Bulletin Archive

In September 2017 Mona Nemer, a cardiac researcher, and former University of Ottawa vice-president (research) was named Canada’s new Chief Science Advisor. The Bulletin spoke with Dr. Nemer about her new role. Your mandate includes advising the federal government on […]

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 […]

The Manitoba Labour Board has found the University of Manitoba guilty of unfair labour practice when it withdrew its salary offer during 2016 negotiations with the faculty association. The university administration pulled its salary offer from the bargaining table just […]

CAUT testified Feb. 8 before the Commission de la culture et de l’éducation at Quebec’s National Assembly to express its opposition to Bill 234, a private member’s bill that would introduce sweeping changes threatening governance at Université de Montréal. “On […]

The Dalhousie Faculty Association and Dalhousie University reached a tentative agreement Feb. 1, following three days of conciliation. “The DFA bargaining team has been working diligently for many months to negotiate an agreement that we can recommend to our membership,” […]

Ann-Marie Bathmaker, Nicola Ingram, Jessie Abrahams, Anthony Hoare, Richard Waller & Harriet Bradley. Palgrave Macmillan, 2016; 188 pp; ISBN: 978-1-13753-480-4. by Robin Whitaker Pop culture abounds with stories where disadvantaged kids make good through educational opportunity. Likewise, common wisdom holds […]

Sarah L. Burch & Sara E. Harris.University of Toronto Press, 2014; 307 pp; ISBN: 978-1-44261-455-1. by Howard A. Doughty The ecological degradation of the bio­sphere resulting from anthropogenic climate change, the intensity of the scientific research into this phenomenon and […]

CAUT Council delegates celebrated the 20th anniversary of the UNESCO Recommendation Concerning the Status of Higher Education Teaching Personnel at a special event on Nov. 25. The event featured release of a booklet authored by former CAUT executive director Donald […]

A motion of censure concerning Niagara College’s operations took centre stage at CAUT’s November Council meeting. Niagara was facing the threat of CAUT censure because of the college’s operation of gender-segregated campuses and programs in Saudi Arabia. CAUT raised concerns that […]

At its last meeting of 2017, CAUT Council considered a motion of censure against the administration of Carleton University because the university’s board of governors’ “code of conduct” suppresses the academic freedom of faculty representatives, and runs contrary to principles […]

Metrics. Whether it’s the rankings of universities and colleges, or the bibliometric assessment of research impact, metrics of various types are being wielded by private companies, governments and administrations to measure the performance of institutions, departments and even individual faculty. […]