Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty Association
Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty Association
Dear Colleagues: Today, Minister of Training, Colleges, and Universities Brad Duguid announced a new tuition framework for Ontario’s higher education institutions. The new policy caps yearly increases for undergraduates at 3 per cent (down from 5 per cent under the previous framework, while graduate and professional fees will increase by 5 per cent (down from […]
Save Library and Archives Canada Update – March 2013 LAC gives up on purchased acquisitions of Canadian history In 2009, LAC announced a 10-month moratorium on purchasing acquisitions. Now, almost four years later, acquisitions have still not resumed. LAC’s purchased acquisitions – items of national significance acquired from private individuals or organizations – constitute an […]
Dear Colleagues: Please find attached OCUFA’s 2013 Pre-Budget Submission to the Ontario Legislature’s Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs. The intent of the OCUFA plan outlined in the 2013 Pre-Budget Submission is to enhance the quality and affordability of university education in Ontario by 2020 through increased government investment. It recommendations reflect both the […]
Today the Canadian Association of University Teachers commemorates the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination — a day whose origin was on March 21, 1960. That day, people gathered peacefully outside a police station in Sharpeville, South Africa, without their passbooks, to oppose the apartheid regime’s ‘pass laws’ that separated families, limited movement […]
Greetings, Please find attached the CAUT Analysis of the Federal Budget 2013. _________________________________________________________ Jocelyne Fortier Executive Assistant (Research & Advocacy) / Adjointe de direction (Recherche et promotion des intérêts) CAUT / ACPPU 2705 promenade Queensview Drive Ottawa, ON K2B 8K2 tel/tél: 613.820.2270 x. 171 fax/téléc: 613.820.7244 email/courriel: [email protected] http://www.caut.ca —
CAUT comment on today’s federal budget Attached is CAUT’s statement on today’s federal budget. While not surprising, the budget is truly disappointing. A more detailed commentary will be sent to you in the next day or so. If you have any questions, please let me know. Sincerely, Jim James L. Turk // Executive Director / Directeur général // Canadian […]
Greetings/Salutations, Yesterday in the House of Commons, the Minister responsible for Library and Archives Canada distanced himself from the LAC administration and their “Code of Conduct” (more appropriately named “Muzzle for librarians and archivists”). http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/national/ABCs+behaviour+regulation+federal+librarians+archivists/8122156/story.html Hier, à la Chambre des communes, le ministre responsable de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada prends ses distances […]
Dear Colleagues: We are pleased to announce that the upcoming Toronto universities Town Hall Meeting, “Austerity and Ontario’s Universities: Finding a way forward” will be accessible via live webcast on Wednesday. March 27, from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. For those associations who have not already held a town hall meeting and would like to […]
Greetings, I want to recommend a superb, disturbing, but all too true article on university presidents. It is published in The Nation and written by Scott Sherman. It is entitled, “University Presidents – Speak Out!: Where are their voices on major issues of the day.” You will find it at http://www.thenation.com/article/173015/university-presidents-speak-out I feel his characterization […]
Laurier Librarians of WLUFA support the right of professional librarians to communicate well-founded assessments regarding resources and providers. Librarians play a key role in contributing judgments on resources in aid of collection development. These opinions fall under the principle of academic freedom. Without the freedom to openly discuss and share opinions about academic information products, […]