We still don’t have competent statistics about contract academic faculty numbers within the Canadian postsecondary industry, a fact that speaks volumes in support of the hypothesis that ignorance is motivated. We do know that the numbers are growing. One report, on staffing at the University of Ottawa in […]
The submission deadline for the “American Circuits, American Secrets” conference, to be held in Banff, Alberta, has been extended to February 14th, 2014. Please click here for the full CFP, and consult submission guidelines at http://www.circuitsandsecrets.com/. Submissions are welcome from all fields, disciplines, periods, and methodological approaches. This conference is […]
In a few days, we’ll be posting the Winter 2014 ACCUTE Newsletter, featuring ACCUTE sessional rep Dorothy Hadfield’s column on contract academic labour, and my own column on ACCUTE’s current attempt to develop and promulgate a “best practices” checklist for contract academic faculty in Canadian Departments of English. Please […]
Announcement: The Spring 2013 special issue of the Papers of the Bibliographical Society of Canada/Cahiers de la Société bibliographique du Canada (BSC/SbC) on the theme of “What Is the History of (Electronic) Books?” has been made freely available online at:http://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/bsc/issue/view/1447. Taking a cue from Robert Darnton’s seminal 1982 article, the special issue seeks to […]
Singing Storytellers: The Lives, Musics and Verbal Artistry of Bards in our World An International Interdisciplinary Symposium, in partnership with Celtic Colours International Festival October 9th – 12th, 2014 For nine days in October, Cape Breton Island is home to a unique celebration of music and culture as […]
