Bulletin Archive

Association wins voluntary recognition for all sessional faculty. The Faculty Association at the University of British Columbia has launched an organizing drive aimed at bringing all sessional lecturers into the association. The drive to sign up those sessionals not already […]

At the University of Ottawa, there are two faculty associations, one union for the full-time professors, and another for the part-time professors. From the perspective of a part-time professor, I will lay out the pros and cons of this union […]

Dr. Diane Huberman-Arnold from the University of Ottawa was presented with the 1998 Sarah Shorten Award at the November Council meeting. Dr. Huberman-Arnold is a member of the Association of Part-Time Professors of the University of Ottawa and a teacher […]

Five days after Dr. Arnold Naimark released his report for the Hospital for Sick Children CAUT received the following statement signed by the Canadian Health Coalition, National Federation of Nurses Unions, Canadian Labour Congress, National Pensioners and Senior Citizens Federation, […]

On Jan. 6, Dr. Nancy Olivieri was removed from her administrative position at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children. CAUT President Bill Graham described this as "tantamount to total dismissal." At press time the U of T faculty association was meeting […]

I read with interest Kathryn Campbell's commentary in the November Bulletin about the detrimental effect a change in accounting standards will bring to the universities. I suspect the case has been misstated or, at least, overstated. Professor Campbell is correct […]

Exploding the Tax-Cut Myths It is almost impossible these days to pick up a newspaper or listen to a newscast without reading or hearing the corporate mantra that Canada must lower its taxes to become more competitive. Yet for all […]

When Dr. Nancy Olivieri defied threats of legal action by the powerful drug company Apotex and intimidation by her own hospital administration she was putting the safety of her patients first, above her own safety and her career. Professor Arthur […]

Dans un geste sans précédent, l'Association canadienne des professeures et professeurs d'université lance une campagne nationale de sensibilisation pour attirer l'attention du public sur l'aggravation de la crise à laquelle fait face le monde de l'enseignement postsecondaire au Canada. Lors […]

Video footage of RCMP officers pepper-spraying protesters last year at the University of British Columbia has become a regular item on nightly newscasts. What has been woefully lacking, however, is any broader analysis about what these images represent. One important […]

During our recent negotiations at the University of Manitoba a sow's ear was turned into a silk purse. The administration's efforts to divide the faculty on the issue of mandatory retirement was thwarted by the faculty association's careful attention to […]

In an unprecedented move, the Canadian Association of University Teachers is launching a national public awareness campaign to draw attention to the worsening crisis affecting post-secondary education in Canada. At its Nov. 20-22 meeting in Ottawa, CAUT Council voted to […]