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News / Education International World Congress adopts resolution on academic freedom
A resolution on academic freedom proposed by CAUT and the University Teachers Association of Ghana was passed unanimously by delegates to the 8th World Congress of Education International (EI) in Bangkok in July. The motion calls upon the global federation […]
01-10-2019
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News / Elizabeth McCallion winner of the Stewart Reid Memorial Fellowship
Elizabeth McCallion, a PhD candidate at Queen’s University, has been awarded the 2019-2020 Stewart Reid Memorial Fellowship. The award was established by CAUT to honour the memory of the Association’s first Executive Secretary and comes with a $5000 scholarship. McCallion […]
01-10-2019
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News / CAUT condemns dismissals at Maritime College of Forest Technology
The Canadian Association of University Teachers is raising concerns about academic freedom at the Maritime College of Forest Technology in New Brunswick following the recent dismissal of two teachers. Wildlife biologist Rod Cumberland was fired from his teaching post on […]
01-10-2019
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News / Survey aims to paint picture of Canada’s faculty
On October 7, Statistics Canada is launching the Survey of Post-secondary Faculty and Researchers. The survey will be in the field for two months and is sponsored by the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT), Innovation, Science and Economic Development […]
01-10-2019
Book review
Book review / The Future of Academic Freedom
Henry Reichman. John Hopkins University Press, 2019; 376 pp; ISBN: 978-1-42142-858-1 by Len Findlay Just as we have much to learn in Canada from our southern neighbour’s historical and current populist travails, we also have lots to learn from the […]
01-10-2019
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Academic advisor
J.D. of Fredericton writes: I’ve been approached by a student who wants to record my lectures. I’m uneasy about the request for intellectual property and privacy reasons. Do I have to agree? David Robinson answers: If the request stems from […]
01-10-2019
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The long path to equity
It was a long journey, beginning more than 16 years ago, with many twists and turns along the way. But in July of this year, the federal government announced that a new settlement was reached to ensure greater equity in […]
01-10-2019
Interview
Interview / Christine Overall
Christine Overall is Professor Emerita of Philosophy and holds a University Research Chair at Queen’s University. She has won awards for both her teaching and her research, in feminist philosophy, bioethics, and philosophy of religion. The author of six books […]
01-10-2019
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President’s message / A long time coming
By Brenda Austin-Smith How long does it take to change the academic awards system for the better? A long, long time, apparently. In late July of this year, there was a quiet announcement of a settlement between eight academics from […]
01-10-2019
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September 2019
12-09-2019
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President’s message / Setting priorities for education
By Brenda Austin-Smith “A democracy is more than a form of government; it is primarily a mode of associated living, of conjoint communicated experience. A society must see to it that intellectual opportunities are accessible to all on equable & […]
01-09-2019