Bulletin Archive

By James Compton — I loved my time as a graduate student, and I strongly suspect I’m not alone. I was recently reminded of my academic days while sharing dinner with an old grad-school colleague in Montreal. We hadn’t seen […]

This year’s annual Parliament Hill Day saw 40 participants from CAUT member associations meet with 50 MPs and ministers to press for better funding for post-secondary education and research, and a balanced approach to copyright legislation. “Getting our voices heard […]

A CAUT investigation into the controversial resignation of Dr. Andrew Potter from the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada (MISC) has found that not only did the university fail in its duty to protect Potter’s academic freedom, but that […]

CAUT has established an investigation into alleged violations of academic freedom at Thompson Rivers University. Economics professor Derek Pyne was suspended this past summer for what he says was the latest in a series of actions taken against him for […]

Peter MacKinnon. University of Toronto Press, 2018; 149 pp; ISBN: 978-1-48752-282-7. By Charles Reeve Peter MacKinnon fears for the university — the agora where, through collaboration and contestation, we learn, discover and advance knowledge. He worries that debate has deteriorated […]

In August 2018, Ontario’s Progressive Conservative government did something no other government in Canada has ever done: it mandated “free speech” at the province’s public universities and colleges. The media release from “Ontario’s Government for the People” trumpeted Premier Doug […]

Grahame McCulloch, recently retired general secretary of Australia’s National Tertiary Education Union, addressed delegates at CAUT’s 85th Council meeting in November on the many common issues facing both organizations and countries, and on the strength and knowledge gained from each […]

Read CAUT's Council Report – November 2018

Many professors dread anonymous student evaluations of teaching (SETs). For too many of them, whether female, on contract, a member of an equity group or, worst of all, all of the above, less than stellar reviews could mean the end […]

Sophie Quigley is a professor of computer science at Ryerson University who specializes in human-computer interaction. In 2009, while serving as the Ryerson Faculty Association’s grievance officer, she grieved the use of faculty course surveys in employment related decisions such […]

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