A nationwide poll revealed last month that almost six out of 10 Canadians said spending on post-secondary education should be increased even if it means paying higher taxes.

Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to Britain to beatify John Henry Newman neatly coincided with the threat of a cut in government support for arts and humanities teaching. The Cardinal is only one or two miracles away from sainthood.

The Conservative government’s latest copyright bill is a vast improvement over its predecessors — but one part has seriously negative consequences for most Canadians. The Copyright Modernization Act (Bill C-32) raises important issues for academic staff, and we need to mobilize urgently.

Student leaders from across the country rallied on Parliament Hill to unveil an 85,000-signature petition calling for more federal investment in higher education, as part of their Education is a Right campaign.

A University of New Brunswick biology professor serving on CAUT’s women’s committee has been elected as chair of the committee for the remainder of the term of the former chair, who resigned from the position last month.

Dr. Larry Reynolds has been restored as professor of medicine at the University of Manito­ba and the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, with joint ap­pointments in family medicine and obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences.

Canada’s highest court has denied the University of British Columbia Faculty Association’s application, supported by CAUT, for leave to appeal a B.C. Court of Appeal decision that upheld an arbitrator’s ruling that he did not have jurisdiction over a grievance.

In a move that a health care advocacy group says is like “putting biker gangs in charge of street crime,” British Columbia is handing pharmaceutical companies more control over drug coverage decisions by giving them advanced inside information.

Carleton University’s Board of Governors will no longer withhold membership fees from student unions on campus, according to an agreement reached last month.

The Mount Allison Faculty Association and university administration are to begin hearings before a conciliation board, the province of New Brunswick has announced.

An arbitrator has found that Lakehead University violated its collective agreement by shutting down the university for four days in December 2009 and reducing the pay of faculty as a result.

The Prince Edward Island government is threatening to in­troduce legislative changes that would allow for new degree-granting ar­rangements on the Island, unless the University of Prince Edward Island agrees to partner with a millionaire developer for a program in real estate studies.

The federal government introduced the Copyright Modernization Act. Since then, a law professor and his students at uOttawa have compiled and edited cogent studies of Bill C-32 by 20 of Canada’s leading academic specialists in copyright law.

A new professor entering academia on the tenure track is usually given plenty of advice. Indeed, there are a great many books written to help new academics navigate the publishing and research requirements of getting tenure.

Selon un sondage ACPPU/Harris-Décima mené à l’échelle nationale, près de six Canadiens sur dix estiment que les gouvernements devraient consacrer plus de fonds à l’éducation postsecon­daire même s’il faut pour cela hausser les impôts.

La dernière mouture du projet de loi conservateur sur le droit d’auteur constitue certes une avancée considérable sans précédent dans ce domaine, mais le projet dans sa forme actuelle renferme certaines dispositions qui engendreront des conséquences négatives graves pour un grand nombre de Canadiens.

Le gouvernement de la Colombie-Britannique donnera aux compagnies pharmaceutiques davantage de pouvoir dans le dossier des mé­dicaments assurés en leur commu­niquant d’avance des renseignements confidentiels.

Dans le cadre de la campagne « L’éducation est un droit », les leaders étudiants de partout au pays se sont rassemblés sur la Colline du Parlement pour livrer une pétition appelant le gouvernement fédéral à majorer le financement de l’éducation supérieure.

Une profes­seure de biolo­gie à l’Université du Nouveau-Brunswick et membre du Comité des femmes de l’ACPPU a été élue à la présidence du co­mité jusqu’à la fin du mandat pré­vu pour un membre qui a présenté sa démission du poste.

Le plus haut tribunal du Canada a rejeté la demande d’autorisa­tion présentée par l’association du personnel académique de l’Univer­sité de la Colombie-Britannique (UBCFA), et appuyée par l’ACPPU, pour porter en appel si la décision d’un arbitre contrevenait à la convention collective.