Bulletin Archive

Council delegates voted overwhelmingly to adopt a resolution on commercial and privately funded activities in public post-secondary education institutions. The motion reaffirms that CAUT supports and will work towards a publicly governed post-secondary education system which is primarily financed through […]

The Conservative government of Ontario will be increasing post-secondary operating grants by an estimated $293 million by 2004, but the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations says once anticipated enrollment increases are taken into account the funding boost remains woefully […]

CAUT Council directed the Executive Committee to make a generous donation to the legal defence fund of the Quebec Legal Collective, a group providing legal services to people arrested in Quebec City during the Summit of the Americas earlier this […]

George De Benedetti, retired professor of economics at Mount Allison University, has turned down an appointment as professor emeritus to protest the university's treatment of a former colleague. "While I am honoured to have been recognized in this way by […]

Students at the University of Saskatchewan are facing a record 15 per cent fee hike over the next two years, the board of governors has announced. Tuition for most programs at the university will increase by 15 per cent, but […]

The proportion of Ontarians willing to pay more taxes to support education spending has reached an all-time high, according to the latest survey of public attitudes toward education in the province conducted by the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. […]

Sarah Anderson, John Cavanagh & Thea Lee. New York: The New Press, 2000; 145 pp; paper $16.95 US. Illustrated throughout with charts, graphs, and political cartoons, Field Guide to the Global Economy makes the international economy comprehensible to everyone while […]

Ottawa: Aboriginal Rights Coalition, 2001; 150 pp; paper $23.95 CA. In 1990, the Oka crisis brought the issues of Aboriginal peoples to the attention of the bewildered Canadian public on a daily basis as television reports showed unforgettable images of […]

The Executive Council of the Canadian Labour Congress has given CLC president, Ken Georgetti, authority to grant affiliation to the National Union of the Canadian Association of University Teachers (NUCAUT), representing 11 CAUT-affiliated associations, with almost 10,000 members. Georgetti told […]

Le projet de zone de libre-échange des Amériques pourrait menacer l'éducation publique. Voilà la conclusion qu'ont entendu les délégués à un forum organisé dans le cadre du Sommet des peuples le mois dernier, à Québec, en marge du Sommet officiel […]

Le mois dernier, dans le cadre d'une journée de lobbyisme national organisée par l'Association canadienne des professeures et professeurs d'université (ACPPU) et la fédération québécoise des professeures et professeurs d'université (FQPPU), plus de 60 professeurs et universitaires des collèges et […]

Un nouveau sondage commandé par l'ACPPU a montré que près de 70 p. 100 de la population canadienne pensent que le gouvernement fédéral libéral ne finance par assez l'enseignement postsecondaire. Dans l'ensemble, 22 p. 100 des répondantes et répondants pensent […]