Bulletin Archive

As universities deal with decreasing budgets librarians are finding their institutions changing in alarming ways. In some cases working conditions are being drastically affected because of decreased funding and reduced staff. Moreover, assaults on collective agreements are threatening many hard-won […]

In mid-July 1997, Dr. Alan Law was abruptly removed from his position as dean of science at Memorial University by the executive committee of Memorial's board of regents. MUN's Vice-President (Academic), Dr. Jaap Tuinman, issued a memo to the faculty […]

The Committee of Concerned Faculty (CCF) at Memorial University is concerned to try to ensure that fairness and due process are followed since the board of regents was obliged to rescind the attempted dismissal of dean of science Alan Law […]

The CAUT Council will review at least three model clauses on technology-related issues, when it meets at the end of the month. The Collective Bargaining & Economic Benefits Committee has formulated model language on e-mail security, the choice of teaching […]

n a departure from tradition, the Collective Bargaining & Economic Benefits Committee is now offering on-site bargaining training for faculty association members. Over the past month, CAUT collective bargaining officers Pierre Choquette and Christiane Tardif have given interactive training sessions […]

fter an intensive four-month campaign, full-time and part-time faculty at the University of Western Ontario have voted 65 per cent in favour of certification. With over three-quarters of the 1,250 eligible faculty casting a ballot, full-time professors voted 63 per […]

The CAUT Executive Committee has set up a working group on part-time faculty. The five-member group is comprised of one representative from each of the four standing committees and the President. Members are: Linda Paul (Status of Women, Regina -- […]

When the provincial government first announced its intention to legislate sweeping changes to the education system in Ontario, it indicated that principals and vice-principals would be removed from teacher bargaining units. The Ontario Teachers' Federation and its five affiliates objected […]

Mount Saint Vincent UniversityLike other colleagues in Nova Scotia, the faculty association at Mount Saint Vincent University has been negotiating salary and other conditions of employment with the university administration. The faculty has now reached an agreement with the administration, […]

The week long faculty strike/lock out at Dalhousie University ended on the first day of April. A tentative agreement and an agreement on the back-to-work protocol were reached by the two negotiating teams late on April 1. On April 2, […]

William Bruneau, le président de l'ACPPU, a accueilli avec satisfaction plusieurs mesures budgétaires du gouvernement libéral annoncées dans le discours du budget du 24 février. Selon lui, il s'agit d'un premier pas dans la bonne direction mais la route est […]

Le courrier électronique est devenu l'un des moyens privilégiés de communication dans plusieurs milieux. Longtemps confiné à certains milieux de la recherche, il est devenu, à la faveur de la pénétration d'Internet un moyen usuel d'échange, de discussions et de […]