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Reports that negotiations have stalled in a dispute over the withdrawal of a job offer at a Canadian university after the academic in question leaked an independent report into the case. History professor David Noble's claim that he had to leak the report into his failed appointment to Simon Fraser University; Noble's allegation of violation of his academic freedom when the university overturned the department's recommendation after an e-mail from the university president was leaked.

The article focuses on the preparation being made by television channel TV Ontario for the announcement of the winner in Best Lecturer Competition, a contest to select a professor who offers his or her students the most engaging lecture in the province of Ontario. Some of the top ten finalists are Jacalyn Duffin of Queen's University and Michael Persinger of Laurentian University. The winner will be revealed on February 17, 2007.

Details the results of an arbitration ruling that favors a Canadian media studies professor, Mary Bryson, who refuses to sign a contract that gave the British Columbia University ownership of the curriculum she was asked to develop. Removal of the professor from the assignment resulting to the faculty association's decision to register a grievance against its action; Explanation made by arbitrator James Dorsey that the dispute goes beyond copyright or electronic rights.

Reports on the findings of a study conducted by Montreal, Canada-based psychologist and professor Robert Hare regarding the psychopathic behavior of some corporate executives. Career background on Hare; His investigation on the motive behind white collar crimes.

Profiles the academic career of professor Scott McLennan of the department of geosciences at Stony Brook State University of New York. Works on extraterrestrial programs; Educational background; Role on the Mars Exploration Athena Science Team.

Reports on the generation of funds for diabetes research of professor Ray Rajotte in Canada. Development of the Edmonton Protocol; Plans of relocating to the Alberta Diabetic Research Institute; Enhancement of research on diabetes.

Reports the awarding of research grants to professor John Abela in Canada. Purchase of laboratory equipment; Use of handheld computers among the students; Generosity of the funding bodies.

Reports on the possibility for a Korean professor who admitted intentionally reproducing work from a Canadian academic paper to lose his job as part of a drive by his government to get though on theft of intellectual property. Resignation plans of Jong-Wook Baek; Discovery of the plagiarism; Institute conducting investigation on the incident.

Describes changes in university professors' relationship with mass media in Canada. Reasons behind the lessening of hostility among academics appearing on mass media; Training tools available for professors who want to improve their relationship with mass media.

Reports the demand of government-run lottery Loto-Quebec for the retraction of defamatory statements from Universite de Quebec a Montreal professor Pierre P. Tremblay. Intimidation in the letter of the lottery to Tremblay; Fallacy of Tremblay's claims on the amount of collection by the lottery; Threat of legal action against Tremblay.

Reports that Contentville.com has agreed to stop selling their theses and dissertations over the Internet, after receiving complaints from Canadian college teachers. Overview on the complaints received by the company from several Canadian academics; Remuneration offered to academics if their theses has been downloaded from Contentville's Web site.

Reports on the letter written by the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT), urging Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien to reject a report on university commercialization. Issue raised by CAUT spokesman Jim Turk about the report; Individuals whose signatures are included in the message of CAUT; Members of the panel that put out the report.

Reports on the February 2000 personal income tax reductions in Canada's federal budget and its implications to the country's higher education sector and other social programs. Amount of the tax cuts and spending initiatives; Increased spending on research and innovation; Views of the Canadian Association of University Teachers.

Presents information on the Canadian Association of University Teachers conference on commercialization in October 1999. Ways on how commercialization affects campus life; Significance of the conference.

States that Jean-Christophe Merle, a French philosophy teacher, was barred from working in Canada's Universite du Quebec a Montreal. Attempt of the university to hire Merle; Background of Merle; Reason Merle was barred from working abroad.

Reports that according to a survey by a provincial teachers association, Quebec universities have lost ten percent of their professors. Number of full-time professors that have been lost to Quebec from 1995-1998; Comments made by Christine Piette, the principal researcher on the study.

Reports on the Canadian Association of University Teachers' call for a worldwide boycott of the Technical University of British Columbia, which is set to open in 1999 in Vancouver. Claims of the association on the lack of protection to academic freedom and institutional autonomy in the university's statutes; Proposed administration of the university.

Profiles Harry Arthurs, a college teacher in Canada. Investigation of Arthurs of killings in a Montreal university; Judgment of Arthurs on the lack of administrative action on the brewing controversy; Expertise of Arthurs on collegial investigations.