Mount Saint Vincent University is cancelling contracts with its part-time instructors, causing either fewer courses to be taught or sections of courses to be combined. We spoke with Scott Stewart, Chair of the alliance that’s raising the alarm.
A new alliance of higher-education unions urgently calls on the Province of Nova Scotia, the Federal government, and university administrations to support our higher-education sector through this crisis. Help us protect our institutions, our students, and our work for Nova Scotia.
Judy Haiven writes about the many unreported sexual assaults at university campuses in Atlantic Canada. There is a culture of silence around these crimes, and cover-ups by most universities are routine.
Cape Breton University is financially stable and talk of faculty layoffs is unwarranted, the president of the Faculty Association charges.