Clare Thompson

Death by proxy

Here’s what’s going on. I am asked to review a paper that represents months, or perhaps years, of hard fought research, and I agree. (By ‘I’ I mean ‘you’, because I never, ever do the next thing.) Having agreed, I realize that I’m too busy, or too lazy, or otherwise disinclined to actually do it, so I hand it off to someone in my lab to do. I justify this as a training exercise, and not only will my student or postdoc (or the guy from down the hall) gain experience, but I won’t have to bother with it. So they do it, the reviews are sent in, and if the paper is salvageable, we might get it back for my trainee to go over again.

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federal cash transfers will decline from a 1993-94 level of

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2-378 billion to zero within a decade. : A Treasury Board memorandum recently leaked to the press indicates that Ottawa is about to fast-track the process and phase-out EPF cash transfers within three years, though Human Resources Minister Lloyd Axworthy denies that the document has cabinet approval. Whether rapid or slow, the reform will make universities increasingly reliant on tuition fees and provincial grants for revenues. Even