This year’s theme for International Women’s Day is “ Embrace Equity. ” Nice motto, but how does that translate into the workplace? At the bargaining table, CUFA presented an amendment to Article 35 on parental leave that would allow members returning from such… Read More »
Did you know that many university faculty are currently negotiating their new collective agreement? No fewer than twelve of the province’s eighteen academic institutions faculty associations are at the bargaining table, including CUFA, each at different levels of progress and… Read More »
Thirty-three years ago today, on December 6, 1989, fourteen young women were killed in an abominable, cowardly, anti-feminist crime when a man entered the École Polytechnique and started shooting, but not before asking the men present to leave the classroom.… Read More »
The FQPPU (Fédération Québécoise des Professeures et Professeurs d’université) is actively mobilising for a modification of Bill 32 on academic freedom in universities. You can read their memoire. You can view the Federation’s participation in the public hearings on Tuesday, May… Read More »
Break the bias is the theme of this year’s International Women’s Day. The academic world is no stranger to bias. Women still face significant barriers in their careers, such as pay equity, unconscious bias that hinders their advancement, extra workload… Read More »
Thirty-two years ago, on 6 December 1989, fourteen young women were murdered because they were women and studying to become engineers. We must never forget. For the past 31 years, commemorative events have taken place, but because of the pandemic,… Read More »
Aujourd’hui, le Canada inaugure sa première Journée nationale de la vérité et de la réconciliation. Une journée pour reconnaître le passé colonial du pays et les souffrances infligées aux peuples autochtones, en particulier aux enfants envoyés dans les pensionnats et… Read More »
Today is Canada’s first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. A day to acknowledge the country’s colonial past and the suffering inflicted on Indigenous peoples, especially children sent to residential schools and their families. A day to honour survivors as… Read More »
Last April, the Canadian Association of University Teachers Council voted unanimously to censure the administration of the University of Toronto (see news post below). This very rare sanction was lifted earlier this month after the university agreed to re-offer the… Read More »
The Fédération québécoise des professeures et professeurs d’université (FQPPU) is calling on its 18-member associations and unions to support a censure procedure against the University of Toronto adopted by the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) at its last Council. This rare and exceptional measure was necessitated… Read More »