Bulletin Archive

La ministre de la Justice, Anne McLellan, a annoncé la mise sur pied d'un comité d'examen chargé de revoir la Loi canadienne sur les droits de la personne pour la rendre plus actuelle et pour améliorer le mécanisme de règlement […]

The Faculty Association of the University of Waterloo and the board of governors have ratified a salary settlement for 1999/ 2000. The one-year deal negotiated under the terms of the memorandum of agreement in place at Waterloo took effect on […]

In a strongly worded letter to Industry Minister John Manley last week, CAUT President Bill Graham called on the minister to stop a controversial federal report advocating increased emphasis on the commercialization of university research. This followed CAUT Council's unanimous […]

David Robinson has been appointed to the position of Director of Public Policy and Communications. Mr. Robinson holds a M.A. from Simon Fraser University in Communications and a B.A. from Queen's University. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate at Carleton […]

Charles Bigelow, Senior Scholar at the University of Manitoba and longtime veteran of the union movement among Canadian academics is the first recipient of CAUT's Donald C. Savage Award. The award has been instituted to recognize individuals who have made […]

Shaheen Hirani has been appointed to the position of Staff Lawyer. Ms Hirani has been working for CAUT on a limited-term basis as a lawyer since May 1998. Her new appointment is on a permanent basis. Ms Hirani was called […]

On behalf of the Bahá'í Community of Canada, as well as our co-religionists in Iran, I am writing to thank you and your colleagues in the association for the interest and concern you have shown in the fate of the […]

Paul Jones has been appointed to the position of Research and Education Officer. Mr. Jones has been working for CAUT as a staff lawyer on a limited term basis since February 1988. He has a Bachelor of Laws degree from […]

The statistical profile CAUT's Status of Women Committee provides (Bulletin, April) is by no means inclusive, which I find very ironic in a supplement dedicated to giving a voice to "Women in Post-Secondary Education." The section that deals with Full-time […]

Justice Minister Anne McLellan has announced plans for a review panel to examine Canada's Human Rights Act and find ways to modernize it and improve the complaint process. The review panel will be chaired by retired Supreme Court Justice Gerard […]

Queen's faculty voted 96% in favour of a new three-year agreement which will be in effect until April 30, 2002. Highlights include creation of continuing track and continuing adjunct appointments, and early retirement offers which include two plans: regular early […]

Teaching Large Classes Allan J. Gedalof; Dalhousie University (Instructional Development) & STLHE, 1998; 55 pp; $10 CA. "A good teacher ... will teach primarily not to provide good notes or a body of facts that comprise part of a discipline, […]