COCAL

Campus Equity Week/Fair Employment Week

Campus Equity Week/Fair Employment Week will be held the last week of October 24-28, 2011. Activists on campuses across Canada, Mexico, and the United States are organinzing events to bring attention to the issues involved in the employment of contingent faculty and instructors in institutions of higher education.

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COCAL Conferences

Conferences are held every other year, alternating between the North American countries in the coalition. Conferences feature simultaneous translation into English, French, and Spanish. Presentations have ranged from neoliberalism and the effects of globalization on academia to regional and local issues at particular colleges.

COCAL X Conference

August 10-12, 2012

The tenth annual COCAL Conference will be held in Mexico City, on the campus of the National Autonomous University of Mexico from Friday, August 10 through Sunday, August 12, 2010.

The host for COCAL X is the Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (STUNAM). Contingent faculty activists and representatives from North America will participate in the conference. Presentations and plenaries will be translated into English, French, and Spanish.

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UNAM

(Photo by David Milroy)

Tentative themes for the conference are:

Changes in academic work in the context of neoliberal globalization
Organization and new forms of struggle of the academic workers
Challenges and strategies for the 21st century"
Culture and identity of the new academic subjects of higher education in North America
Perspectives of organization and struggle of the COCAL

The National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) was founded in 1551. It is the biggest university in Mexico and Ibero-America. There are many cultural sites nearby, including the Ciudad Universitaria facilities (UNESCO World Heritage Site), the Chapultepec Castle (former residence of Maximilian of Habsburg and Charlotte) and the National Museum of Anthropology.

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COCAL IX Conference

The ninth annual COCAL Conference was held in Quebec City, Quebec, August 13-15, 2010 at

Université Laval.

Conference program

Resolutions passed at the IX Conference

Christine Amstutz's photo album

David Milroy's photo album

Movie of the IX Conference

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Nicole Blouin addresses the
COCAL IX Conference
(Photo by David Milroy)

Addresses to the IX Conference:

An Assessment of the State of the Profession (2008-2010)
Cindy Oliver, President, CUPE

The Current Situation in North America and the Future of Post-secondary Education
Karen Hawley, National Representative, NUPGE

La situation actuelle en Amérique et l’avenir de l’enseignement supérieur: Privatisation rampante et gouvernance universitaire
Puma Freytag, président, SCCCUL, Université Laval

Une solidarité à développer sur tous les plans
Jean Trudelle, President, FNEEQ-CSN

Presentations at the IX Conference:

Frank Brooks: The Struggle for Unemployment Benefits in Illinois

Don Eron and Suzanne Hudson: Reflections on the Colorado Instructor Tenure Project

Karen Hawley: Unionization: Progress and Prospects

Leslie Jermyn: Access to Research

Francis Lagacé: Minorité, précarité : cocktail empoisonné
propositions pour l’élaboration d’un éventuel antidote dans le contexte québécois

Diane Menna: Campaign of Outrage!

Marc Ouellette: Just a Dream, Just a Dream

Tenure Track Access for Contract Academics

David Rives: Adjunct Faculty and Quality of Education

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