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REMINDER: Call for Nominations for CAUT Equity Award   CAUT is soliciting nominations for the CAUT Equity Award. The Award was established in 2010 to recognize post-secondary academic staff who have demonstrated an outstanding commitment to challenging exclusionary behaviours and practices such as racism and homophobia and by so doing have made post-secondary education in […]

Supplement to 2005 CAUT Travel Advisory   Recent controversies at points of entry to both Canada and the United States have triggered concerns over the exercise of powers by officers of the respective border agencies.  US agents are in some cases reportedly demanding access to electronic devices such as laptops, notepads, and cell phones. The […]

Please distribute widely. Harry Crowe Foundation Olivieri Lecture on medical ethics – November 9   Please plan to attend this year’s Harry Crowe Foundation Olivieri Lecture on Medical Ethics : MÉNAGE À TROIS – The pharmaceutical industry, the medical profession and government   Presented by Dr. Joel Lexchin, Professor Emeritus York University, and emergency physician […]

*** La version française suit ***   Memorandum 17:34   Date:  October 25, 2017   To:  Presidents and Administrative Officers, Local, Federated and Provincial Associations   From:  David Robinson, Executive Director   Re:  Call for Nominations for CAUT Equity Award       CAUT is soliciting nominations for the CAUT Equity Award. The Award was […]

*** La version française suit ***   Memorandum 17:35   Date:  October 25, 2017   To:  Presidents and Administrative Officers, Local, Federated and Provincial Associations   From:  David Robinson, Executive Director   Re:  Call for Nominations for Bernice Schrank Award         CAUT is soliciting nominations for the Bernice Schrank Award. The Award […]

*** La version française suit ***   Memorandum 17:33   Date:  October 25, 2017   To:  Presidents and Administrative Officers, Local, Federated and Provincial Associations   From:  David Robinson, Executive Director   Re:  Call for Nominations for Donald C. Savage Award         CAUT is soliciting nominations for the CAUT Donald C. Savage […]

*** La version française suit ***   Memorandum 17:31   Date:  October 18, 2017   To:  Presidents and Administrative Officers, Local, Federated and Provincial Associations   From:  David Robinson, Executive Director   Re:  2015–2016 University and College Financial Reports Now Available On-line       Since 1999, CAUT has distributed to our local associations annual […]

*** La version française suit ***   Memorandum 17:29   Date:  October 12, 2017   To:  Presidents and Administrative Officers, Local and Federated Associations   From:  David Robinson, Executive Director   Re:  CAUT New Activists Workshop — November 23, 2017         The recruitment and retention of members into active volunteer service is […]

Memorandum 17:28   Date:  October 12, 2017   To:  Presidents and Administrative Officers, Local, Federated and Provincial Associations   From:  David Robinson, Executive Director   Re:  Copibec Lawsuit against Laval University         CAUT has a long history of engagement with copyright issues, advocating for laws that support academic authors, teachers and researchers. […]

Memo 17:26   Date:  October 4, 2017   To:  Presidents and Administrative Officers, Local, Federated and Provincial Associations   From:  David Robinson, Executive Director   Subject:  CAUT Francophones’ Conference, February 23–24, 2018, Sheraton Ottawa Hotel         Please disseminate the conference details as broadly as possible to your members. We hope that each […]