Bulletin Archive

On Friday, Jan. 9, oncologist Richard Béliveau left his blacked-out lab at the University of Quebec at Montreal to face an ice-encrusted and nearly-paralyzed city. Millions of Quebeckers were without power that evening, but Béliveau trusted the building's emergency generator […]

In February 10 the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and Cho!ces, a coalition for social justice in Winnipeg, Manitoba, released the fourth annual Alternative Federal Budget. A four-page summary, as well as the complete document, can be obtained from the […]

The 1997-1998 academic year is characterized by intense negotiations and the threat of labour action at many university campuses across the country. This report features a successful negotiation at Trent University -- whose faculty walked out on strike two years […]

Bill Bruneau, in his editorial "Creeping Privatization Threatens Autonomy" (Bulletin, January), raises issues which many academics are currently turning over in their minds. The evidence is certainly in for "monopolies for on-campus services and the 'sale' of a university's name […]

Congratulations on an excellent statement on "Slippery Slope Proves Perilous for PSE" (Editorial, February). The problem is how to organize a head of steam on the part of those of us who want to take the high road in education, […]

On behalf of the members of the Mount Allison Faculty Association and in accordance with their wishes I am offering our deepest gratitude for and appreciation of the work CAUT has done in commissioning and publishing "An Inquiry into Governance […]

I see in the February issue of the Bulletin (p. 4) that the University of Victoria is offering a five-day clinic on university dispute resolution. It is designed for deans, directors, chairs and senior administrators. Darn it! I had just […]

The CAUT Executive Committee and the presidents of member associations of the Confederation of University Faculty Associations of British Columbia (CUFA/BC) have given approval to discussions between the two organizations and representatives of the Technical University of British Columbia (TechBC) […]

The law on the use instructors can make of material developed by students was elaborated in a recent Ontario case. According to the decision, a professor published a paper prepared by a student without giving the student credit. Who is […]

Several government initiatives announced in the Feb. 24 budget speech on student aid and research funding were welcomed by CAUT President William Bruneau. He acknowledged that "they are a first step in the right direction," but "we don't see the […]

Tax-Free RRSP Withdrawals for Lifelong Learning -- Effective January 1, 1999, Canadians will be able to make tax-free withdrawals from their registered retirement savings plans (RRSPs) to support full-time education and training of at least three months during the year. […]

Déblocage des salaires L'association des professeurs et l'administration de l'Université de Colombie-Britannique ont conclu une entente prévoyant les premières augmentations de salaire depuis janvier 1994. Après plusieurs mois d'intenses négociations, les parties en sont arrivées à une entente de quatre […]