CAUT is calling for an overhaul of the federal government’s science policy and funding for research in Canada, following widespread concerns over recent research and science-related decisions.

Over the last five years a disturbing pattern has emerged at the annual congress of the humanities and social sciences regarding the lack of affordable and accessible on-site child care. Indeed, the lack of services for child care at the congress has become the norm.

With Prince Edward Island’s projected deficit nearing $60 million this year, the provincial Liberal government’s March 27 budget announcement amounted to an about-face on last year’s promise of restoring the province to fiscal balance by 2015.

Access to the results of academic scholarship and research is in a crisis today due in part to the proliferation of expensive, for-profit, scholarly journals. Most library budgets can no longer maintain extensive collections of periodicals, let alone acquire new ones.

Manitoba post-secondary institutions were dealt a surprise in the province’s April 16 budget announcement that reneged on a promised five per cent increase to base operating grants.

A blue-ribbon commission is calling for changes to the governance structure of the Royal Military College of Canada (RMCC) in order to protect the academic integrity of the institution.

Protests continue in Alberta in the wake of deep cuts to post-secondary education funding announced in the province’s 2013–2014 budget last March.

In response to refusals to accept its proposed licence fee increases, Access Copyright has taken legal action against Toronto’s York University — one of the universities that has opted out.

More Canadians say the federal government is on the wrong track when it comes to science and research policy, according to a public opinion poll released last month.

Marie Battiste is the 2013 recipient of CAUT’s Distinguished Academic Award, the highest honour it can bestow on an academic in recognition of extraordinary contributions as a teacher, as a researcher, and in service to the community.

An independent investigation into the seizure of the research records of two former University of Ottawa professors by the UOttawa Institute of Mental Health Research and the Royal Ottawa Hospital has found the action unjustified and put the privacy of research subjects at risk.

A managing editor and a business correspondent have won CAUT’s 12th annual Excellence in Education Journalism awards.

A petition calling on Western University to end its Access Copyright agreement has been signed by 70 library workers at the university, ahead of the renewal deadline.

I write to correct a possible misperception created by the April Bulletin article “‘Smoke & mirrors’ obscure Nova Scotia’s budget.”

The practical reality for many German academics and researchers is that publishing in English is becoming progressively more vital for their careers. However, some German linguists are railing against this process and drawing attention to its associated cultural, political and academic dilemmas.

How should I use technology in my courses? What impact does technology have on student learning? Is distance learning effective? These are some of the questions that instructors raise as technology becomes an integral part of the educational experience.

How do you get yourself heard amid the volume of information in today’s 24-hour news cycle, and get your message across in an environment where blogs and Twitter vie with traditional media?

Mad Matters brings together the writings of this vital movement, which has grown explosively in the years since.

The author exposes the exploitation and entrapment in Canada’s student loan system: a system that cripples or destroys the careers of thousands while lining the pockets of banks, collection agencies and bureaucrats.