When Jenny Peto received her master’s degree from University of Toronto’s Ontario Institute for Studies in Education in June 2010, she had no idea she would become the target of political denunciation reminiscent of U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy at the height of the Cold War.

A report titled innocuously “Securing a Sustainable Future for Higher Education” has been released in Britain, to the general des­pair of academic staff. Its recommendations will dramatically reshape the academic landscape by restructuring post-secondary education financing.

We would like to express our profound disappointment with the CAUT report on the removal of the director of the Balsillie School of International Affairs, “Investigation Faults Waterloo & Laurier” (Bulletin, November 2010).

Those who read this report on Dr. Tha­kur will make up their own minds about whether it is “biased and incomplete.”

An associate professor of women’s studies at York University and founder of the Association for Research on Mothering, has received CAUT’s 2010 Sarah Shorten Award for significant contributions to promoting the advancement of women in Canada’s universities and colleges.

CAUT has issued an informative guide for academic staff working overseas. The new handbook is a free publication that features general advice on both short-term visits and longer-term secondments.

Representatives from student and union groups participating at a Quebec government meeting of education stakeholders last month walked out when plans for tuition fee hikes beginning in 2012 were unveiled.

CAUT will mark the 60th anni­ver­sary of its founding in 1951 with special events at the April council meeting. “We hope all associations will be present to celebrate this milestone in our organization’s life,” said former CAUT president Penni Stewart.

Library and information education has had an evolving relationship with the university for more than a century. The Demise of the Library School is a well-written volume of personal and professional thoughts on the state of professional graduate library and archives programs in higher education today.

Hugh Trevor-Roper was the writer of Letters from Oxford. That book showed how T-R’s life was tied to a galaxy of “influential persons,” and made surprising disclosures about university politics.

Lorsque Jenny Peto a reçu sa maîtrise de l’Institut d’études pédagogiques de l’Ontario, à l’Université de Toronto, elle était bien loin de penser qu’elle serait la cible d’attaques par des politiciens.

Un rapport intitulé « Securing a Sustainable Future for Higher Education (assurer un avenir durable à l’enseignement supérieur) » a été publié en Grande-Bretagne au grand désarroi du personnel académique. Ses recommandations transformeront de manière radicale le paysage de l’enseignement supérieur en restructurant le financement de l’éducation postsecondaire.

L'ACPPU a publié un guide d’information à l’intention du personnel académique travaillant à l’étranger, qui donne des conseils généraux sur les courtes visites et sur les prêts de service de longue durée.

Une professseure agrégée à l’École d’Études des femmes de l’Université York et fondatrice de l’Association for Research on Mothering s’est vu décer­ner par l’ACPPU le prix Sarah-Shorten de 2010.

Fondée en 1951, l’ACPPU soulignera son soixantenaire par des activités spéciales lors de l’assemblée d’avril du Conseil.