Copyright literacy

Greetings, You are invited to participate in an research study about levels of copyright literacy among Canadian university faculty members. The study is being conducted by Lisa Di Valentino, Ph.D. candidate, Faculty of Information and Media Studies, University of Western Ontario. Individuals who teach university-level (undergraduate or graduate) courses and who are responsible for assigning […]

MEDIA ALERT – Precarious faculty issue highlighted on The Agenda

Hello all;   Last night, TVO’s The Agenda broadcast a segment on the rise of precarious work, featuring Western and Laurier prof Kane Faucher.   The segment can be viewed at: http://tvo.org/video/207366/new-work-reality OCUFA’s post is available at: http://ocufa.on.ca/blog-posts/faculty/challenges-of-precarious-academic-work-featured-on-the-agenda/ Our Tweet is at: https://twitter.com/OCUFA/status/519481198314541056 Our Facebook post is at: https://www.facebook.com/OCUFA/posts/767500743307045   Best Regards, Graeme   Graeme […]

MEDIA ALERT – Precarious faculty issue highlighted on The Agenda

Hello all;   Last night, TVO’s The Agenda broadcast a segment on the rise of precarious work, featuring Western and Laurier prof Kane Faucher.   The segment can be viewed at: http://tvo.org/video/207366/new-work-reality OCUFA’s post is available at: http://ocufa.on.ca/blog-posts/faculty/challenges-of-precarious-academic-work-featured-on-the-agenda/ Our Tweet is at: https://twitter.com/OCUFA/status/519481198314541056 Our Facebook post is at: https://www.facebook.com/OCUFA/posts/767500743307045   Best Regards, Graeme   Graeme […]

Nominations for OCUFA’s 2014 Lorimer Distinguished Service Award for Bargaining – deadline December 15, 2014

Dear Colleagues:   Nominations are now open for OCUFA’s  2014 Lorimer Award. This award recognizes outstanding contributions to improving the terms and conditions of employment of Ontario university faculty through bargaining. It was created by OCUFA in 2009 in honor of Doug and Joyce Lorimer. Attached to this email, please find promotional flyers in English […]

MEDIA ALERT – CBC Sunday Edition documentary on Precarious Faculty

Hi all;   As you may know, CBC’s Sunday Edition played a radio documentary this weekend examining the issue of precarious academic work. It’s a challenging and important piece, and something you may wish to share with your networks.   The documentary can be found at:  http://www.cbc.ca/thesundayedition/documentaries/2014/09/07/class-struggle/   There is also some text on the […]

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