Bulletin Archive

At the Hospital for Sick Children administrators are in the midst of a swirling controversy over academic freedom and research ethics. At the centre is one of Sick Kids' top researchers, Dr. Nancy Olivieri, a clinician at the University of […]

A series of five tongue-in-cheek pamphlets from the Association of University Staff of New Zealand (AUS) is drawing the attention of AUS members, university students, politicians, the media and the public to the government's push for a market model in […]

The acknowledgment in the June, 1998 edition of the Bulletin of our having bestowed the prestigious Prix Nicole Raymond Award on professor Claude Dionne is greatly appreciated. We ask you to note, however, that the official -- and sole -- […]

John Lowman's and Ted Palys' article in the Bulletin (June), "When Research Ethics & the Law Conflict" should be of great interest to researchers in the social sciences in general, and criminology in particular. While I understand their concern to […]

Professor Stenning's misunderstanding issues from his quoting the first part of the SFU informed consent statement out of context. The statement also says, "as a result of legal action, the researcher may be required to divulge information obtained in the […]

The Bulletin (June) opens with the headline "University Gets Back at Retired Professor." In fact, it was not the university that got back at him. It was the administration via its board of regents, as the account makes clear. "The […]

The Alberta Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of faculty in a recent case concerning membership in the bargaining unit. The details are complex and a bit unusual because Alberta's post-secondary institutions are not governed by standard labour legislation, […]

Confidential Agreements Between Universities and Private Companies Pose Serious Challenge to Faculty Intellectual Property Rights Tensions are rapidly mounting today between faculty and university administrations over the high tech commercialization of higher education. During the last two decades campus commercialization […]

An adjudicator looking into the handling of a racism complaint against a university professor has made an important decision about academic freedom and the necessity for universities having and following good complaint procedures. In June of 1997 Peter Mercer, vice-president […]

Les universités, les collèges et les instituts de la Colombie-Britannique se partageront 26 millions de dollars, une hausse de crédits annoncée dans le budget de la province. Cette hausse comprend également 17,5 millions de dollars qui serviront à la création […]

Adoption d'une hausse de 25 $ de la cotisation des membres à la retraite. Adoption de l'Énoncé de principes sur l'évaluation anticipée du rendement d'un administrateur universitaire. Adoption de l'Énoncé de principes sur l'évaluation anonyme de l'enseignement par les étudiants. […]

QUE le Conseil charge le Comité de direction de collaborer avec la CUFA-BC et la CMCFA afin d'examiner l'administration actuelle de l'Université Royal Roads, particulièrement en ce qui a trait à l'absence de permanence et de normes universitaires suffisantes.