Below is an open letter that was sent June 13, 2009 to the President of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council regarding SSHRC’s capitulation to Minster of Science and Technology Gary Goodyear’s intervention regarding the York University conference on Israel/Palestine to be held June 22-24.

CAUT Letter to SSHRC President

CAUT sent the attached letter to the Leader of the Opposition in Senate regarding Bill C-10, The Budget Implementation Act, and the introduction of “equitable compensation” through The Public Sector Equitable Compensation Act embedded in this legislation.

Letter on Equitable Compensation

The attached is an open letter CAUT sent to Prime Minister Stephen Harper yesterday. The letter urges the government to increase funding for Canada’s research granting councils by matching, proportionally, what the Obama administration is investing in the American funding agencies. The letter also calls on the government to let scientists, not politicians decide where research funding is best spent.

CAUT will be raising these issues with the government during a meeting CAUT has secured with Gary Goodyear, Minister of State for Science and Technology, on February 26.

CAUT Letter to Prime Minister Harper