Category: CAUT

Greetings, I want to recommend a superb, disturbing, but all too true article on university presidents. It is published in The Nation and written by Scott Sherman. It is entitled, “University Presidents – Speak Out!: Where are their voices on major issues of the day.”  You will find it at http://www.thenation.com/article/173015/university-presidents-speak-out I feel his characterization […]

Greetings, Please find attached the CAUT’s 2013 International Women’s Day statement. The statement is also available on our website at http://www.caut.ca/pages.asp?page=1139.  Feel free to distribute widely via email and other social media networks. The official women’s day twitter handle is @womensday. Please use the following hashtags when tweeting: #womensday, #IWD2013, #cdnpse, and #cdnpoli Regards, Jim […]

Greetings, In April 2011, CAUT released a document entitled Guidelines for the Use of Copyrighted Material. Since that time the Parliament of Canada has amended the Copyright Act, adding important new rights for the education community. Additionally, in December 2012 the Supreme Court of Canada handed down a series of copyright decisions — decisions that […]

Greetings, I am pleased to advise you that our colleagues at St. Francis Xavier have reached a tentative settlement after 17 days on strike. A ratification vote is scheduled for tomorrow, with the Executive unanimously recommending acceptance. Details of the settlement will be released to the membership at the meeting. As we saw with Brandon […]

Greetings, Our colleagues in the St Francis Xavier Association of University Teachers (St FXAUT) began went on strike today. The Association represents over 400 members in eight different employee groups engaged in teaching and research at StFX, over one third of whom are on limited-term contracts. Details are available at www.stfxaut.ca. Please send messages of […]

Bill C-377 passed Tuesday by the House of Commons, unless it can be stopped in the Senate or through legal action, will require every labour organization [local, provincial and national] – whether unionized or not –to file the following detailed information annually.  This information will be posted by the Canada Revenue Agency on a public […]

Greetings (sadly), The House of Commons narrowed passed anti-labour Bill C-377 this evening by a 147-135 margin. The Bill now goes to the Senate. The Bill amends the Income Tax Act of Canada to require all labour organizations (including unions, associations, and federations) to file 29 schedules of financial information with the Federal Minister of […]

For immediate release   Canadian Association of University Teachers launches Canada’s Past Matters campaign   (Ottawa: November 22, 2012) The Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) has unveiled a national campaign exposing the threats to Canada’s cultural institutions and historic sites and proposing what must be done to reverse the damage. The “Canada’s Past Matters” […]

November 15, 2012 M E M O R A N D U M   12:44   TO:                 Presidents and Administrative Officers – Local, Federated and Provincial Associations FROM:            James L. Turk, Executive Director   RE:                  CAUT Statement for the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women on December 6th   In […]

I am forwarding this message on behalf of the CAUT Executive Committee. CAUT Declares an ALERT for Concordia University College of Alberta CAUT has issued an ALERT to draw attention to the serious threat to the collective bargaining rights of the faculty at Concordia University College of Alberta. This is the first time in more […]