News Archive: 2009
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- 5 December 2009
- CAUT opposes NSERC's new grant programs
- 4 December 2009
- Lakehead shutdown to go ahead despite faculty criticism
- 3 December 2009
- CAUT council condemns Ontario college management for refusing to negotiate in good faith
- 20 November 2009
- U of T sessionals ratify tentative settlement
- 18 November 2009
- McMaster TAs being "punished" for strike, union argues:
- 18 November 2009
- UWO shuttle bus service rapped
- 17 November 2009
- Amalgamated Transit Union Strike
- 16 November 2009
- Ontario college instructors consider strike action
- 13 November 2009
- uAlberta academic staff to vote on furloughs
- 11 November 2009
- Striking McMaster TAs accept new contract
- 4 November 2009
- Union membership vote for Ontario college part-timers challenged
- 4 November 2009
- Tentative agreement at Toronto libraries
- 3 November 2009
- McMaster teaching, research assistants go on strike
- 3 November 2009
- Nipissing professors approve strike mandate
- 30 October 2009
- Union urges "greylisting" of London Met
- 30 October 2009
- U of T sessionals in strike position November 9
- 13 October 2009
- Librarians and Archivists Request No Board Report
- 12 October 2009
- McMaster union requests conciliator to 'set clock' on possible strike
- 8 October 2009
- Contract teachers at uToronto approve strike mandate
- 29 September 2009
- Goodyear's office threatens to withhold increased SSHRC funding, e-mail indicates
- 28 September 2009
- Strike Vote: Librarians and Archivists vote 88% in favour
- 23 September 2009
- Western's librarians and archivists to hold strike vote
- 22 September 2009
- uCalgary should have reported president's pension earlier, says Alberta auditor-general
- 15 September 2009
- Canada's "top five" universities are wrong to ask for a bigger slice of the pie
- 8 September 2009
- CAUT launches inquiry into York conference
- 28 August 2009
- McMaster support staff could begin striking next week
- 27 August 2009
- OPSEU says colleges "should be ashamed" for delaying unionizing vote count
- 27 August 2009
- Fired uOttawa researcher settles with university
- 18 August 2009
- Laurentian tried to write furlough days into new contract
- 17 August 2009
- Maclean's says "universities at war" over research issue
- 5 August 2009
- uManitoba researcher sanctioned over falsified results
- 4 August 2009
- York asks former judge to review academic conference
- 31 July 2009
- Support staff at McMaster vote to strike
- 29 July 2009
- More uWaterloo students failing English proficiency test
- 24 July 2009
- BC makes $16-million cut to student-aid budget
- 22 July 2009
- Laurentian attempting to lock out staff, says union
- 21 July 2009
- CAUT president highlights threat posed by the casualization of academic work at the UNESCO World Conference on Higher Education
- 16 July 2009
- uCalgary expected to cut 200 positions
- 14 July 2009
- University enrolment in Canada up slightly
- 9 July 2009
- CUPE offers solutions to avoid job cuts at UoGuelph
- 8 July 2009
- Trent releases new president's contract
- 2 July 2009
- Trespassing charges against fired uOttawa professor dropped
- 29 June 2009
- uCalgary to merge arts and social sciences faculties
- 26 June 2009
- 70 academics reportedly arrested in Iran
- 22 June 2009
- FNUC letter to CAUT tries to "rewrite history"
- 17 June 2009
- uOttawa tip line best left on drawing board
- 16 June 2009
- CAUT, York law faculty criticize SSHRC president for "bowing to political pressure"
- 15 June 2009
- $94 million for medical research in Ontario
- 11 June 2009
- CUPE protests job cuts at McMaster graduation ceremonies
- 10 June 2009
- Brandon U to leave 5% of faculty positions vacant
- 9 June 2009
- Lakehead faculty grievance over Google e-mail dismissed
- 2 June 2009
- OPSEU files complaint against Fanshawe
- 1 June 2009
- uWindsor faculty, students criticize parking rate hikes
- 29 May 2009
- McGill to end fiscal year with $13-million deficit
- 27 May 2009
- Social scientists told research funds will flow again
- 26 May 2009
- $1 billion for Ontario campus infrastructure
- 22 May 2009
- uSask develops plan to reduce operating budget
- 21 May 2009
- Lakehead could face potential $50-million deficit
- 19 May 2009
- Supreme Court ruling favours FNUC in academic freedom case
- 15 May 2009
- Who are the highest-paid university faculty in Canada?
- 13 May 2009
- CAUT decries Lakehead pre-Christmas shutdown
- 12 May 2009
- $6-million deficit at uSask
- 11 May 2009
- King's applies for corporate status
- 5 May 2009
- Queen's faculty association say layoffs are already happening
- 4 May 2009
- SFU introduces FD grade
- 1 May 2009
- CUPE worries McMaster will trim use of sessional instructors
- 30 April 2009
- Steelworkers set up shop in Kingston to recruit Queen's staff
- 28 April 2009
- UQAM faculty strike over
- 28 April 2009
- Lakehead faculty protest pre-Christmas shutdown
- 20 April 2009
- CAUT says Canada should not emulate Bologna Process
- 17 April 2009
- UWO senate to address budget woes
- 14 April 2009
- uToronto reviews investment plan after $1-billion loss
- 13 April 2009
- UNB implements wage freeze, hiring cap
- 13 April 2009
- U of W seeks employee concessions
- 9 April 2009
- York University ratifies new collective agreement
- 7 April 2009
- Ontario freshmen less mature, Wikipedia-reliant
- 2 April 2009
- $1-billion investment loss at uToronto
- 1 April 2009
- UoGuelph cuts women's studies, organic agriculture programs
- 31 March 2009
- $84-million deficit projected at uAlberta
- 30 March 2009
- UWOFA Elections Closed
- 27 March 2009
- $600 million for PSE in Manitoba budget
- 25 March 2009
- CUPE claims pressure from UoGuelph to reopen contracts
- 23 March 2009
- UQAM professors protest salaries
- 5 March 2009
- UWO urged to defer capital projects before considering layoffs
- 2 March 2009
- York president on the future of the university
- 2 March 2009
- Financial challenges at Queen's signal faculty, budget cuts
- 24 February 2009
- $8-million budget shortfall at Trent signals hiring, salary freeze
- 20 February 2009
- McGill, UBC, uToronto among Canada's Best Diversity Employers
- 13 February 2009
- Strike at York University
- 10 February 2009
- Golden handshakes at "cash-strapped" Montreal universities
- 9 February 2009
- Nominations for UWOFA Executive and Board of Directors
- 29 January 2009
- McGuinty blames York U. for lack of settlement
- 26 January 2009
- Layoffs Not on the Horizon for Most Firms
- 20 January 2009
- Ontario university applications reach record levels
- 14 January 2009
- 2008 Workshop on Ageism
- 13 January 2009
- uCalgary endowment fund