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13/09/2021September 2021
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The back-to-campus Rubik’s Cube

Early in the summer, against a backdrop of rising Delta variant infections and increasingly fractious on-campus debates about mandatory vaccination policies for returning students, representatives of the academic staff for the four Greater Toronto Area (GTA) universities hammered out a 16-point h
13/09/2021September 2021

News / CAUT defends academic freedom at Mount Allison

CAUT is upholding academic freedom by supporting the Mount Allison Faculty Association (MAFA) in the grievance of Rima Azar, associate professor of psychology.
13/09/2021September 2021

News / CAUT announces 2021 J. H. Stewart Reid Memorial Fellowship

Andréanne Lavoie is this year’s recipient of CAUT’s J. H. Stewart Reid Memorial Fellowship, an award established to honour the memory of the Association’s first Executive Secretary, and which comes with a $5000 scholarship.
13/09/2021September 2021

News / Study shows COVID-19’s financial toll on post-secondary institutions

A Statistics Canada study, released on August 18, 2021, highlights the devastating financial impact of COVID-19 on Canadian universities, and the risk associated with reliance on international student tuition revenue.
13/09/2021September 2021

News / New data: snapshot of shared governance in U.S. academic life

The newly released 2021 Shared Governance Survey data from the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) provides a “mixed picture” of the role played by faculty in academic governance in the United States, two decades after the release of findings from the last national survey.
13/09/2021September 2021

News / MUNFA fighting a doubling of tuition fees and PSE cuts in Newfoundland and Labrador

The Memorial University of Newfoundland Faculty Association (MUNFA) is joining with campus unions and student groups to demand that the provincial government reverse cuts to education and keep the province’s tuition freeze, which had been instituted in 1999. 
13/09/2021September 2021

Presidents Message / Safe campuses in a post-pandemic world

By Brenda Austin-Smith As night follows day, so “Back to School” ads follow the August long weekend; that is, if they haven’t been around as early as the solstice itself. How we go back to school this year, though, remains a question with many possible answers. 
13/09/2021

September 2021
03/09/2021
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Collective action more important than ever: CAUT marks Labour Day 2021

(Ottawa – September 6, 2021) This Labour Day, the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) pays tribute to the tireless efforts of workers and the trade union movement in weathering the COVID-19 pandemic, while standing up for conditions and workplace practices that promote social equit
27/08/2021
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Newswire: August 2021—Federal election, vaccination requirements and court wins

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