Canada’s academic scientists and engineers are increasingly anxious about the effectiveness of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council’s Discovery Grant Program after only 58 per cent of applications were successful in the 2010 competition.

Every qualified student, Canadians and their governments believe, should have access to post-secondary education. But is near universal access a realistic goal given current tuition policy in most Canadian provinces? Data suggests students from lower income backgrounds are under represented in post-secondary education.

Academic staff at the University of Western Ontario have voted in favour of strike action. Their last contract has expired.

A student working towards a PhD in political science at York University has been awarded CAUT’s J.H. Stewart Reid fellowship.

Scientists at Natural Resources Canada must have ministerial approval before speaking to journalists, according to documents obtained by Postmedia News reporter through the Access to Information Act.

Crandall University (formerly known as Atlantic Baptist University) in Moncton has been added to CAUT’s list of univer­sities and colleges that have a faith or ideological test as a condition of employment.

A report into Nova Scotia’s post-secon­dary system is proposing sweeping changes and raising the ire of students. Citing government fiscal restraint and declining enrolment, the report prepared calls for cost-containment and deregulation of tuition fees.

Two professors have been chosen by the 4,000+ member Confederation of Alberta Faculty Associations community to receive the 2010 Distinguished Academic Awards for “outstanding contribu­tions to the wider community be­yond the academy.”

In July, a Conservative MP claimed that when he was industry minister during the last census in 2006, he received about 1,000 complaints a day during the census taking.

CAUT member associations have been very successful in organizing contract academic staff and this has resulted in better pay and work conditions. But contract academics still face challenges in making the remuneration leap.

Stem cells and “STEM sells” are nearly synonymous these days. Both stand for the belief that our future health and wealth will emerge from high-tech research.

Les chercheurs et les ingénieurs des univer­sités canadiennes s’interrogent de plus en plus sé­ri­eusement sur l’efficacité du Programme de subventions à la décou­verte du Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada (CRSNG).

Les Canadiens et leurs gouvernements sont unanimes à reconnaître que l’éducation postsecon­daire devrait être accessible à tous les étudiants qualifiés. Les données portent à croire que les étudiants issus d’une famille à faible revenu sont sous-représentés tout particu­lièrement dans les universités.

L'Université Crandall (anciennement l’Université baptiste de l’Atlantique) vient d’être ajoutée à la liste établie par l’ACPPU des universités et collèges qui impo­sent, comme condition d’embauche, l’obligation de subir un test d’obédience idéologique ou de foi.

L'ACPPU a décerné cette année la bourse commémorative Stewart-Reid à une doctorante en science politique à l’Université York.

La colère gronde chez les étudiants de la Nouvelle-Écosse depuis la publication d’un rapport recommandant une réforme radicale du système universitaire de la province.

Selon des documents obtenus par une journaliste de l’agence Postmedia News grâce à la Loi sur l’accès à l’information, les scientifiques à l’emploi de Ressources naturelles Canada (RNCan) doivent obtenir l’autorisation ministérielle pour parler aux journalistes.