Category: OCUFA

Greetings, OCUFA (The Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations) is now calling for nominations for the 41st Teaching and Academic Librarianship Awards. Please find the following links for both Teaching and Librarianship Awards in English and French. Please help to distribute as widely as possible. Librarian Package (EN) https://anchor.horn-it.com:510/shares/file/c0f4933b1724a0/   Librarian Package (FR) https://anchor.horn-it.com:510/shares/file/bdbaba6a6f0f83/   […]

Dear Colleagues: Please find Call for nominations — January 2014 from OCUFA Board Chair, Constance Adamson, regarding the call for nominations for the OCUFA 2014-15 Executive Committee.  The elections will take place at the May 10, 2014 OCUFA Board meeting.   Best regards and happy new year, Mark ——————————————————– Mark Rosenfeld, Ph.D Executive Director Ontario Confederation […]

Dear Colleauges; On November 29, 2013, the Ministry of Training, Colleges, and Universities Released its Differentiation Policy Framework Analysis FINALThis document is the finalized version of the framework that was leaked in September and then made public on the Ministry’s website. It lays out the principles, components, and metrics that will guide the Ministry’s differentiation […]

Henry Mandelbaum Graduate Fellowship Application Package 2014 Dear Colleagues, Attached is the 2014 Application package for this prestigious OCUFA award. Information on past awardees can be found under the “awards” section on the OCUFA website.  Please encourage your graduate students to look into applying. Karen Wheeler Senior Policy Analyst OCUFA

Note of concern about the Ontario government’s Productivity and Innovation Fund for universities and colleges Dear Colleagues: As some of you may be aware, the latest instalment of the Ontario government’s “transformational change” agenda for the post-secondary sector is a Productivity and Innovation Fund of $45 million.  [I am attaching the English and French versions […]

Dear Colleagues; OCUFA President Kate Lawson has written an Op-Ed featured on the Huffington Post website. The article calls for a more balanced understanding of what universities can and should do, and questions those who believe the only role of higher education is job training. The article can be accessed at: http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/kate-t-lawson/university-employment-canada_b_3861137.html Please feel free […]

Dear Colleagues: Please find attached a letter from OCUFA President Kate Lawson to the Minister of Foreign Affairs Canada regarding the arrest and imprisonment in Egypt of York University Professor John Greyson and the University of Western Ontario’s  Dr. Tarek Loubani. As you may be aware, CAUT and a number of faculty associations in Ontario […]

Dear Colleagues: Attached you will find an update on Ontario Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA) issues prepared by Cathy Lace and Emma Phillips, counsel with Sack, Goldblatt, Mitchell (SGM).  As you may recall,  OCUFA initially put together briefing and other materials related to the inclusion of Ontario universities under the requirements of […]

Dear Colleagues: Please find attached OCUFA’s analysis of the 2013 Ontario Budget provisions regarding postsecondary education funding and research, and directions for pension reform. 2013 OCUFA Budget Analysis – FINAL Best regards, Mark ——————————————————– Mark Rosenfeld, Ph.D Executive Director Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations 83 Yonge Street, Suite 300 Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5C 1S8 […]

Dear Colleagues: Please find below and attached OCUFA’s media release regarding the 2013 Ontario Budget, tabled this afternoon.  We will also be sending you an analysis of various Ontario Budget provisions in the near future. Best regards, Mark ————————————– 2013.05.02 – OCUFA Release – Ontario Budget 2013 Professors and academic librarians to Premier: It’s time […]