Author: lwatson

After years of attempting to get a comprehensive picture of the use of contract faculty in Canadian universities, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives has published its ground-breaking report, Contract U: Contract faculty appointments at Canadian universities. Achieved through FIPPA reqests to all 78 publically-funded Canadian universities, the report confirms what many of us have […]

  Dear colleagues, The creation of a satellite campus in Milton was always a controversial topic among faculty, and I know many of you will welcome the provincial government’s announcement that it will not be funded.  I don’t want to comment on whether the Milton campus should, or should not, be opened.  Rather, I’d like […]

OCUFA Ontario faculty deeply disappointed with government repeal of $15 minimum wage and fair labour laws

From OCUFA: Full-time members of the St. Jerome’s University Academic Staff Association (SJUASA) have reached a five-year agreement with their university administration. The faculty association achieved across-the-board salary increases competitive with other faculty associations, as well as an $850 increase to each member’s base salary to maintain parity with University of Waterloo faculty. Among other […]

The Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations (OCUFA) strongly condemns the tabling of back-to-work legislation by the new Ontario government aimed at the striking members of Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 3903 (CUPE 3903). We firmly support the rights of all academic workers to fair negotiations and good-faith collective bargaining, and are concerned with […]

The following notice was widely distributed by Russell Janzen at OCUFA. The link provided includes not only a summary of William Kaplan’s arbitration decision, but also expert reports that were used to inform the decision. Student evaluations of our members’ work have frequently been a contentious topic at our WLUFA bargaining tables and the importance […]

Sent on behalf of David Monod, WLUFA President: The Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty Association (WLUFA) represents full-time and contract faculty and librarians in their employment with Wilfrid Laurier University. Over the last several months two of our members have been subject to discipline imposed by the University Administration as a result of a meeting that […]

OCUFA has released some poll results about Ontarian’s opinions of working conditions of Contract Faculty:   Ontario poll: Supporters of all political parties concerned about growing numbers of contract faculty