Actualités1 / Le budget fédéral 2018 signifie plus pour la science
Le budget fédéral du 27 février 2018, déposé par le ministre des Finances Bill Morneau, prévoit notamment de nouveaux investissements pour la science fondamentale.
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Le mot du président / Il faut se méfier de la flatterie
Par James Compton
Interview / Natalie Zemon Davis
Natalie Zemon Davis is professor of medieval studies, adjunct professor of history and anthropology, and senior fellow in comparative literature at the University of Toronto.
Commentary / Working part-time in name only
By Karen Harper
Book review / Fully connected: Surviving and thriving in an age of overload
Julia Hobsbawm.
Bloomsbury, 2017; 232 pp;
ISBN: 978-1-47292-684-5.
by Michael Hohner
Academic freedom in the balance
At their most prosaic level, the twin appeals to the Supreme Court of Canada involving Trinity Western University will decide some of the limits on the power of regulators like law societies.
Obituary / Howard McCurdy 1932–2018
Howard McCurdy, longtime Member of Parliament and former president of CAUT (1967–1968), died Feb. 20 at age 85. McCurdy studied at the University of Western Ontario, Assumption University, and Michigan State University, earning a PhD in microbiology and chemistry.
News / Francophone conference examines austerity
Nearly 60 activists from across the country gathered in Ottawa in February for CAUT’s third francophone conference. The meeting focused on austerity and its impact on francophone teachers, researchers and students, as well as French programs and courses in French.
News / Association presidents centre stage in CAUT forum
January’s forum for presidents in Ottawa was well attended with representatives from CAUT member associations taking advantage of the opportunity to touch base with peers from across the country.
News / Federal budget 2018 means more for science
On Feb. 27, Finance Minister Bill Morneau tabled the 2018 federal budget, which provides record new investments in basic science.