ANSUT – Association of Nova Scotia University Teachers

Calling all Nova Scotia contract academic staff! Are you a contract academic staff member working a sessional or limited term appointment in one of Nova Scotia’s universities? If so, ANSUT welcomes your participation in our Online Survey, being conducted from

(Ottawa – April 24, 2015) The national organization representing Canada’s professors and academic staff says a bill before the Nova Scotia legislature would violate constitutional rights, undermine the independence of universities, and compromise academic freedom. According to the Canadian Association

Bill 100, or The Universities Accountability and Sustainability Act, proposed by Labour and Advanced Education Minister Kelly Regan on 22 April 2015, is profoundly destructive legislation. It attacks collective bargaining rights and, more thoroughly, the core educational mission of our

This spring, the Nipissing University Faculty Association (NUFA) has been working hard with community and labour partners in North Bay to put precarious work on the political agenda. On April 14, NUFA co-hosted a Precarious Labour Forum with the North

Faculty members have delivered powerful presentations at government consultations this summer about the need for better laws to protect contract workers from unfair treatment and support effective representation for academic workers. University professors and academic librarians from Queen’s University, University