. Historically, and for sound reasons associated with their places in society, universities have developed a governance structure different from the more hierarchical structure typical of government bureaucracies and […]