Dear colleagues; As you may have seen, OCUFA launched the We Teach Ontario campaign yesterday. The goal of this initiative is to highlight both the important work done by contract faculty, and the challenges they face. We’ve had some good pick-up online and in the media, but we’re hoping you can help us push […]
Month: February 2015
TENTATIVE AGREEMENT
The following e-mail is sent on behalf of Rob Kristofferson, WLUFA President Dear Members I am pleased to announce that as of 3:36 a.m. on Thursday, February 26th your Negotiating Team reached a tentative agreement with the University for a new Collective Agreement for Full-time Faculty and Professional Librarians. Additional details will follow shortly. I […]
OCUFA Teaching and Academic Librarianship Awards
Dear colleagues, attached are this year’s TALA packages. Please ensure that they are broadly distributed amongst your members and colleagues. If you have any questions, please direct them to me. Please note the applications must be submitted electronically (information in the packages) and the deadline is May 22, 2015. Karen Wheeler Senior Policy Analyst OCUFA […]
Tweet – or post – your support to Adjuncts at our sister school, Seattle University
Dear Faculty and Librarians, Today is National Adjunct Walkout Day in the United States, and we’d like you to show your support! We have twinned with faculty at Seattle University where adjuncts have mobilized 300 people to take a stand for faculty rights and quality education on their campus. More than 100 faculty (all levels, […]
Message from WLUFA President about National Adjunct Walkout Day
From: Rob Kristofferson, WLUFA President How can you support your American Colleagues in their National Adjunct Walkout Day? First of all, we must make it clear that WLUFA does not advocate or support or condone in any way a “walkout” to mark National Adjunct Walkout Day, and we must remind you that if […]
National Adjunct Walkout Day
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How you can support National Adjunct Walkout Day
Wear a button in solidarity with your colleagues! National Adjunct Walkout Day on February 25th is a call from our American colleagues to fight for better conditions for contract faculty across all geographical borders. As tenure track or tenured faculty we can easily forget how we too are subject to the same systems and practices […]
Call for Nominations for Chair of Librarians’ and Archivists’ Committee
Memorandum 15:04 To: Presidents, Local, Federated and Provincial Associations CAUT Executive Committee From: Ted Montgomery, Chair, Elections and Resolutions Committee Due to a resignation, there is a vacancy for the position of Chair of the CAUT Librarians’ and Archivists’ Committee. A nominee for the position of chair of […]
OCUFA honours Sheila McKee-Protopapas with 2015 Lorimer Award
Sheila McKee-Protopapas (L) and Kate Lawson, OCUFA President The Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations (OCUFA) has recognized Sheila McKee-Protopapas, executive director of the Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty Association (WLUFA) and a contract academic staff member, with the prestigious Lorimer Award. The award recognizes individuals who have worked to protect and promote the interests of […]
Nominations for the 2014-15 OCUFA Service Award – due April 3, 2015 — Second Notice
Dear Colleagues: The OCUFA Service Award was established four years ago to honour individuals who have done, or continue to do, exceptional work on behalf of the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations and its Members. Up to six awards may be given each year and are presented during OCUFA’s Annual General Meeting, which will […]