Bulletin Archive

An international human rights group is warning that the U.S. government's investigation of the Sept. 11 attacks has been marred by arbitrary detentions, due process violations and secret arrests. In a 95-page report, Presumption of Guilt: Human Rights Abuses of […]

La majorité des étudiantes et étudiants canadiens devront sortir plus d'argent pour payer leurs frais de scolarité encore une fois cette année révèle la dernière enquête de Statistique Canada sur les frais de scolarité. En 2002-2003, les étudiants inscrits à […]

Recent amendments to the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act bar students from declaring bankruptcy on student loans until 10 years after the completion of their studies. The Canadian Federation of Students argues this restriction discriminates against students and therefore violates the […]

In an unprecedented move, the University of South Florida is asking the courts to rule on the constitutionality of a controversial plan to fire a tenured professor accused of having ties to terrorist organizations. The university's board of trustees, which […]

Since Sept.11, 2001 the Canadian government has introduced several pieces of legislation dealing with national security. The content of this legislation runs so counter to traditional Canadian notions of democracy that a broad coalition of religious, academic, labour, legal and […]

This September marks the first anniversary of the attack on the World Trade Center by terrorists. Like the Kennedy assassination and the Challenger explosion, the memories associated with that event will forever be with us. Years from now we will […]

Creation of the Millennium Scholarship Foundation was announced in the 1998 budget, a belated acknowledgement by the federal government of the student debt crisis. In the face of average debt levels of $25,000 the foundation was to be the centrepiece […]

A partnership announced last month between Microsoft Canada and the University of Waterloo has unleashed a torrent of criticism from students and faculty. In a letter to university president David Johnston, the Faculty Association of the University of Waterloo called […]

The FBI's Secret Wars Against the Black Panther Party and the American Indian Movement Ward Churchill & Jim Vander Wall. Cambridge, Massachusetts: South End Press, 2002; 550 pp; hardcover $40 US., paper $22 US. For those wondering why Bill Clinton […]

Dollars, Distance and Online Education: The New Economics of College Teaching and Learning Martin J. Finkelstein, Carol Frances, Frank I. Jewett & Bernhard W. Scholz, eds. Phoenix, Arizona: American Council on Education and Oryx Press, 2000; 373 pp; hardcover $39.95 […]

Why Universities Matter: A Conversation about Values, Means and Directions Tony Coady, ed. St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia: Allen & Unwin, 2000; 254 pp; paper $24.95 AUD. Technocratic neoliberalism is becoming a danger around the world. Corporate efficiency (or […]

The Ontario legislature has passed the Ontario College of Art & Design Act, giving the college the right to grant the degrees of Bachelor of Fine Arts and Bachelor of Design, in addition to its four-year diploma in art and […]