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• Dr. Gabrielle Horne Files Lawsuit against Hospital

  Dalhousie University’s affiliated teaching hospital deliberately used false allegations to destroy her career, cardiology professor Gabrielle Horne alleged... <read more>

• Poll: Reduce Tuition Fees, Not the GST

  Canadians would prefer the federal Conservative government scrap its plans to cut the GST and use the money to lower tuition fees instead, according to... <read more>

• Ontario Protest: Reinstate the Tuition Fee Freeze

  Hundreds of university and college students from across Ontario gathered Oct. 30 in Toronto and Ottawa to protest the provincial government’s decision... <read more>

• CAUT Council Notes Progress at UCN

  CAUT Council delegates in November recognized progress made at University College of the North and voted not to censure the institution. “Delegates... <read more>

• Academic Staff at Huron Join CAUT

  Voting in November, CAUT Council delegates endorsed the membership application of London-based Huron University College Faculty Association. “The... <read more>

• Western Faculty Vote to Strike

  Academic staff at the University of Western Ontario have voted overwhelmingly to strike as contract negotiations with university officials continue. The... <read more>

• Strike Averted by Last Minute Pact at Brock University

  The threat of a strike that could have closed Brock University has been averted. After weeks of steady negotiations and a last-ditch marathon session... <read more>

• Spectre of Strike at Bishop’s University

  The Association of Professors of Bishop’s University held an extraordinary general membership meeting last month in response to a pattern of unusual employer... <read more>

• Strike Averted, Agreement Reached at Carleton

  Carleton University and its academic staff reached a three-year collective agreement in the early morning hours of Nov. 15, narrowly averting a strike... <read more>

• Arar Case Has Implications for Us All, Panel Says

  The Maher Arar case has civil liberties implications for all Canadians, according to a panel of experts who spoke at CAUT’s November Council meeting in... <read more>

• Settlement Reached in CRC Complaint

  CAUT welcomed last month’s settlement of a discrimination complaint brought more than three years ago against a federal government research program. CAUT... <read more>