• Authorized: A working group to explore the provision of services for retired faculty and the status of membership for retired members with the intention of presenting a report to Council in May 1997.
  
• Approved: Policy Guidelines on Cutbacks and Retrenchment in Universities and their effects on Librarians (revised)
  
• Approved: Guidelines for the Appointment and Review of University Chief Librarians
  
• Approved: Model Clause on Legal Liability
  
• Approved: Model Clause on Suspension, Discipline and Dismissal
  
• Carried: That CAUT Council authorize the CAUT Executive to explore, with the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada and the Canadian Federation of Students, the possibility of creating and independent voluntary pan-Canadian system of accreditation for universities in Canada (and fr university programs in institutions that are not chartered as universities) based on the objective and historic mission of each university and institution involved, and designed to ensure high academic standards.
  
• Carried: That CAUT contribute a sum equal to 25 cents per individual member in CAUT as of November 1996 to CHO!CES to use in development of its 1997 alternative budget.
  

Council Resolution - Trent Strike

THAT CAUT Council express its solidarity for the Trent University Faculty Association in its strike against the Trent University Board of Governors.

Council Resolution - Manitoba's Bill 32

THAT CAUT go on record as supporting MOFA's opposition to Bill 32, and THAT CAUT, in cooperation with MOFA, urge the opposition parties to take the position that, if elected, they will abolish the Conservative government's new commission for higher education and replace it with structures which guarantee representation by faculty, students, administrators, and the government and which respect the autonomy of the universities and the academic freedom of the academic staff.

Council Resolution - Copyright Legislation

THAT CAUT Council urge the Government of Canada to honour its commitments to the education and library communities concerning phase II of the copyright legislation by passing Bill C-32 with the exceptions proposed by the government and to accept the amendments suggested to the Heritage Committee by CAUT and AUCC.

Council Resolution - University of Minnesota

THAT this Council stands in solidarity with its colleagues at the University of Minnesota as they seek to bargain collectively for academic freedom and shared university governance.