Bulletin Archive

CAUT is extending the deadline to complete the national survey of contract academic staff to Dec. 15. The survey has been open since the beginning of October and more than 1,400 responses from academic staff at Canadian universities, colleges and […]

After a 10-day strike, the 373 regular and 304 contract academic staff members of the Laurentian University Faculty Association have ratified a new contract. The three-year deal is an extension to the current collective agreement and includes a normative annual […]

More than 12,000 Ontario college professors, instructors, counsellors and librarians took job action Oct. 16 seeking longer contracts for partial-load faculty and the adoption of academic freedom guarantees. Represented by the Ontario Public Sector Employees Union, the teachers are also […]

by Cameron & Janet Morrill The need to “tighten our belts” is heard so often in the public sector, it is pretty much accepted without question. This is certainly the case for Canadian universities: actions such as raising tuition fees, […]

by Donald C. Savage On 11 November 1997 the General Conference of UNESCO adopted a Recommendation concerning the status of higher education teaching personnel involving traditional labour rights and such matters as academic freedom and collegial self-government. This was the […]

by James Compton Lest We Forget. This phrase is familiar to many Canadians who hear it recited every Remembrance Day. Taken from Rudyard Kipling’s poem Recessional, the axiom is often cited as a warning to not forget past struggles and […]

Dr. Joel Lexchin is professor emeritus at York University and an emergency physician with the University Health Network in Toronto. He recently presented the Harry Crowe Foundation’s Olivieri Lectureship on Medical Ethics, where he spoke of the relationship between the […]

Christina Muehlberger Membership Engagement, Organizing & Outreach Officer Christina holds a master’s degree in political economy from Carleton University and an undergraduate degree in political science from Acadia University. She worked most recently as the graduate campaigns and policy coordinator […]

Their names are Tom, Sarika, Noureddine and Émilie. But they could be Rachel, John, Taylor and Mike. It could also be the colleague you just passed in the busy corridor on campus. It might be you. They are all highly-qualified […]

CAUT is welcoming the news that Dr. Mona Nemer has been appointed by the federal government as Canada’s new chief science advisor. “It is our hope that Dr. Nemer will provide an unbiased perspective and non-partisan advice, allowing scientific expertise […]

Crystal Acosta, a PhD candidate at the University of Manitoba, has been awarded the 2017 J.H. Stewart Reid Memorial Fellowship. The fellowship, established by CAUT, recognizes and funds a graduate student from a Canadian university that has demonstrated academic excellence. […]