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La Fédération canadienne des étudiantes et étudiants lance une semaine d'action pancanadienne, du 13 au 16 octobre, pour protester contre les frais de scolarité qui montent en flèche. «C'est la courte honte de notre pays que ses étudiants doivent commencer […]

Les principales associations d'enseignants et d'étudiants se sont rencontrées le mois dernier à Ottawa pour créer une coalition pancanadienne visant à promouvoir l'enseignement public. «Le Public Education Network/Réseau pour l'éducation publique (PEN/REP) nous permettra de relever plus efficacement les défis […]

Le comité de sélection de la Bourse commémorative J. H. Stewart Reid est heureux d'annoncer que la bourse de 1998-1999 a été décernée à Mme Van Nguyen-Marshall. Mme Nguyen-Marshall est étudiante au doctorat à l'Université de la Colombie-Britannique. Elle se […]

The Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) will launch its Canada-wide "Days of Action" Oct. 13 to 16 to protest skyrocketing tuition fees. "It is a national disgrace that students are starting another fall term with among the highest fees and […]

A three-year agreement, expiring Aug. 31, 2001, has been reached between full-time college professors, counsellors and librarians represented by the Ontario Public Service Employees Union, and the Ontario Council of Regents of Applied Arts and Technology. Key to settlement was […]

The socialization of Australia's academics - seeing how they tick in the tightly-controlled university world. College Academics Anthony Potts, Charlestown, New South Wales: William Michael Press, 1997; 268 pp; $36 AUS The call for more scholarly work on the professoriate […]

University revenue from government grants and contracts declined again in 1996/97. Revenue from government sources fell 6.9% from a year earlier and 14.1% over the previous five years. These declines were partially offset by both increased revenue from student fees […]

Russel Ogden, a successful M.A. candidate at Simon Fraser University, braved a contempt of court charge in order to protect the confidentiality of his research sources and uphold the broader principles of academic freedom. Although the contempt charges against Mr. […]

Members of the University of Manitoba Faculty Association (UMFA) have voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike vote if there is an impasse in negotiations 14 days after the resumption of collective bargaining. This vote -- taken at a special meeting […]

Your September 1998 issue raises a concern which is all the more serious as the media are reporting Health Canada to be embroiled in similar problems. Researchers are the only people qualified to test medical procedures and drugs, and their […]

The selection committee for the J.H. Stewart Reid Memorial Fellowship is pleased to announce that Van Nguyen-Marshall has been awarded the Fellowship for 1998-99. Ms. Nguyen-Marshall is a PhD student at the University of British Columbia, where she obtained her […]

Earlier this summer, after a month of intensive bargaining, the University of Northern British Columbia Faculty Association reached an accord with the board of governors on their second collective agreement. Members of the faculty association voted 87 per cent in […]