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.

G.T. of Calgary writes

Best friends Hannah Peck and Jane Keller are unarguably typical Canadian undergraduate students. At 19, both Ottawa natives are looking forward to their second post-secondary year and a slate of arts courses: Peck at Concordia and Keller at McGill University in Montreal.

In a statement released last month, the American Association of University Professors has condemned the hatred and violence that occurred in Charlottesville, Virginia following a gathering of white supre­macists on the University of Virginia campus.