*** La version française suit *** Memorandum 15:38 Date: December 9, 2015 To: Presidents of Local, Federated and Provincial Associations; CAUT Executive Committee From: Ted Montgomery, Chair, Elections and Resolutions Committee Re: Call for Nominations to CAUT Executive Positions Nominations are being actively sought for election to the […]
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RE: Members for CAUT’s Standing Committees / Candidatures à des postes de membres des comités permanents de l’ACPPU
** La version française suit ** Memorandum 15:37 Date: December 2, 2015 To: Presidents of Local, Federated and Provincial Associations; CAUT Executive Committee From: Robin Vose, President; James Compton, Vice-President; Wayne D. Peters, Past President; and David Robinson, Executive Director Re: Members for CAUT’s Standing Committees We […]
CAUT Newswire: Show of support for striking Nipissing U profs
http://www.caut.ca/newswire?utm_source=CAUT+NewsWire+EN&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=November+2015
Urgent Appeal: CAUT Refugee Foundation / Appel urgent : Fondation pour les réfugiés de l’ACPPU
Memorandum 15:35 Date: November 4, 2015 To: Presidents and administrative officers, Local, provincial and federated associations From: David Robinson, Executive Director Subject: Urgent Appeal: CAUT Refugee Foundation The current Syrian refugee crisis has prompted the Executive Committee to reactivate the CAUT Refugee Foundation. The Foundation was […]
For immediate release: Investigation concludes UBC leadership violated academic freedom
***La version française suivra*** Investigation concludes UBC leadership violated academic freedom (Ottawa – October 15, 2015) The Canadian Association of University Teachers is calling on the leadership of the University of British Columbia to be held accountable for interfering in the academic freedom of a faculty member. In a report released today, an investigator appointed […]
Outsourcing / Externalisation
Outsourcing Several universities and colleges have or are considering outsourcing their IT systems to cloud computing providers such as Google and Microsoft 360. The attached briefing note, also available on the CAUT website, looks at the impact this has on the academic freedom and privacy rights of staff, and what academic staff associations can […]
Science and Democracy Under Threat
Sent on behalf of the Communications Committee and Executive Committee Dear Faculty: With the federal election around the corner, we wanted to alert you to an important forum on issues that are important to academics and provide some model questions about those issues that can be posed at upcoming all-candidate debates in Waterloo […]
CAUT New Activist Workshop – November 26, 2015
Memorandum 15:21 Date: September 9, 2015 To: Presidents and Administrative Officers, Local and Federated Associations From: David Robinson, Executive Director Re: CAUT New Activist Workshop – November 26, 2015 The recruitment and retention of members into active volunteer service is an ongoing challenge for […]
Algoma Arbitration Award / Décision arbitrale concernant Algoma
Memorandum 15: 20 Date: September 1, 2015 To: Presidents and Administrative Officers, Local, Provincial and Federated Associations From: David Robinson, Executive Director Re: Algoma Arbitration Award I would like to advise you of an important arbitration award involving the Algoma University Faculty Association in which the University’s efforts to prevent arbitration of a tenure and […]
Take Action – Selfies of Fed-up Contract Workers! / Agissez – des égoportraits de contractuels qui disent: assez, c’est assez!
From: CAUT / ACPPU [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: September-09-15 11:28 AM Subject: Take Action – Selfies of Fed-up Contract Workers! / Agissez – des égoportraits de contractuels qui disent: assez, c’est assez! *** La version française suit *** Memorandum 15:22 Date: September 9, 2015 To: Presidents and Administrative Officers, Local, Provincial and Federated Associations From: Sylvain Schetagne, […]