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Every year, on this National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, we pay tribute to the fourteen young women victims of the 1989 École Polytechnique massacre. We still feel immense sadness when hearing their names: Anne-Marie Edward; Annie St-Arneault; Barbara Daigneault; Geneviève Bergeron; Maryse Leclair; Maud Haviernick;...

The Fédération des professeures et professeurs d’Université du Québec (FQPPU) is launching a petition submitted to the National Assembly to protect the public-interest mission of Quebec universities. 👉 Sign and share the petition This initiative is part of the Relight the Beacon campaign, which seeks to collectively defend the essential pillars of our...

Here is a request from the faculty members of Athabasca University sent out via CAUT mailing list. CUFA supports AUFA at the bargaining table and you also have the opportunity to express your support as per the request below: Dear fellow CAUT members, You may recall providing pivotal support to...

In early September, members of CUFA's executive and bargaining teams participated in the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) regional school. The timely theme—Strengthening Power at the Bargaining Table—and the convenient location on the Loyola campus made CUFA's participation a no-brainer. Faculty associations from Eastern Canada and Quebec that will...

On November 4, Prime Minister Mark Carney will introduce a federal budget. It has been widely telegraphed that the budget will enact 15% cuts across all federal departments over three years.  If research agencies like SSHRC, NSERC and CIHR are affected, millions in research grants and graduate training could disappear. ...