Bulletin Archive

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 […]

A powerful educational organization with strong links to the American government has published a list of more than 100 academics it claims are "failing America" by criticizing the U.S.-led war on terrorism. The American Council of Trustees and Alumni, co-founded […]

An Ontario review board has sharply rebuked the province's College of Physicians and Surgeons for not conducting a disciplinary hearing for a doctor who anonymously issued intimidating letters to colleagues at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children. In a decision released […]

CAUT's local hearings initiative began again this fall with a number of additional events scheduled for the new year. The faculty association at Université Sainte-Anne in Nova Scotia held the first of a series of local public events on Nov. […]

At a meeting of the Faculty Women's Caucus of the University of Victoria on Oct. 24, the following statement in support of Professor Sunera Thobani of the UBC women's studies program was drafted. I am forwarding it to you with […]

The following motion was unanimously approved at the University of Victoria Faculty Association General Meeting on Nov. 16, 2001 (brought forward by the UVic Faculty Association Status of Women Committee): "On Oct. 1, 2001, Professor Sunera Thobani, Department of Women's […]

As individual faculty or staff working at the University of British Columbia, we strongly endorse the UBC administration's support of academic freedom. Our colleague Dr. Sunera Thobani, like any faculty member, has the right to express her views on the […]

Internationally recognized biosafety expert Margaret-Ann Armour, cited as a "superb role model for women in science," was awarded the 2001 Sarah Shorten Award at the CAUT Council meeting in November. The University of Alberta scientist, who was nominated by CAUT's […]

La grève à l'Université Laval s'est terminée lors de l'Assemblée générale du 23 novembre 2001, donc les membres du Syndicat des professeurs et professeures de l'Université Laval ont accepté l'entente de principe conclue entre le comité de négociation du SPUL […]

Delegates to CAUT's annual fall council meeting unanimously supported a resolution condemning the Liberal's anti-terrorist bill for the threats it poses to civil liberties and academic freedom. CAUT urged the federal government to withdraw Bill C-36. "Even with the amendments […]

On Nov. 23, CAUT Council delegates voted overwhelmingly to create the CAUT Academic Freedom Fund to aid CAUT and its local associations in vigorous defence of academic freedom. The fund's initial target is to raise $1 million. "Academic freedom in […]

Nancy Olivieri, Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine at the University of Toronto, was awarded the Milner Memorial Award at the November 2001 CAUT Council meeting. The award was established by CAUT in honour of James Milner, a former chairperson of […]