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• Council Confers Milner Award on 16 Heroes

  Fifty-one years ago, 16 academic staff at United College in Winnipeg sacrificed themselves to defend the academic freedom of a colleague who had been... <read more>

• Majority Favour Higher Spending on Post-Secondary Education

  CAUT-Decima/Harris Poll

  More than half of Canadians say spending on post-secon­dary education should be increased even if it means paying higher taxes, according to a new <read more>

• CAUT Supports Quebec Federation of Professors’ Opposition to Proposed Bill on University Governance

  Caut Council has unanimously endorsed a motion supporting the Fédération québécoise des professeures et professeurs d’université (FQPPU) in its fight... <read more>

• New Members Welcomed by CAUT

  Unit 2 of CUPE Local 3906, which represents sessional lecturers, music instructors and postdocs at McMaster University, and Concordia University College... <read more>

• CAUT Supports Call for Afghan Detainee Inquiry

  CAUT has added its voice to calls for a public inquiry into the treatment of Afghan detainees — the result of a decision made Nov. 28 at the association’s... <read more>

• Settlement Ends Wightman Case

  The case of former Acadia University professor Colin Wightman has been settled. The settlement terms reached last month are confidential. Acadia and... <read more>

• The Power of Two

  Husband-&-wife team recognized with CAUT award for collective bargaining contributions

  Wilfrid Laurier University professors Doug and Joyce Lori­mer have each been recognized by CAUT with the Donald C. Savage Award “for outstanding achievements... <read more>

• NSERC Slammed over New Programs

  Academic staff associations meeting in Ottawa for CAUT’s recent Council meeting voted unanimously in opposition to new grant programs at the Natural Sciences... <read more>

• Aboriginal Voices

  Knowledge, Traditions & Values

  More than 80 Aboriginal scholars from across Canada parti­­ci­pated in CAUT’s Transforming the Academy conference in Sask­atoon last month. “The... <read more>

• New Collective Agreements Ratified at Nipissing, Western Ontario & Toronto

  Unions representing academic staff at Nipissing University, the University of Western Ontario and the University of Toronto have averted strikes and ratified... <read more>

• Librarian Honoured with National Award

  CAUT has awarded Johanna Foster top honours for service and achievements of benefit to academic librarians. Foster, an information services librarian... <read more>

• Activist Judy Rebick Wins Sarah Shorten Award

  Judy Rebick, the CAW-Sam Gindin Chair in Social Justice and Democracy at Ryerson University, has been chosen as this year’s winner of CAUT’s Sarah Shorten... <read more>