The Bernice Schrank Award
Nomination Form & Deadline
Nominations for the award can be made using this form.The deadline for submissions for nominations will be February 1st of each year.
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Sarah Shorten Award
Nomination Form & Deadline
Nominations for the award can be made using this form. The deadline for submissions for nominations will be June 1st of each year.
Donald C. Savage Award
Nomination Form & Deadline
Nominations for the award can be made using this form. The deadline for submissions for nominations will be February 1st of each year.
Equity Award
Nomination Form & Deadline
Nominations for the award can be made using this form. The deadline for submissions for nominations will be February 1st of each year.
Milner Memorial Award
Nomination Form & Deadline
The number and frequency of awards will be as the Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee and CAUT Council deem appropriate.
Major Academic Freedom Cases
Censure against University of Toronto
Dr. Nancy Olivieri
The case of University of Toronto clinician, Dr. Nancy Olivieri, gained international attention when her research at the Hospital for Sick Children in the late 1990s led her to believe that a new drug treatment posed dangers to some patients.
Apotex Inc. v. Olivieri
An Attack on Academic Freedom
(December 1, 2008) The Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) has expressed grave concern that a new lawsuit commenced by Apotex Inc. against Dr. Nancy Olivieri is a blatant attack upon academic freedom.
Apotex Inc.: A Corporation Above the Courts?
The Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) believes a new legal tactic adopted by Canadian pharmaceutical corporation Apotex Inc. against Canadian university teacher Dr. Nancy Olivieri is a blatant misuse of the Canadian legal system.
McMaster University
CAUT provided legal support for a group of faculty at McMaster University seeking justice at the Ontario Divisional Court over an unfair internal hearing process that imposed serious -- and for three professors career-ending -- penalties for which the University provides no avenue of appeal.