Bulletin Archive

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 […]

Le 23 novembre, le Conseil de l'ACPPU a voté avec une majorité écrasante en faveur de la création du Fonds de la liberté universitaire pour aider l'ACPPU et ses associations locales à défendre vigoureusement la liberté universitaire. L'ACPPU vise à […]

Les professeures et professeurs et d'autres groupes universitaires considèrent comme sexistes les paroles anglaises de l'hymne national. Lors de l'assemblée annuelle d'automne de l'ACPPU en novembre dernier, les déléguées et délégués ont appuyé une résolution critiquant la Loi sur l'hymne […]

Les délégués à la 51e assemblée du Conseil de l'ACPPU, tenue en novembre, ont voté avec une majorité écrasante en faveur de l'adoption de deux énoncés de principes. Ces documents font valoir les droit des étudiantes et étudiants diplômés afin […]

La série d'audiences publiques de l'ACPPU a repris à l'échelle locale cet automne et d'autres sont prévues l'an prochain. L'association des professeures et professeurs de l'Université Sainte-Anne a organisé le premier volet d'une suite d'activités locales et publiques visant à […]