The UOIT Faculty Association, UOITFA, is hosting a letter writing campaign to challenge the conditions faced by professors at Ontario Tech. Click the link below to send a form letter to the University administration to avoid a strike at Ontario Tech. The details of the letter are quoted below: The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed and […]
Category: OCUFA
WLUFA appalled by OCADU lay off and elimination of Librarians
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 […]
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, […]
Rally on Wheels for Public Education in support of Laurentian University!
On Friday, April 30th, join us at the ‘rally on wheels’ in your city or participate online to protest the decimation of Laurentian University, the chronic underfunding of post-secondary education, and the political interference by Premier Ford and his government, which has failed to provide emergency funding to Laurentian or to stop the CCAA process—once […]
Day of Action: End Precarious Employment
There is a big elephant in the room of postsecondary education, that negatively affects students, community, tenured faculty, and contract faculty. This is chronic underfunding. For contract faculty, it means hanging by a thread. For full time faculty, it means hitting a wall with workloads. For students, it means getting hosed by increased tuition costs. […]
Letter from Presidents of Golden Horseshoe FAs on Laurentian CCAA Process
On April 6th, faculty association presidents from the Golden Horseshoe area released an open letter directed at Minister Romano, with five demands: substitute meaningful consultation with stakeholders for the flawed Senate process, share all key documents with the parties, provide increased funding to LU, support the education completion of the students at the federated colleges […]
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 […]
OCUFA REPORT
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OCUFA Report
Don’t miss an Issue! Subscribe to the OCUFA Report Follow us on Facebook | Follow us on Twitter In this issue… OCUFA expresses concerns about “consultations” on public sector compensation Supporting student sit ins against cuts to education Last chance for Worldviews 2019 early-bird tickets OCUFA expresses concerns about “consultations” on public […]
OCUFA Report
Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Cliquez ici pour le français | Don’t miss an Issue! Subscribe to the OCUFA Report Follow us on Facebook | Follow us on Twitter In this issue… OCUFA’s analysis of the 2019 Ontario Budget New speakers announced for Worldviews 2019 OCUFA’s analysis of […]