Bulletin Archive

CAUT has launched a new online refereed publication. The CAUT Journal is a forum for critically engaged articles on a wide range of topics related to academic staff, post-secondary education, labour and academic freedom. Editorial guidelines are available on the […]

Participants at a virtual townhall on February 26 discussed how the pandemic has contributed to increasing pressures on francophone Canadian universities. Yves Frenette, a professor at the University of Saint-Boniface and Canada Research Chair on Migration, Transfers and Francophone Communities, […]

The Canadian Association of University Teachers and the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) have been granted leave to intervene in a Supreme Court of Canada case about copyright. The case between York University and Access Copyright — a collective society […]

P.F. of Edmonton writes I am reluctant to go back to the classroom until vaccination is widespread. Can my administration require staff and students to show proof of vaccination before returning to campus? David Robinson answers Although the science is […]

Alberta’s post-secondary education (PSE) workers are reeling from a one-two punch delivered by the province’s United Conservative Party government. First came cuts in three provincial budgets in a row totalling over $400 million, and more to come. Next came the […]

Edited by the BTL Editorial Committee Between the Lines, 2020; 169 pp; ISBN: 978-1-7711-3529-0. By Rachel K. Brickner Sick of the System is a collection of essays by activists, academics, artists, and policy-makers, exploring, as editor Richard Swift writes, “what […]

By Alex Neve In a crushing decision that defies fundamental precepts of justice, and despite a lack of any credible evidence, a French appeal court ruled on January 27 that Canadian professor Hassan Diab should face trial on charges related […]

By Anna Hogan & Ben Williamson Educational technologies have become central to higher education during the COVID-19 pandemic. The state of emergency in tertiary systems worldwide has enabled private edtech companies, global tech businesses, and the networks of promoters backing […]

Week of national concern CAUT, the provincial and local faculty associations have declared the week of March 24th to 31st as a week of national concern on the underfunding of universities and the decline of quality education. Faculty Associations across […]

Samuel Trosow is an associate professor at the University of Western Ontario, jointly appointed to the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Information and Media Studies. His work focuses on the intersection of information and communications law and policy, […]

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