Bulletin Archive

Part-timers at Wilfrid Laurier University ratified their first contract in December. Among the gains won by the part-time academic staff members of the Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty Association is the creation of continuing appointments for part-time librarians and seniority status […]

In a decision released last month, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario fully vindicated Dr. Nancy Olivieri against complaints filed by the Hospital for Sick Children in April 2000. HSC alleged Olivieri failed to provide an appropriate standard […]

Four former University of Toronto professors lost a certification for a class-action suit against the university for back pay and pension adjustments. The lawsuit filed by Ursula Franklin, Phyllis Grosskurth, Blanche van Ginkel and Cicely Watson contended that women who […]

Faculty members at the University of Sudbury in Northern Ontario voted overwhelmingly in favour of union representation in a December vote conducted by the Ontario Labour Relations Board. Laurentian University Faculty Association sought Labour Board certification as bargaining agent for […]

The Hidden Curriculum in Higher Education Eric Margolis, ed. New York: Routledge, 2001; 238 pp; paper $32.95 US Hidden Curriculum in Higher Education is a collection of essays that attempt to explain how post-secondary educational institutions contribute to the process […]

The Dalhousie Faculty Association was notified in early January 2002 that a provincial conciliator has been appointed to assist with resolving negotiations between the association and the university. The faculty association applied for conciliation in December, after the employer's team […]

Ellen O'Reilly & Eliane Leslau Silverman, eds. Ottawa: Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women, 2001; 131 pp; paper $13.95 CA This compilation of texts reflects and re-interprets women's lives from a feminist perspective. The papers range from a […]

"It is better to write for oneself and have no public than to write for the public and have no self." I was reminded of this delightful Cyril Connolly quip on learning a professor had been disciplined for a letter […]

Herbert C. Northcott & Donna M. Wilson. Aurora, Ontario: Garamond Press, 2001; 200 pp; paper $24.95 CA Dying and death in a society reflect the material and social conditions of that society. For example, dying and death come frequently and […]

Congratulations to the American Council of Trustees and Alumni for its report on American academics whose response to the Sept. 11 attacks was insufficiently jingoistic. Confusing the Taliban by adopting some of their own political values — ideological conformity, unquestioning […]

The December issue of the Bulletin contains an article entitled Agency Denounces Academics for Anti-War Sentiments. The agency is the American Council of Trustees and Alumni, founded by Lynne Cheney and Joseph Lieberman. The agency published a list of more […]

Rather than merely expressing his emotional response to the cartoons in the November 2001 issue, Professor Clive Seligman (Cartoon Use Criticized, Bulletin, December 2001) should explain why violations of fundamental rights and freedoms in Bill C-36 and the hegemony of […]