Bulletin Archive

[iStock.com / josefkubes] Terrorist attacks on universities in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Targeted killings of scholars in Bangladesh and Syria. Arrests of students holding peaceful demonstrations in Myanmar and Thailand. Imprisonment of thousands of students and hundreds of academics in Egypt. […]

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times …” The famous opening from Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities came to me as I rode the train to Pearson Airport this past Nov. 30. Only 45 […]

[Fabien Gagnon / Flickr] CAUT is raising concerns about a court order that would require a Université du Québec à Montréal professor to violate the confidentiality of research participants.           Quebec Superior Court Justice Marc St-Pierre has ordered professor Marie-Ève […]

Suzanne Prior  //  Terry Sway In recognition of outstanding achievements in the promotion of collective bargaining in the post-secondary sector, Suzanne Prior and Terry Sway collected CAUT’s 2016 Donald C. Savage Award at the association’s Council meeting in November.           […]

Teresa Place  //  Chris Hancock CAUT Council voted in November to accept the membership applications of two new associations: the British Columbia Institute of Technology Faculty and Staff Association (BCITFSA) and the Grant MacEwan University Faculty Association (GMUFA).           “We […]

CAUT is threatening censure of Niagara College if the institution continues to operate gender-segregated campuses and programs in Saudi Arabia.            “These [campuses and programs] operate in a repressive country known for its severe clampdown on freedom of expression, […]

I. Lanzaderas  //  P. Foster Immanuel Lanzaderas  Legal Officer Immanuel holds an undergraduate degree in French literature and political science, and a J.D. degree from Queen’s University. He worked most recently as duty counsel with Legal Aid Ontario. Immanuel articled […]

Something very strange is going on in universities. Back in February, after speaking at a conference on academic freedom organised by the Harry Crowe Foundation in Toronto, I was confronted by words of despair from a young Canadian lecturer. She […]

C.A. of St. John’s writes:  I have notified the dean of my desire to take parental leave in the coming term. The dean has approved the leave in principle, subject to my agreement to take on an extra course in […]

In Academic Freedom at American Universities, Philip Lee provides an exhaustively researched and accessible history of the development of the principle of academic freedom, particularly through the work of the American Association of University Professors, and its application in US […]

Immanuel Lanzaderas Legal Officer Immanuel holds an undergraduate degree in French literature and political science, and a J.D. degree from Queen’s University. He worked most recently as duty counsel with Legal Aid Ontario. Immanuel articled and also worked as an […]