The OUCC, which represents over 435,000 Ontario PSE faculty, staff and students, recently issued a press release in opposition to the Ford government’s performance-based funding model for PSE. Among the criticisms laid out in the press release are that not only has the government failed to lay out clearly how a number of the metrics are to […]
Month: September 2019
Supplement to the 2005 travel advisory / Supplément à l’Avis aux voyageurs de l’ACPPU de 2005
Supplement to 2005 CAUT Travel Advisory In 2017, the Canadian government enacted new legislation that expanded the search powers of preclearance officers at airports. Even though that law is not yet in force, there are reported instances of Canadian and American border agents demanding to search electronic devices of travellers. This advisory, also available on […]
Urgent Appeal from UWOFA
Hi all, Please see below for an appeal for action from our colleagues at UWOFA on behalf of the Librarians and Archivists bargaining Unit: Help Western University Librarians and Archivists Avoid a Strike Western’s librarians and archivists bargaining unit requested a No Board on Friday, September 13th, and will be in a […]
Inequity in PSE to Be the Inevitable By-product of Ontario Gov’t Performance-Based Funding
Various stakeholders in post-secondary education have issued strong statements against the Ford Government’s funding model for PSE. At the centre of the statements is a deep concern for the ways in which the funding model will entrench inequity into the PSE system itself. A statement from the Ontario Universities and College Coalition warns that “Without […]
Of Interest: Inside Higher Ed: Professionals Take a Stand Against Student Evaluations
Excerpt from Colleen Flaherty’s article: ‘…”a growing body of evidence suggests that their use in personnel decisions is problematic.” The statement cites more than a dozen studies finding that students’ evaluations are weakly related to other measures of teaching effectiveness, used in statistically problematic ways and can be influenced by factors such as times of day and class size. […]
Appeal: CAUT Refugee Foundation / Appel : Fondation pour les réfugiés de l’ACPPU
** La version française suit ** Memorandum 19:28 Date: September 4, 2019 To: Presidents, Local, Federated and Provincial Associations From: David Robinson, Executive Director Re: Appeal: CAUT Refugee Foundation CAUT is continuing to provide support for Dr. Carlos Zambrano Escamilla, former president of the Sindicato de Profesores de la […]
CAUT Dedicated Service Award
Memorandum 19:27 Date: September 3, 2019 To: Presidents and Administrative Officers; Local, Federated and Provincial Associations From: David Robinson, Executive Director Re: CAUT Dedicated Service Award The CAUT Dedicated Service Award was established to recognize exceptional service provided by individuals at the local or provincial level. This award is granted […]
OCUFA estimates Ford’s “performance” funding could cut university budgets by over $500 million dollars
From OCUFA Report: Toronto, Sep. 4, 2019 – Ontario faculty are warning that the Ford government’s so called “performance” funding model for postsecondary education is reckless, ineffective, and dangerous. The new funding model will link 60 per cent of government funding for universities ($2.2 billion dollars) to an arbitrary set of metrics chosen with no […]
Tips from The Co-operators
How insurance rates are calculated Do you ever wonder why your premiums sometimes change? Or why auto and home quotes are different from one insurance company to the next? There are several factors involved in determining who pays what rate. What are risk levels? Insurance rates are set based on risk, or the likelihood that […]
Fair Employment Week, October 7-11, 2019 / Semaine de l’équité d’emploi, 7-11 octobre 2019
Memorandum 19:26 Date: September 3, 2019 To: Presidents and Administrative Officers; Local, Federated and Provincial Associations From: Pam Foster, Director of Research and Political Action Re: Fair Employment Week, October 7-11, 2019 Fair Employment Week (FEW) is taking place October 7-11, 2019. FEW is CAUT’s annual campaign to build […]