WLUFA

Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty Association

WLUFA

Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty Association

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Comprehensive Report Confirms What Contract Faculty Already Know: Canadian universities make an “institutional choice” to perpetuate precarious employment

By lwatsonPosted on Posted in Main Postings

After years of attempting to get a comprehensive picture of the use of contract faculty in Canadian universities, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives has published its ground-breaking report, Contract U: Contract faculty appointments at Canadian universities. Achieved through FIPPA reqests to all 78 publically-funded Canadian universities, the report confirms what many of us have […]

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Milton Cancellation Only One Part of a “Gloomy Forecast” for PSE: Letter from WLUFA President, David Monod

By lwatsonPosted on Posted in Main Postings

  Dear colleagues, The creation of a satellite campus in Milton was always a controversial topic among faculty, and I know many of you will welcome the provincial government’s announcement that it will not be funded.  I don’t want to comment on whether the Milton campus should, or should not, be opened.  Rather, I’d like […]

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Investigation launched into alleged academic freedom violations at Thompson Rivers University / Enquête sur des allégations d’atteinte à la liberté académique à l’Université Thompson Rivers

By wlufaPosted on Posted in CAUT, Main Postings

Investigation launched into alleged academic freedom violations at Thompson Rivers University   (Ottawa— 31 October, 2018) The Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) has established an investigation into the case of Professor Derek Pyne at Thompson Rivers University to determine if his academic freedom was violated.   In April 2017, Professor Pyne published an article […]

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