Bulletin Archive

Social justice debates should not be derailed by inappropriate use of silencing rhetoric. "You are silencing me." This vague rhetoric is infinitely adaptable. It can be used both to challenge oppression and to perpetrate it. We would all condemn some […]

Canada's social and economic well-being depends on a broadly accessible system of higher education. Canadians have therefore shown a strong historic commitment to a well-funded system of public higher education. Universities must be accountable for the use of public funds. […]

The great danger of Performance Indicators is that they will be used to attack departments, faculties, and individuals. This checklist gives information useful in discussing, negotiating, and (if need be) fighting against performance indicators (PIs); and advice on actions you […]

Librarians and libraries have concerned themselves with Performance Indicators for many decades. We have not always used this term but we have long been interested in measuring and evaluating what we do. We collect statistics which we have long believed […]

The 1997-1999 collective agreement for faculty at Queen's University is likely the first Canadian university contract to include an article about performance indicators. In the Queen's agreement, performance indicators include "any parameter, measure or quantitative instrument intended or used for: […]

In November 1996 CAUT Council approved a policy statement on PIs. Excerpts are highlighted below. The complete document is available at www.caut.ca. 8) Where PIs have other than descriptive intent or use, they should be negotiated between the faculty association […]

The faculty and administration of the University of New Brunswick have taken a positive step towards arriving at performance indicators following the last round of negotiations. Rather than forcing employees to react to the imposition of indicators by an employer, […]

The Outrageous Idea of Christian Scholarship & The Soul of the American University George M. Marsden, New York: Oxford University Press, 1997; 152 pp.; hardcover $32.95can. / George M. Marsden, New York: Oxford University Press, 1994; 480 pp.; hardcover $51.95can. […]

The article entitled "Battle Over Fisheries Policy" by Matthew Kerby (Bulletin, September) and recent coverage of the issue by the Canadian media, call for a more analytical and objective discussion of this complex subject. It is amusing to note that […]

At the time of writing, it appears certain Algoma University College in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario will not declare financial exigency and will not proceed with layoffs of members of the faculty bargaining unit. An investigative committee struck under the […]

The Nova Scotia Experience At a press conference in Halifax on August 29 "Rationalization of the Nova Scotia Universities" was released -- a CAUT commissioned report that criticizes the Nova Scotia Government's rationalization of the province's universities between 1991 and […]

The federal granting agencies -- the Medical Research Council, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council -- have issued the third and final report of the tri-council working group on ethical conduct […]