Written by Philip Girvan, this article appears in the Spring 2016 issue of The Beacon “The general consensus is that the longer you spend as a contract academic, whatever you want to call it, part-time instructor the worse off it is for you.” – Anon The Winter 2016 issue of The Beacon highlighted issues raised […]
Read More »Full transcript of the President’s Report presented at the Annual General Meeting of the StFXAUT membership on May 4, 2016 by Brad Long Welcome everyone. My report consists simply of several updates from my vantage as President, a few reminders, and a few words of thanks. I’ll start with a note about students. One of the […]
Read More »Written by Mathias Nilges, this article first appeared in the Winter 2016 edition of The Beacon One of the unwritten rules of fine dining is that good service be prompt, attentive, and competent and at the same time practically invisible. The less one notices the service, in other words, while feeling expertly taken care of, […]
Read More »Written by Philip Girvan, this article first appeared in the Winter 2016 edition of The Beacon. Canadian post-secondary institutions have become increasingly dependent on temporary or Contract Academic Staff (CAS). CAUT director of research and political action, Sylvain Schetagne, notes in the October 2015 issue of the CAUT/ACPPU Bulletin, that “[m]ore than 30 per cent of […]
Read More »This profile of Dr. Robin Bourgeois originally appeared in the Fall 2015 edition of The Beacon. Getting to Know You: Dr. Robyn Bourgeois joins Coady’s Indigenous Women in Community Leadership Program “A nation is not conquered until the hearts of the women are on the ground. Then it’s done no matter how strong the warriors or how […]
Read More »CAUT Statement on the National Day of Mourning For Workers Killed or Injured on the Job Every year, over one thousand workers in Canada die on the job, and thousands more are injured or made ill. The National Day of Mourning for Workers Killed or Injured on the Job is a time for all Canadians […]
Read More »Howe, Eric. “TransformUS: Even Worse than Predicted.” University of Saskatchewan Faculty Association, January 20, 2014. Web.
Read More »Groarke, Leo and Beverly Hamilton. “Doing the PPP: A Skeptical Perspective.” Academic Matters, January 13, 2014. Web.
Read More »Heron, Craig. “Robert Dickeson: Right for Ontario? An Analysis of Program Prioritization.” Toronto: Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations, December 4, 2013. Web.
Read More »Howe, Eric. “The Emperor Isn’t Wearing any Clothes: Intellectually Bankrupt Academic Prioritization.” University of Saskatchewan Faculty Association, November 15, 2013. Web.
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