Bulletin Archive

Status & Governance: realizing Academic Power - What Next? That was the theme of CAUT's Librarians' Conference held in St. John's, Newfoundland, during the first weekend in November. The theme was developed in many ways as the assembled librarians grappled […]

The Ministry of Human Resources Development has announced the 1997 merit award winners for initiatives in employment equity, undertaken under the Federal Contractors Program. Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC) has established two types of awards: Vision Awards and Certificates of […]

On Nov. 22 representatives of more than 70 Canadian university faculty organizations gave formal approval to a plan to boycott the controversial Technical University of British Columbia (TechBC). International faculty organizations are anxious to see the British Columbia legislation amended […]

The saga began 30 years ago when UNESCO adopted a recommendation on the status of teachers. This was designed to set out the rights and responsibilities of primary and secondary school teachers. At the time there were demands to expand […]

The UNESCO recommendation is not a convention and is, therefore, not legally binding on the member states. Such UNESCO statements have, however, considerable moral force, and UNESCO hopes that member states will live up to the obligations for which they […]

On Nov. 11, 1997 the General Conference of UNESCO adopted a statement on the rights and responsibilities of higher education teaching personnel. Excerpts are highlighted below. This is an unofficial version available at www.caut.ca. The official version will be on […]

UNESCO is one of the specialized agencies of the United Nations. Full Title - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization; Foundation - London in November 1945, and came into existence one year later when 20 states ratified the constitution; […]

The Rights & Responsibilities of Academics In November, the governing body of UNESCO, meeting in Paris, adopted an international statement on the rights and responsibilities of higher education teaching personnel. This was the culmination of a long campaign by CAUT […]

Under the ironically titled caption "Good Research Makes Good News," the latest fulminations of NSERC president Tom Brztustowski were recently declared in selected Canadian university bulletins and publications. Brztustowski celebrates a growing success story in which researchers across Canada are […]

The Canadian Consortium for Research (CCR) is the name enthusiastically adopted in 1997 for what was previously known as the National Consortium of Educational and Scientific Societies. CCR trips off the tongue much more readily and the name succinctly captures […]

I am writing to add a brief footnote to the account of the settlement reached in Mary Warner's 11-year battle with Brock University (Bulletin, December). The article mentions Mrs. Warner's profound indebtedness to Professor Bruce Feldthusen of the Faculty of […]

La nomination d'un recteur malgré les réserves exprimées par les professeurs membres du comité de recrutement. Un projet de redressement de la situation financière de l'université qui semblait entraîner des fermetures soudaines de programmes et forcer des retraites anticipées en […]