Bulletin Archive

University of Victoria librarian Don White has won an award from CAUT in recognition of his "accomplishments in the furtherance of academic status for librarians." Competing against other outstanding and worthy nominees for the award this year, White's contribution over […]

A second group of faculty association leaders completed CAUT's instructor program in April. Tom Booth (Manitoba), Joanne Naiman (Ryerson), Jim Sacouman (Acadia) and John Baker (Calgary) will offer the CAUT Representative Training Workshop at local associations across the country. Launched […]

A poll released last month by CAUT shows continuing dissatisfaction over the federal government's handling of post-secondary education. While more than 82 per cent of Canadians say investing in post-secondary education should be a high priority of government, only one […]

There's a lot of mythology out there about sessionals. People think that there aren't really that many sessionals, when actually, on our campus, they exist in their hundreds. Just about 25 per cent of the faculty association, more than 450 […]

The federal government's copyright consultations rolled into Ottawa April 11 for an all-day session on proposed legislation to amend the Copyright Act. The forum, which attracted more than 100 individuals and groups, was part of a series of cross-Canada meetings […]

The government of Manitoba announced it is extending its freeze on university and tuition fees for another year. The announcement was made last month as the provincial NDP government tabled its third budget. The freeze follows the 10 per cent […]

Des enseignants du postsecondaire de la Colombie-Britannique poursuivent leur lutte contre le controversé projet de loi 28 devant la Cour suprême de la province. Lors d'une conférence de presse le 3 apr, des représentants de la College Institute Educators' Association […]

Faute de fonds publics, jusqu'à 2 000 autochtones de la Saskatchewan qui souhaitent poursuivre des études collégiales ou universitaires n'y ont pas accès selon la Fédération des Indiens de la Saskatchewan. Prenant la parole aux audiences publiques sur l'enseignement postsecondaire […]

L'ACPPU et l'Association des professeurs de l'Université Laurentienne ont organisé des audiences publiques qui ont duré toute la journée du 28 février et ont porté sur l'avenir de l'enseignement postsecondaire dans la communauté. Jean-Charles Cachon, président de l'association des professeurs, […]

Le 7 mars, plus de 100 personnes se sont entassées au centre communautaire Driftwood de Toronto pour assister à un forum sur l'enseignement public organisé par l'ACPPU, l'association des professeurs de l'Université York (YUFA) et le quartier Jane-Finch de Toronto. […]

Les universités et les collèges du Canada doivent en faire plus pour susciter la participation des groupes défavorisés ont soutenu des participants lors d'audiences publiques organisées par l'ACPPU le mois dernier à Winnipeg. Rob Marriott, un étudiant métis et coordonnateur […]

The academic community has a new, affordable, alternative to costly commercial publishers. ICAAP, the International Consortium for the Advancement of Academic Publications, is a nonprofit electronic journal publishing house working out of Athabasca University. ICAAP has a large collection of […]