Outsourcing Several universities and colleges have or are considering outsourcing their IT systems to cloud computing providers such as Google and Microsoft 360. The attached briefing note, also available on the CAUT website, looks at the impact this has on the academic freedom and privacy rights of staff, and what academic staff associations can […]
Month: September 2015
Science and Democracy Under Threat
Sent on behalf of the Communications Committee and Executive Committee Dear Faculty: With the federal election around the corner, we wanted to alert you to an important forum on issues that are important to academics and provide some model questions about those issues that can be posed at upcoming all-candidate debates in Waterloo […]
OCUFA Status of Women committee is now accepting nominations
Hello all, The OCUFA Status of Women committee is now accepting nominations for the 2015 Award of Distinction. This award honours those who have improved the lives of women academic staff at Ontario universities and is presented to a member in good standing of an OCUFA-affiliated faculty association. Information on the distinguished group […]
Nominations for OCUFA’s 2015 Lorimer Distinguished Service Award for Bargaining – deadline December 18, 2015
Dear Colleagues: Nominations are now open for OCUFA’s 2015 Lorimer Award. This award recognizes outstanding contributions to improving the terms and conditions of employment of Ontario university faculty through bargaining. It was created by OCUFA in 2009 in honor of Doug and Joyce Lorimer. Attached to this email, please find promotional flyers in English […]
CAUT Dedicated Service Award / Prix pour services insignes de l’ACPPU
Memorandum 15:28 Date: September 22, 2015 To: Presidents and Administrative Officers, Local, Federated and Provincial Associations From: David Robinson, Executive Director Re: CAUT Dedicated Service Award The CAUT Dedicated Service Award was established to recognize exceptional service provided by individuals at the local or provincial level. This award is granted […]
Harry Crowe Foundation Conference – Academic Freedom in the Managed University: Conflict, Controversy, and Control – February 26-27, 2016 – Toronto
Memorandum Date: September 16, 2015 To: Directors, Harry Crowe Foundation Presidents and Administrative Officers Local, Provincial and Federated Associations From: David C. Johnson, President Re: Academic Freedom in the Managed University: Conflict, Controversy, and Control Academic freedom has always faced threats from powerful interests outside the university. Today, developments within our campuses are increasingly […]
CAUT New Activist Workshop – November 26, 2015
Memorandum 15:21 Date: September 9, 2015 To: Presidents and Administrative Officers, Local and Federated Associations From: David Robinson, Executive Director Re: CAUT New Activist Workshop – November 26, 2015 The recruitment and retention of members into active volunteer service is an ongoing challenge for […]
Algoma Arbitration Award / Décision arbitrale concernant Algoma
Memorandum 15: 20 Date: September 1, 2015 To: Presidents and Administrative Officers, Local, Provincial and Federated Associations From: David Robinson, Executive Director Re: Algoma Arbitration Award I would like to advise you of an important arbitration award involving the Algoma University Faculty Association in which the University’s efforts to prevent arbitration of a tenure and […]
Take Action – Selfies of Fed-up Contract Workers! / Agissez – des égoportraits de contractuels qui disent: assez, c’est assez!
From: CAUT / ACPPU [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: September-09-15 11:28 AM Subject: Take Action – Selfies of Fed-up Contract Workers! / Agissez – des égoportraits de contractuels qui disent: assez, c’est assez! *** La version française suit *** Memorandum 15:22 Date: September 9, 2015 To: Presidents and Administrative Officers, Local, Provincial and Federated Associations From: Sylvain Schetagne, […]
Academia’s dirty little secret
Academia’s dirty little secret