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Academic staff from across Canada to lobby for more funding
[2009 12 01] Academic staff associations from across Canada will be meeting with their Members of Parliament this Thursday for CAUT’s annual Parliament Hill Day.
They will be calling on MPs to support CAUT’s demand to boost funding through the granting councils for untargeted, peer-reviewed basic research.
“These meetings are particularly important now, because increased investments in post-secondary education and research are vital in aiding the economic recovery and promoting long-term social development,” said CAUT executive director James Turk.
MPs will be pressed to support increased transfer payments for post-secondary education to the provinces and to make education more accessible by lowering tuition fees and creating more student places
“Top five” universities spark anger with call for bigger share of funding
[2009 08 28] The presidents of Canada’s so-called “top five” universities have sparked anger across the country with their call for a bigger piece of the already small post-secondary education funding pie.
The leaders of the universities of Toronto, British Columbia, Alberta and Montreal, and of McGill University say a new national strategy for post-secondary education should direct more of the available money for research to their institutions.
[more] Minister Goodyear Tampers With Conference
[2009 06 17] CAUT has called upon Minister Goodyear to resign after learning that that the latter had attempted to persuade SSHRC president to withdraw the granting agency's support from a conference at York University because of its politically sensitive nature. Attached is an open letter that was sent to the President of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council regarding SSHRC's capitulation to Minster of Science and Technology Gary Goodyear's intervention regarding the York University conference on Israel/Palestine to be held June 22-24. [CAUT Open Letter to SSHRC President (2009-06-12)]
Announcements
Negotiating Blues
[2009 12 17] Checkout a video of Allan, Peter, and Richard doing a rendition of "Negotiating Blues", written by Allan Fraser and performed at the CBUFA Social on Nov 20th, 2009, given to express thanks to our negotiating team for the hard work that did on our recent contract. You can also download the lyrics.
CBUFA Social
[2009 11 09] An evening to show appreciation to our negotiating team of Peter MacIntyre, Kim Lake, Calvin Howley, and Allan Fraser.
Location: Lyceum 225 George St., Sydney
Date: Friday, November 20th
Time: 5:00 – 7:00.
Recent Activity
Social Committee
[2009 11 18] The Social Committee develops and administers social, cultural, and recreational activities for CBUFA members.
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Collective Agreement
[2009 11 02] 2009 Collective Agreement between Cape Breton University Association (CBUFA) and Board of Governors. [Download]
The academic portfolio
[2009 06 26] Now in the Library! The academic portfolio : a practical guide to documenting teaching, research, and service / Peter Seldin, J. Elizabeth Miller.
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