Bulletin Archive

Universities must not strike Faustian bargains with donors if they are to ensure their social legitimacy. This welcome message was delivered by a keynote speaker at a conference last month on university governance in the 21st century organized by the […]

iSTock.com / EmirMemedovski The popularity of social networking sites has created new opportunities not only for academics to engage with a larger public to talk about their research, but also for academic staff associations to connect with their members, the […]

iSTock.com / EmirMemedovski The popularity of social networking sites has created new opportunities not only for academics to engage with a larger public to talk about their research, but also for academic staff associations to connect with their members, the […]

Marcel Roy Meeting & Event Planner Marcel joined CAUT in January 2017. He is a graduate from the hotel and restaurant management program at Algonquin College and a certified meeting planner. He brings a wealth of corporate event planning experience […]

Shouting down speakers, such as the recent suppression of Charles Murray’s speech at Middlebury College by a large crowd of protesters, is wrong. Plain and simple. It’s wrong. Shouting down speakers is morally wrong, unprincipled, anti-intellectual and utterly indefensible. For […]

A.P. of Charlottetown writes I am a Canadian citizen, heading to the United States for a conference. How can I protect my electronic devices from search and seizure at the border? David Robinson answers For a complete explanation, talk to […]

Yves Gingras. The MIT Press, 2016; 119 pp;  ISBN: 978-0-26203-512-5. In Bibliometrics and Research Evaluation, Yves Gingras provides a densely compact and accessible account of bibliometrics, tracing the early applications of bibliometrics to the contemporary misapplication of metrics of research […]

On Jan. 20, 2017, Donald J. Trump became the 45th president of the United States. His con­troversial nominee for education secretary, Betsy DeVos, secured Senate confirmation, with vice-president Mike Pence breaking a 50-50 tie. This was the first time in […]

By John K. Wilson Shouting down speakers, such as the recent suppression of Charles Murray’s speech at Middlebury College by a large crowd of protesters, is wrong. Plain and simple. It’s wrong. Shouting down speakers is morally wrong, unprincipled, anti-intellectual […]

A.P. of Charlottetown writes​ I am a Canadian citizen, heading to the United States for a conference. How can I protect my electronic devices from search and seizure at the border? David Robinson answers For a complete explanation, talk to […]

Yves Gingras. The MIT Press, 2016; 119 pp; ISBN: 978-0-26203-512-5. By Michael Hohner In Bibliometrics and Research Evaluation, Yves Gingras provides a densely compact and accessible account of bibliometrics, tracing the early applications of bibliometrics to the contemporary misapplication of […]

On Jan. 20, 2017, Donald J. Trump became the 45th president of the United States. His con­troversial nominee for education secretary, Betsy DeVos, secured Senate confirmation, with vice-president Mike Pence breaking a 50-50 tie. This was the first time in […]