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 »
La Fédération québécoise des professeures et professeurs d’université (FQPPU) appelle ses 18 associations et syndicats membres à soutenir une procédure de blâme contre l’Université de Toronto adoptée par l’Association canadienne des professeures et professeurs d’université (ACPPU) lors de son dernier Conseil. Cette mesure rare et exceptionnelle a… Read More »
The Concordia University Faculty Association joins the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT), Fédération Québécoise des Professeures et Professeurs d’Université (FQPPU), and other faculty associations across Canada to express support for the Laurentian University Faculty Association (LUFA) and denounces the… Read More »
At CUFA’s Council and General Assembly held on Wednesday, April 21, 2021 the following duly moved and seconded motion on the IHRA’s Definition of Antisemitism, was adopted (68% in favour, 17% against, 15% abstain): “CUFA unequivocally supports the academic freedom of… Read More »