Bulletin Archive

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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Janna Bryson Research Analyst CAUT has hired Janna Bryson as a Research Analyst. Janna has a background in research, communications, and journalism and has experience in anti-oppressive and labour organizations. She has worked as a Research Assistant for the Canadian […]

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By Brenda Austin-Smith Despite some improvements in our sector since the passage of the Employment Equity Act, equity in the academy has yet to be achieved. The move to online instruction during the pandemic has made these inequities more obvious. […]

CAUT has formed a coalition with organizations representing students and workers at universities and colleges across Canada to press for much-needed change in post-secondary education (PSE). The Education for All campaign is calling for governments to address problems that compromise […]

CAUT has signed the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), an international initiative to address the overreliance on journal-based metrics in hiring, promotion, and funding decisions. More than 1550 organizations and 15,000 individuals have signed the Declaration, including the […]

Simon Fraser University Faculty Association (SFUFA) achieved a long-term bargaining goal this round of negotiations — a commitment to move towards a defined benefit pension plan. This is a significant victory as most employers are seeking to move away from […]

CAUT has written to University of Alberta President Bill Flanagan expressing concerns about the state of academic governance at the school. The Board of Governors recently decided to disregard a critical General Faculties Council (GFC) recommendation concerning the new college […]