Criminologist Russel Ogden has been told by the administration at Kwantlen Polytechnic University in Surrey, B.C., that he must stop his research on suicide and as­sisted suicide, despite the fact that his research has been approved by the university’s Research Ethics Board.

The New Brunswick Government is trying a second time to introduce major changes to its post-secondary education system. A new action plan was unveiled in the summer, based on a report released by the working group composed of four of the pr­o­vince’s university pre­sidents and three community college principals.

Two big issues facing post-secon­dary education are funding and how that funding is allocated. Although it is a provincial responsibility, the federal government plays an important role in funding.

Wikipedia didn’t exist in 2001. Not so long ago, it was just an obscure website full of biographies of sports fig­ures and esoteric details about TV shows. But now it is big business.

A CAUT ad hoc investigatory committee has completed its three-year investigation into allegations of threats to freedom of expression at York University that began in 2004.

Jonathan Crane, a University of Toronto student completing a PhD in Modern Jewish Thought, has been chosen for this year’s Ste­wart Reid fellowship sponsored by CAUT.

Academic staff at Brandon University were on the picket lines after talks with the admin­istration broke down earlier in the month.

Hundreds of Israeli academics have signed a petition calling on their government to support academic freedom in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip by removing blockades and checkpoints impeding access to institutions of higher learning.

The Confederation of Alberta Faculty Associations honored two University of Alberta faculty members during a special ceremony in Edmonton. The annual awards recognize academic staff members whose creative or professional involvement have made exceptional contributions to the community-at-large.

Un criminologue s’est vu enjoindre par la direction de l’Université polytechnique Kwantlen, établie à Surrey en Co­lombie-Britanni­que, de mettre un terme à sa recherche sur le suicide et les pratiques d’aide à la mort, malgré le fait que son projet ait re­çu l’approbation du co­mité d’éthi­­que de la recherche de l’université.

Le secteur de l’éducation postsecondaire est confronté aux deux grands enjeux que sont les sources et les mécanismes de financement.

Des centaines d’universitaires israéliens ont signé une pétition appelant leur gouvernement à soutenir la liberté académique en Cisjordanie et dans la Bande de Gaza en supprimant les points de contrôle et les barrages routiers qui entravent l’accès aux établissements d’enseignement supérieur.

La Confederation of Alberta Faculty Associations (CAFA), l’organisme provincial qui représente les associations du personnel aca­démique des Universités de l’Alberta, de Lethbridge et d’Atha­bas­ca, a décerné ses prix annuels à deux professeurs de l’Université de l’Alberta lors d’une cérémonie spéciale tenue le 18 septembre à Edmonton.

L'ACPPU a décerné cette année la bourse commémorative Stewart-Reid à un étudiant au doctorat en pensée juive moderne à l’Université de Toronto.

À l’issue d’une enquête de trois ans, un co­mité spécial de l’ACPPU vient de déposer son rap­port sur les présumées menaces à la liberté d’expression qui auraient été constatées à partir de 2004 à l’Université York.

The University of Windsor Faculty As­sociation and university nego­tiators resumed mediation talks Oct. 1, as strike action that began Sept. 17 continued.