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F.N. of Saskatoon writes How does one become a member of the university board of governors? David Robinson answers Being wealthy helps. Bankers, lawyers, corporate executives and other players in the business world make up almost 50 per cent of […]

Leading the modern university York University’s presidents on continuity and change, 1974–2014 Lorna R. Marsden (ed). University of Toronto Press, 2016; 248 pp; ISBN: 978-1-44264-875-3. Funding models and formulas, governance, academic planning, organizational restructuring and capital expansion are the issues […]

Do academic staff today have much of a say in university & college governance? “Universities are becoming so large, so complex, and so dependent upon public funds that scholars no longer form or even influence their own policy, that a […]

By James Compton Sometimes while reading the newspaper, I stop and ask myself: “Did he really say that?” One such moment came in February 2015 when the London Free Press broke the story about the “double-dipping” salary scandal at the […]

By Mark Crane After a marathon bargaining session that stretched into the pre-dawn hours of Nov. 26, 2015 the Nipissing University Faculty Association reached a tentative deal with the employer that ended a 25 day strike — the first ever […]

F.N. de SASKATOON écrit How does one become a member of the university board of governors? David Robinson answers Being wealthy helps. Bankers, lawyers, corporate executives and other players in the business world make up almost 50 per cent of […]

Lorna R. Marsden (ed). University of Toronto Press, 2016; 248 pp; SBN: 978-1-44264-875-3. By Penni Stewart Funding models and formulas, governance, academic planning, organizational restructuring and capital expansion are the issues at the heart of Leading the Modern University that […]

In mid-January, the Association of Professors of the University of Ottawa won a court decision allowing for a review of major salary increases to two senior administrators. The APUO believes the pay hikes contravene Ontario’s executive public-sector wage freeze. The […]

Par Yves Boisvert Il y avait à Québec un homme qui explorait les plantes comme d’autres explorent les fonds marins. Car il y a, enfouis très profond dans les plantes sauvages, les fruits et les légumes une incroyable quantité de […]

Adela Talbot / Western News Brescia Faculty Association just finished a successful round of contract negotiations. As the president of the association what were the objectives of your bargaining team? Our mandate was to close the wage gap between Brescia […]

istock.com / RapidEye The faculty association at York University decided to take matters into its own hands to advance equity by making it a priority at the bargaining table. In doing so, the union succeeded in securing measures that could […]