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CAUT Condemns Plans for Private Universities
Delegates to CAUT's national Council meeting in mid-November passed a resolution opposing the establishment of private degree-granting universities and supporting a strong public post-secondary education system in Canada. "Our members have taken a clear stand in favour of public education […]
01-12-1999
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Fighting Against Gender Bias
The war against the gender inequality in universities across North America is being waged with a sense of renewed hope thanks to the successful efforts of women in the school of science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Earlier […]
01-12-1999
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Laurentian Faculty Ratify Three-Year Agreement
On Nov. 8, the faculty at Laurentian University voted 89 per cent in favour of a three-year collective agreement. The settlement, retroactive to July 1, 1999, was reached after lengthy negotiations accompanied by mediation. In the first year, the salary […]
01-12-1999
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McGill University Grab for Intellectual Property Rights
If the McGill University administration has its way, faculty ownership of marketable inventions at that institution will be a thing of the past. Under a proposed new intellectual property policy, such discoveries will no longer be shared jointly by the […]
01-12-1999
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Bishop’s Settles Salary Dispute
Following the enthusiastic response by Bishop's faculty to the Association of Professors of Bishop's University (APBU) policy of non cooperation and job action, intense negotiations resulted in a salary reopener settlement ratified by APBU members on Dec. 7. The agreement […]
01-12-1999
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Victoria Smallman
CAUT has appointed Victoria Smallman to the newly-created position of Organizer. Ms. Smallman is a former chair of the Canadian Federation of Students (Ontario) and has served terms both as president of the Canadian Union of Educational Workers (Local 6, […]
01-12-1999
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1999 Academic Librarians’ Service Award Presented
Retired University of Manitoba librarian Earle Ferguson is the recipient of the 1999 CAUT Academic Librarians' Distinguished Service Award. Mr. Ferguson has a distinguished record of contributions to the advancement of the status and working conditions of academic librarians over […]
01-12-1999
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Reinvest in Education, Profs Tell Ottawa
More than 75 university and college professors, librarians, and academic staff from faculty associations across Canada took their demands for increased post-secondary education funding to Parliament Hill last month as part of a one-day national lobby blitz organized by CAUT […]
01-12-1999
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Trent to Sell Colleges
Many faculty and students at Trent University are expressing their outrage over president Bonnie Patterson's plans to radically restructure the university, including shutting down and selling Peter Robinson College and Traill College, two of Trent's popular downtown colleges. Critics are […]
01-12-1999
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New Members Join CAUT
Faculty at two of Canada's most respected religious universities were welcomed into CAUT at the November CAUT Council. Delegates endorsed the membership applications of both the faculty association at the Atlantic School of Theology in Halifax and at Saint Paul […]
01-12-1999
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CAUT Backs Health Initiative
CAUT expressed strong support for proposed federal government legislation establishing the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) to replace the Medical Research Council of Canada. In testimony before the Standing Committee on Health on Bill C-13 earlier this month, CAUT […]
01-12-1999
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Employment Insurance Ruling Marks Victory for Sessional Instructors
While sessional teaching is playing an increasingly important role in undergraduate education, persons taking up these positions tend to perceive their labour as undervalued within the university. The work of creating, preparing and conducting new courses (often at relatively short […]
01-12-1999