Article synopsis: Considers the position of Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) has on the following topics: Carleton University’s admission and a problem with the $15 million donor agreement, which CAUT raised as an concern; CAUT's threat to boycott Wilfrid Laurier University and the University of Waterloo if they did not “amend the governance structure for the (jointly-run) Balsillie School of International Affairs so that academic integrity is ensured''; CAUT inquiry on academic freedom at Trinity Western University; UNESCO establishing a chair in astronomy, astrophysics and space sciences at Islamic University in Gaza; the Preston Manning Centre for Building Democracy at Carleton University the concern that it is "proudly partisan"; and the Manning Centre, Cardus and the Institute of Marriage and Family Canada “special briefing” in Ottawa on the subject of “Big Society”.