Bulletin Archive

1932­–2018 Howard McCurdy, ancien député et président de l’ACPPU (1967-1968), est décédé le 20 février dernier à l’âge de 85 ans. Titulaire d’un doctorat en microbiologie et chimie, M. McCurdy a étudié à l’Université Western Ontario, à l’Assumption University et […]

Les deux appels concernant l’Université Trinity Western (TWU) interjetés auprès de la Cour suprême du Canada auront pour conséquence de circonscrire le pouvoir d’organismes réglementaires comme les barreaux. Non, ce n’est pas ce qui a provoqué la ruée, l’automne dernier, […]

By James Compton There’s a useful adage in political communication — if your opponent is responding to your narrative frame you’re doing something right. In fact, you might call it a form of flattery. This admittedly counterintuitive thought occurred to […]

Natalie Zemon Davis est professeure d’études médiévales, professeure auxiliaire d’histoire et d’anthropologie et agrégée supérieure de re­cherche en littérature comparative à l’Université de Toronto. Chercheuse, auteure et militante à l’esprit visionnaire, elle a écrit huit livres et est conseillère historique […]

By James Compton There’s a useful adage in political communication — if your opponent is responding to your narrative frame you’re doing something right. In fact, you might call it a form of flattery. This admittedly counterintuitive thought occurred to […]

On Feb. 27, Finance Minister Bill Morneau tabled the 2018 federal budget, which provides record new investments in basic science. “CAUT urged the government to act on the recommendations of its science review panel that called for significant reinvestment in […]

January’s forum for presidents in Ottawa was well attended with representatives from CAUT member associations taking advantage of the opportunity to touch base with peers from across the country. The five-week strike by Ontario college faculty in 2017 was a […]

Nearly 60 activists from across the country gathered in Ottawa in February for CAUT’s third francophone conference. The meeting focused on austerity and its impact on francophone teachers, researchers and students, as well as French programs and courses in French. […]

Howard McCurdy, longtime Member of Parliament and former president of CAUT (1967–1968), died Feb. 20 at age 85. McCurdy studied at the University of Western Ontario, Assumption University, and Michigan State University, earning a PhD in micro­biology and chemistry. He […]

At their most prosaic level, the twin appeals to the Supreme Court of Canada involving Trinity Western University will decide some of the limits on the power of regulators like law societies. But that’s not why tickets for courtroom seating […]

by James Compton Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government is halfway through its term. The honeymoon period is over, and — as with all governments hitting the mid-term of their first mandate — they are no doubt starting to turn their attention […]