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Protecting academic freedom and our democracy: The role of faculty unions

By Randi Weingarten This article is adapted from a keynote address given to the CAUT and Educational International...

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April 2025

President’s message / We must look up: Responding to our shared national moment

By Peter McInnis In the 2021 political satire “Don’t Look Up,” astronomers attempt to warn...

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April 2025

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April 2025

By the numbers / Declining affordability of post-secondary education

Since the 2000-2001 academic year, average undergraduate tuition and compulsory fees have...

In this Issue

Executive director's corner / A new deal for post-secondary education and research

By David Robinson The word “unprecedented” has been used a lot in recent weeks to describe events south of...

Letter to the Editor

By George Elliott Clarke In the feature article entitled, “EDI: Under attack or empowered?,” authors Momin...

News / Federal election called for April 28

On March 23, a day before MPs were scheduled to return to Parliament, Prime Minister Mark Carney asked the...

News / Trump administration threatening Canadian researchers

The Trump administration’s threats against Canada have extended beyond imposing tariffs to threatening to...

News / CAUT mobilizes academic staff over cuts

CAUT is rallying academic staff and allies to take part in its “stop the cuts” letter-writing...

News / Unions criticize Ontario’s Doug Ford re-election

Ontario premier Doug Ford returned to Queen’s Park with a third straight majority government after a...

News / Quebec’s unions oppose bill that gives province power over strikes

Quebec’s unions have come out strongly against Bill 89, which they see as an attack on organized...

News / Five unions apply for CAUT membership

The application for CAUT membership of the Association of Part-Time Professors of the University of...

News / University of Manitoba academic staff ratify new collective agreement

Members of the University of Manitoba Faculty Association (UMFA) ratified a four-year agreement with the...

News / Contract academic staff at U of T authorize strike mandate

After months of stalled negotiations to sign new collective agreements, contract academic staff with CUPE...

News / York University Senators seek judicial review of enrolment suspensions

Four York University Senators and a member of its Academic Planning and Research Committee are seeking a...

News / Association of Nova Scotia University Teachers fights “egregious” Bill 12

The Association of Nova Scotia University Teachers (ANSUT) is calling on its 1,300 individual members and...

Obituary / Doug Lorimer

Professor Doug Lorimer passed away on March 19. Lorimer served on the Canadian Association of University...

Commentary / Standing together against Bill 12: The fight for Nova Scotia’s universities

By Teresa Workman The Nova Scotia government’s recent introduction of Bill 12 — one of several pieces of...

Commentary / Canada’s overzealous copyright law deprives us of our own cultural heritage

By Donald Taylor and Jennifer Zerkee In 2024, the estate of street photographer Vivian Maier, who died 15...

Interview / Carys Craig

Carys Craig is a legal scholar and copyright and artificial intelligence expert at Osgoode Hall Law School, York...