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By Stephanie Ross, Larry Savage, & James Watson There is little doubt that the casual nature of sessional contract faculty positions works to undermine academic freedom. This was one major takeaway from our recent research project exploring the relationship between […]

Santiago Zabala McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2020; 200 pp; ISBN: 978-0-2280-0191-1. By Charles Reeve The summer of lies: dispiritingly, that’s probably the best we can say of 2020, with its tsunami of ass-covering prompted by rising police impunity despite outcries over law […]

In November 2020, the Canadian Association of University Teachers Council passed a motion condemning the last-minute cancellation of a book deal by Springer Nature, allegedly following third-party interference, as its suppression threatens academic freedom and scholarly communications. The book, Canadian Mining […]

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 […]

Bargaining for the main Laurentian University LUFA-APPUL unit has been paused pending a report by Ernst & Young on the University’s financial situation, a study commissioned by the employer after the start of negotiations. Negotiations were already delayed by a […]

CAUT has joined the fight against Bill 32: Restoring Balance in Alberta’s Workplaces, led by the Alberta Federation of Labour. Bill 32 made significant changes to the Alberta Labour Relations Code and became law on July 29, 2020. “Bill 32 […]

Notice of censure against the University of Toronto passes unanimously CAUT has moved a step closer to censuring the University of Toronto over a hiring scandal in the Faculty of Law. According to a report prepared by the CAUT’s Academic […]