Bulletin Archive

Acadia University Faculty Association submitted its application for certification of a new bargaining unit last month. The proposed unit includes all contract academic staff members providing instruction in credit courses, including courses taught by distance education. Dianne Looker, AUFA's president, […]

A coalition of organizations, unions and activists across the U.S. and Canada have banded together to designate Oct. 28 ­ Nov. 3, 2001 as Fair Employment Week. The campaign about contract academic staff will be a week of coordinated action […]

This is regarding the article "How the Loss of Trust Led to the Breakdown of Collegiality" by Jeremy Richards (Bulletin, March 2001). While I agree with most parts of this article, I take issue with the statement: "By all reports […]

On March 21, 2001, the University of Saskatchewan signed an historic employment equity agreement subject to the supervision of the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission. In 1996, five members of the sociology department filed a sex discrimination complaint against the University […]

CAUT's newest educational course "Bargaining Team Training" was introduced in Vancouver at Simon Fraser University April 9 ­ 11, 2001. Twenty participants from faculty association bargaining teams at the University of British Columbia, University of Northern B.C., Simon Fraser University […]

After a 10-year hiatus CAUT revived its legal conference in Ottawa earlier this year for an audience of almost 40 labour lawyers, faculty association staff lawyers and grievance officers. Organized to address legal issues facing academics today, The Ambit of […]

On March 30 Queen's University Faculty Association ratified a one-year compensation settlement. Members of the bargaining unit will see improvements in both salary and benefits through April 30, 2002. Highlights of the agreement include a two per cent salary scale […]

Dans ma chronique du numéro de septembre, je laisse entendre que les négociations de l'AGCS, appliquées à l'éducation, entraîneront le démantèlement de nos activités d'enseignement et de recherche. Fondée sur les principes du savoir, notre profession sera dégroupée et ses […]

Les 9 et 10 mars, Halifax a été le théâtre de la première d'une série d'audiences publiques pancanadiennes organisées par l'ACPPU et ses associations locales sur l'avenir des universités et collèges qui sont tous mis à dure épreuve au Canada. […]

Le 31 janvier dernier, l'association des professeurs de l'Université Brock a mis un terme à neuf mois de négociations avec l'administration en concluant sa deuxième convention collective. La convention collective a été ratifiée le 14 février par une majorité écrasante […]

Le Sénat de l'Université Concordia a pris une décision sans précédent en votant en faveur du report des examens finaux des étudiants qui veulent aller manifester au sommet des Amériques à Québec. Environ 9 000 personnes sont attendues au sommet […]

The NDP government of British Columbia is providing a big financial boost for the province's colleges and universities, increasing funding by more than 9 per cent. The funding announcement was made in last month's provincial budget which unveiled $40 million […]