Bulletin Archive

Who owns Economics 101? The university owns the course title, but the title, "Economics 101," is only a name on an empty shell. It is the content that transforms the title into a course – into something meaningful. That content […]

CAUT and the Association of University Teachers (AUT) in Great Britain recently signed a reciprocal membership agreement. The two organizations agreed to provide services for members working temporarily in the others' country. The joint agreement, called the Transnational Higher Education […]

John Harp, professor of sociology and anthropology at Carleton University, is joining CAUT as a visiting scholar for the next year to study the impact of the commercialization of university research and the restructuring of post-secondary education in the wake […]

New numbers published by Statistics Canada reveal university tuition doubled in a decade. Undergraduate arts students will pay an average of 3 per cent more in university fees for the 2000/01 academic year to an average of $3,378, according to […]

A report commissioned by the Australian Department of Education to identify trends in the work roles and outlooks of academics in Australian universities over the last five years has found that the level of job satisfaction has dropped noticeably since […]

The Canadian Auto Workers is providing a $1 million endowment to Ryerson University for the CAW-Sam Gindin Chair for Social Justice and Democracy. It is the first time a labour union in Canada has made such a donation to a […]

On May 27, 30 members of the Association of Professors Emeriti of the University of Alberta convened under the rubric of The Canadian Association of Emeriti and Retired Academics (CAERA) provided for in the program of the "Learneds" each year […]

L'Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières a mis ses chargés de cours en lock-out pour la session d'été. Ce lock-out illégal vise les instructeurs de l'École internationale de français, membres du Syndicat canadien de la fonction publique, qui sont fortement représentés […]

Le 25 mai, la Commission des relations de travail de la C.-B. a remis sa décision qui confirme que l'Association des professeurs de l'University of British Columbia est le seul agent de négociation collective pour une unité qui inclut à […]

Dans un rapport publié le mois dernier, Statistique Canada a indiqué que le fameux « exode » de travailleurs canadiens hautement qualifiés vers les États-Unis demeure faible sur le plan historique, faible par rapport à la réserve de travailleurs dans […]

Une récente décision du gouvernement de l'Ontario de modifier l'attribution des bourses d'études supérieures a été rejetée. Le gouvernement envisageait de confier l'administration des bourses d'études aux établissements d'enseignement, sur une base fixe. « Cette décision préoccupait sérieusement les diplômés […]

Media baron Rupert Murdoch and his giant News Corporation company have reached a deal with the 18-member university network Universitas 21 (which includes McGill University, the University of Toronto, and the University of British Columbia) to offer online programs and […]