Bulletin Archive

The bushfire crisis currently gripping Australia has had a devastating impact on wildlife and people. CAUT’s sister organization, the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU), is reporting that the fires have directly affected some of their members who have suffered loss […]

Deep cuts alongside imposition of an “outcomes-based” approach to funding of post-secondary education in Alberta have prompted CAUT Council to express their unanimous condemnation of the moves to Alberta Premier Jason Kenney. In a letter sent to Kenney, CAUT President […]

CAUT is raising concerns about the state of labour relations at the University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) and is urging the institution to agree to an external independent review. “In my many years of experience with CAUT, I can […]

CAUT condemns recent violent police and government attacks at three of India’s leading universities: Jamia Millia Islamia, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). Over the past month, police and government-backed thugs have beaten students and teachers, and […]

The hallmarks and value of holding an “open” job search might seem obvious, but when it comes to particular jobs — such as senior administrative positions at universities — academic staff associations across Canada are finding it more and more […]

Alex Neve was Secretary General (SG) of Amnesty International Canada for two decades and is an Officer of the Order of Canada. He regularly takes part in human rights research and advocacy delegations throughout Africa, Latin America, Asia, the US […]

Mary Asekome knows all too well the issues facing international students who come to Canada with dreams typical of young people striking out in life. From Nigeria, she enrolled at York University to study communications, and has since graduated, but […]

Carlos Zambrano Escamilla is the former president of the Sindicato de Profesores de la Fundación Universidad Autónoma de Colombia (SINPROFUAC) — the teachers’ union at the Autonomous University of Colombia. As Dr. Zambrano explained to CAUT Council delegates last May, […]

Read CAUT's Council Report – November 2019

By Brenda Austin-Smith This past September the Association of Nova Scotia University Teachers (ANSUT) organized a conference focused on the experience of international students in that province. The “One World” conference featured a number of speakers, but student experiences were […]