Bargaining wire: Strike vote at Algoma, settlements at Brescia and OCADU
The part-time academic staff at Algoma University held a strike vote at the end of January. Of those casting a ballot, 85% were in favour […]
Continue reading »Data Check: Women still struggle for equality in STEM fields
A recent study from Statistics Canada observed that women are still under-represented in STEM fields (science, technology, engineering, mathematics and computer science), despite their growing […]
Continue reading »Dressing up a modest budget for post-secondary education
Today’s federal budget shortchanges Canada’s academic research funding agencies while promising over a billion dollars from future governments’ budgets. “We are disappointed that new money […]
Continue reading »Data Check: University funding in Ontario falls behind
New data shows that the Ontario government operating funding to universities in 2012-13 did not keep up with enrolment increases. For the first time in […]
Continue reading »Ontario announces $190 million in research funding
On January 20, 2014, the Government of Ontario announced $190 million in new research funding. The funding, which will be distributed through the Ontario Research […]
Continue reading »CAUT and CFS withdraw from Copyright Board Hearing
The Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) and the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) announced today that they will withdraw their participation from the Post-Secondary […]
Continue reading »Canadian universities sacrifice principles in pursuing collaborations: report
In their drive to attract new revenues by collaborating with corporations, donors, and governments, Canadian universities are entering into agreements that place unacceptable limits on […]
Continue reading »UOIT faculty hand negotiators a strong strike mandate
OSHAWA – Faculty at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) have voted 85 per cent in favour of a strike mandate to back […]
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