On the recommendation of the CAUT Executive Committee, CAUT Council has voted to rescind the boycott on the Technical University of British Columbia. The official lifting of the boycott follows extensive negotiations between officials of Canada's newest university and representatives from CAUT and CUFA/BC. A tentative agreement had been reached between the parties in early March, but lifting of the boycott required ratification by CAUT Council.

Despite the lifting of the boycott, council delegates, representing faculty associations and unions across Canada, remained somewhat concerned about the agreement and subsequently passed another resolution which instructed the executive committee to maintain a watching brief on TechBC to ensure that the agreement is fully implemented.

The negotiated agreement focused on four major areas of concern to CAUT -- academic governance of the institution, academic freedom, tenure, and employee bargaining rights. TechBC has agreed to the establishment of an academic planning board, has agreed to a statement on academic freedom, has adopted human resources policy development pertaining to faculty which includes continuing appointments, and has recognized the rights of its employees to decide for themselves what form of collective bargaining they would prefer to adopt.

Council recognized the work of former CAUT President Bill Bruneau, CUFA/BC Executive Director Robert Clift and CUFA/BC President Tony Sheppard for the time and effort they invested in this important agreement.