Category: OCUFA

Dear Colleagues; Today, OCUFA released new research report titled The Decline of Quality at Ontario Universities: Shortchanging a Generation. The paper, part of our ongoing Trends in Higher Education series, contrasts the student experience today with that of the 1960s and finds that students are paying more money for a diminished quality of education. The […]

Russ has prepared for you a projected outlook for university revenue for academic year 2010-11, combining the impact of both the budget and tuition announcements of the past few days.  His current best estimate of the increase in university revenue at this time is 6.8% over the current year for the system as a whole […]

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The Ontario budget contained an update on the actions that the Liberal government has taken over the last few years to strengthen pension plans registered in Ontario, and lays out a general blueprint for pension reform in the upcoming year.  This section of the budget has implications for the recently released report on pension by […]

The Ontario budget brought down by the Liberal government yesterday afternoon introduces a new piece of legislation aimed at restraining compensation increases for MPP’s, the Ontario Public Service, and transfer partners in the broader public sector, for a period of two years.  The legislation will cover Ontario’s universities, and will have an impact on collective […]

Those of you who are tuning in to hear the press coverage of the Ontario budget today may be wondering what the impact will be of the Public Sector Compensation Restraint to Protect Public Services Act, 2010 on your members and your collective agreements. The Liberal government is being deliberately vague in its explanations but […]

Dear Colleagues; OCUFA has responded to the 2010 Ontario Budget. The press release is available here: http://newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2010/25/c5261.html Full text of the release is available attached to this message. We will be conducting a thorough analysis of the budget and distributing this to our members over the coming days. We will also be providing detailed information […]

Dear members: I am writing to invite you to respond to a new questionnaire that is being sent to faculty and librarians across Ontario by the Ontario Confederation of Faculty Associations (OCUFA). Last year, over 2,000 participants completed OCUFA’s first questionnaire. The high response rate provided a very valuable resource informing OCUFA’s advocacy with government, […]

Dear Colleague; This afternoon, the Government of Ontario presented its 2010 Speech from the Throne. Complete text can be found at: http://news.ontario.ca/opo/en/2010/03/throne-speech-2010-english-nr.html Below, please find the OCUFA press release regarding the speech. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to get in touch. Best Regards, Graeme Graeme Stewart Communication and Government Relations Manager […]