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Ontario has abandoned its plan to create a unified tribunal for all workplace related disputes Labour Minister Chris Stockwell confirmed July 6. "This is a victory for the many labour and equity groups that fought the proposal," said CAUT president […]

In a split decision, the Ontario Court of Appeal ruled Aug. 10 that Trent University's board of governors acted within its authority when it decided to close two downtown colleges in defiance of the senate's opposition to the plan. The […]

New publishing policies aim to preserve scientific integrity. A dozen of the top medical journals announced in August a policy of rejecting drug company-sponsored studies that do not guarantee scientific independence to researchers or supply them with all the data. […]

In a precedent-setting decision, a federal court jury in the United States District Court in Cheyenne, Wyoming unanimously found that GlaxoSmithKline's antidepressant Paxil caused a man to kill three family members and himself and awarded survivors from two families $8 […]

At a time when Canada's & New Brunswick's public universities are badly underfunded, any public money going to private universities is too much. Just months after the government of Alberta's decision to recognize the DeVry Institute of Technology as a […]

The University of British Columbia's medical school has implemented an employment equity initiative to offset historic discrimination against aboriginal persons. The university has committed to ensuring that up to 5 per cent of its first-year admissions are aboriginal students. "Aboriginals […]

In June, the University of British Columbia Faculty Association released the results of its first survey of disability accommodation at UBC. The results indicate more than 150 faculty members have experienced disability, and many continue to face barriers to inclusion […]

CAUT has launched a program to train members to be instructors in its newest educational course. The program prepares experienced local leaders to offer CAUT's representative training course to local associations across the country. The first group of CAUT instructors […]

Simon Fraser University investigator Lyman Robinson submitted his report on the David Noble appointment to the J.S. Woodsworth chair in humanities to SFU president Michael Stevenson in late July. Robinson's principal recommendation was that the appointment process should continue. He […]

Dalton Camp a écrit dans l'édition du 1er avril 2001 du Toronto Star : « À la veille du Sommet des Amériques de Québec, se tiendra aussi le Sommet des peuples. Apparemment, le premier a trait au commerce, à l'ouverture […]

Le Conseil condamne le statut de l'institut DeVry Lors de l'assemblée du mois d'avril, les délégués du Conseil de l'ACPPU ont adopté une motion condamnant la décision sans précédent du gouvernement de l'Alberta d'accorder au DeVry Institute of Technology, une […]

Robert Prichard, ex-recteur de l'Université de Toronto, estime que les universités devraient dépendre moins de l'État et profiter des forces du marché pour maintenir leur autonomie. Prenant la parole à l'assemblée annuelle de la Société canadienne pour l'étude de l'enseignement […]