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Donations Still Needed for Retirees’ Legal Fees
In April 2002 retired professors Ursula Franklin, Phyllis Grosskurth, Blanche van Ginkel and Cicely Watson achieved a landmark settlement with the University of Toronto in their claim for lost wages and retirement income resulting from systemic gender discrimination in pay. […]
31-08-2002
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NUCAUT Elects Executive
Maureen Shaw, past-president of the College Institute Educators' Association of British Columbia, was elected president of the National Union of the Canadian Association of University Teachers at the NUCAUT convention in Vancouver in June. Brian E. Brown (Windsor) was elected […]
31-08-2002
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Settlement in Enron Case
The University of California has accepted a $40 million settlement from Andersen Worldwide, SC, one of the defendants in a class action suit launched by investors who lost billions in the high-profile meltdown of Enron Corporation. "We regard this settlement […]
31-08-2002
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B.C. Proposes New Private Training Legislation
On Aug. 30 the B.C. government quietly posted a discussion paper on a new private training policy framework on its website. Using the language of deregulation and cutting red tape, that are the hallmarks of the B.C. Liberal government, the […]
31-08-2002
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CAUT Co-Hosts Nov. Conference on Freedom of Expression
Disciplining Dissent: The Curbing of Free Expression in Academia and The Media will be the focus of a national conference CAUT is co-hosting Nov. 1-3 at the Fairmont Chateau Laurier in Ottawa. Speakers include Globe and Mail columnists Michael Valpy […]
31-08-2002
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Mapping Social Relations: A Primer in Doing Institutional Ethnography
Marie Campbell & Frances Gregor. Aurora, Ontario: Garamond Press, 2002; 160 pp; paper $22.95 CA. This is a book about a distinctive methodological approach inspired by one of Canada's most respected scholars, Dorothy Smith. Institutional ethnography aims to answer questions […]
31-08-2002
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The COINTELPRO Papers: Documents from the FBI’s Secret Wars Against Dissent in the United States
Ward Churchill & Jim Vander Wall. Cambridge, Massachusetts: South End Press, 2002; 500 pp; hardcover $40 US., paper $22 US. Readers anxious about the loss of civil liberties under George W. Bush will find ground for their fears - and […]
31-08-2002
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Agents of Repression
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 […]
31-08-2002
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Un scientifique de haut niveau quitte le Canada
Josef Penninger, un des scientifiques de haut niveau du Canada, quitte le pays parce que l'Université de Toronto et son plus important hôpital affilié, le University Health Network, n'ont pas agi à temps et d'une manière décisive pour démentir les […]
02-06-2002
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“Crise” du système de l’enseignement
La hausse des frais de scolarité et les compressions publiques compromettent l'accessibilité et la qualité de l'enseignement postsecondaire, ont conclu les participants aux audiences publiques qui ont eu lieu à Calgary le mois dernier. Peggy Churchward, ex-présidente de la Fédération […]
02-06-2002
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Débat au sujet du droit d’auteur
Les consultations du gouvernement fédéral sur le droit d'auteur ont culminé le 11 avril en une séance d'une journée, à Ottawa, sur des dispositions législatives proposées pour modifier la loi sur le droit d'auteur. Le forum, qui a réuni plus […]
02-06-2002
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L’ACPPU crée un groupe de travail
Pour faire suite aux recommandations du comité d'enquête sur l'affaire Olivieri, l'ACPPU a créé un groupe de travail sur la liberté universitaire à l'intention des professeurs qui travaillent dans des établissements de soins affiliés à des universités. Selon James Turk, […]
02-06-2002