WLUFA is appalled with OCAD University’s recent decision to lay off four senior academic librarians and wholly eliminate a total of six positions as part of a restructuring process for the library. WLUFA is also deeply concerned that OCAD U would justify their decisions and align these cuts with a “decolonization approach,” which adds to […]
Month: May 2021
WLUFA President calls on Laurentian BOG to remove Senior Leadership Team
This week the following letter was sent to the Board of Governors of Laurentian University: To the Board of Governors of Laurentian University: I am writing on behalf of the Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty Association (WLUFA) to support the demands of the Laurentian University Faculty Association (LUFA) that the Board of Governors immediately remove Dr. Robert Haché, […]
CAUT votes to Censure University of Toronto
In a rare move, delegates to the Canadian Association of University Teachers voted on April 22nd to censure the University of Toronto. Massive irregularities in terms of academic freedom with regard to the cancellation of hiring of Dr. Valentina Azarova in the Faculty of Law for the role of the Director of UofT’s Human Rights Program led to […]