Bulletin Archive

CAUT is undertaking a national survey of contract academic staff at Canadian universities, colleges and polytechnics to shed light on the working experiences of the thousands of academic staff who are hired to teach on a temporary basis every year. […]

by James Compton Are contract academic staff the canaries in the academic coal mine? There is an increasing awareness that the life of CAS members bares little resemblance to the “groves of academe” idyll touted by critics of university autonomy. […]

H.F. of Fredericton writes I am a contract instructor. Course assignments at my institution are by seniority, based on points accumulated per course taught. How can I continue my seniority during an upcoming pregnancy leave? David Robinson answers This is […]

Kimberly Ellis-Hale is the contract faculty (CF) liaison officer for the Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty Association and headed up CF strategy and mobilization during negotiations with the administration in the fall of 2016. The Bulletin talked to her about how […]

by James Turk Ryerson University made a mistake in August. It lost sight of its mission in cancelling a panel discussion featuring controversial speakers that included University of Toronto psychologist Jordan Peterson and Rebel Media journalist Faith Goldy. The panel […]

G.T. of Calgary writes I have received a proposal to publish in The World Journal of Civil, Systems and Structural Engineering. At this point in my career (junior faculty), opportunities to secure publication are welcome, but I am hesitant to […]

Stefan Collini. Verso Books, 2017; 298 pp; ISBN: 978-1-78663-139-8. by Charles Reeve “Imagine the Possibilities,” declared my clothes dryer’s manual. I would have been baffled (what flights of imagination might a dryer inspire?) but for artist Cary Young’s video Product […]

Stefan Collini. Verso Books, 2017; 298 pp; ISBN: 978-1-78663-139-8. by Charles Reeve “Imagine the Possibilities,” declared my clothes dryer’s manual. I would have been baffled (what flights of imagination might a dryer inspire?) but for artist Cary Young’s video Product […]

Francesca Holyoke received CAUT’s Academic Librarians’ and Archivists’ Distinguished Service Award in May. Holyoke chaired the CAUT Librarians’ and Archivists’ Committee from 2008– 2012, raising red flags about cuts to Library and Archives Canada and the closure of federal libraries. […]

Francesca Holyoke received CAUT’s Academic Librarians’ and Archivists’ Distinguished Service Award in May. Holyoke chaired the CAUT Librarians’ and Archivists’ Committee from 2008– 2012, raising red flags about cuts to Library and Archives Canada and the closure of federal libraries. […]