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Les universités privées n’ont pas de fonction utile
Le gouvernement de l'Ontario revient à la charge sur la question des universités privées, mais, cette fois, il s'agit d'universités virtuelles ou en ligne. La pression vient des États-Unis où plusieurs de ces universités ont commencé à s'implanter. De nombreux […]
02-04-2000
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Settlement at Moncton
Member solidarity remarkable during difficult strike. Moncton's faculty and librarians ratified a new agreement on April 6 after five weeks on the picket line. They won a salary increase of just under 15 per cent over four years, starting in […]
02-04-2000
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UCCB Wins First Agreement
The picket lines came down on March 17 when the members of UCCB's faculty association voted 75% in favour of accepting a four-year agreement. After almost four years of bargaining and a strike lasting five weeks, members of the Faculty […]
02-04-2000
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B.C. Budget Boosts Post-Secondary Education
The government of British Columbia delivered its 2000 budget in late March, announcing a continuation of the freeze in tuition fees and an increase of $97 million, or just over 6 per cent, for post-secondary education. Of the extra funding, […]
01-04-2000
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New Brunswick Cuts Programs
The newly elected Conservative government of New Brunswick delivered its first budget on March 28, outlining plans to cut taxes by $33 million while slashing a whopping $100 million in spending. With the focus on tax cuts, the province's universities […]
01-04-2000
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Tobin Focuses in on Health Care
Brian Tobin's Liberal government made health care the focus of its budget last month, raising spending by nearly $90 million, an increase of 7.5 per cent. The budget also extended the two-year freeze in tuition fees for students of Memorial […]
01-04-2000
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Harris Gives Modest Increase for PSE
Mike Harris's Conservative government announced it is increasing grants to universities and colleges by about $68 million, or just under 3 per cent. Deborah Flynn, president of the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations, said the announced funding increase falls […]
01-04-2000
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Higher PSE Funding & Big Tax Cuts in Saskatchewan
The NDP-Liberal coalition government of Saskatchewan, bolstered by greater than expected revenues from surging oil and gas prices, is devoting the bulk of its surplus to tax cuts while offering more modest increases in spending for health and education. The […]
01-04-2000
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Roundtable Calls for PSE Act
The federal government must redesign the way it funds post-secondary education in order to ensure the continuing accessibility and quality of the system, concluded a CAUT-sponsored roundtable discussion held last month. "It's clearer now than ever before that the current […]
01-04-2000
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CAUT’s Newest Course Gets Rave Reviews
In late March, the Ryerson University Faculty Association hosted CAUT's newest educational program — a three and a half day grievance/arbitration course. The course provides training for faculty association activists in handling grievances and arbitration cases. Course participants learn basic […]
01-04-2000
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Day of Mourning for Persons Killed or Injured in the Workplace
More than one thousand Canadian workers were killed on the job last year. Thousands of others died of work related diseases, and thousands more were permanently disabled due to work related diseases and exposures to workplace substances. In 1984, the […]
01-04-2000
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Mt. Allison Settles Salary Dispute
In late February, the administration at Mount Allison University and the Mount Allison Faculty Association brokered a last-minute deal for the long awaited salary scales with the assistance of an arbitrator. The terms of a mediated settlement following the 1999 […]
01-04-2000