Canadian higher education

New Study: Small Percentage of Ph.D.s End up Employed as FT Profs

by Becky Rynor Graduates themselves are often unsure of where to look for opportunities outside academe. Valerie Walker admits it wasn’t so long ago that she was “that grad student” wondering what the heck she was going to do if she didn’t stay in academia....

OPSEU Contract Gives Canadian PTers More Job Security

Ontario’s colleges have reached a tentative agreement with 10,000 faculty members that includes a two-year pay freeze. The faculty members had been prepared to take a strike vote on September.

Sessional Faculty in Canada and Adjunct Faculty in the U.S. Share More Than Just An International Border

by Christopher Cumo Eileen Lohka taught French seven years at the University of Calgary as a sessional, what U.S. residents would call an adjunct. She followed her husband, a biologist, to the university.

Faculty Union at University of Prince Edward Island Wants Longer Contracts for Sessionals

People hired to teach courses on contract are one of the sticking points in contract talks between the administration at the University of Prince Edward Island and its faculty. The two sides will meet again for the first time since the faculty association asked the...