Memorandum 15:18 Date: August 18, 2015 To: Presidents and Administrative Officers, Locals, Provincials and Federated Associations From: David Robinson, Executive Director Re: Commercial course content web sites Over the last few years course content aggregators such as OneClass and Course Hero have emerged, companies whose business consists largely of selling material related […]
Year: 2015
Michael Suits awarded a 2015 Banting Discovery Award
Laurier researcher wins prestigious Banting Discovery Award
Where’d ‘IPRM’ and ‘Laurier Layoffs’ go?
Find them on your Faculty News page under News and Events.
Letter from OCUFA President Judy Bates
Dear Colleagues: Please find attached and below a letter from OCUFA’s new President Judy Bates. Best regards, Mark ——————————————————– Mark Rosenfeld, Ph.D Executive Director Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations 17 Isabella Street Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4Y 1M7 Tel: 416-979-2117 x229 Fax: 416-593-5607 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.ocufa.on.ca www.academicmatters.ca www.weteachontario.ca July 14, 2015 […]
Reminder: WLUFA Constitutional Review Committee: Call for Volunteers
Dear Colleagues, In April, a motion that suggested changes to the WLUFA Constitution was tabled at the WLUFA AGM. The Executive Committee has carefully reviewed this motion and agrees that the best way to move forward with Constitutional changes would be through a Constitutional Review Committee. In order to ensure a balanced view of our […]
WLUFA Members mainly happy that Milton was denied
The results of our informal poll are in and, although no one option broke the 50% mark, over 40% of those answering the poll responded that the failure of Laurier’s proposal to create a new campus in Milton was “Excellent! Great News!” Here are the complete results:
CAUT Defence Fund Treasurer position / Poste de Trésorier/Trésorière de la Caisse de défense de l’ACPPU
Dear Member Unions and Trustees, I am writing to inform you that there will be a vacancy in the position of Treasurer. We are calling for nominations to fill the position. The position is to be elected at the Annual Meeting in Toronto on October 17, 2015. The position is for a two-year […]
CAUT Defence Fund Chair position / Poste de Président/présidente d’assemblée de la Caisse de défense de l’ACPPU
Dear Member Unions and Trustees, I am writing to inform you that there will be a vacancy in the position of Chair. We are calling for nominations to fill the position. The position is to be elected at the Annual Meeting in Toronto on October 17, 2015. The position is for a two-year […]
Employment Standards Action
ATTENTION: Contract Faculty Members Ontario is beginning its review of Employment Standards and Labour Relations and, likely more than anyone else at the university, Contract Faculty’s employment situation could be improved (or further damaged) through possible changes to both these pieces of legislation. OCUFA’s preliminary recommendations can be viewed here. WLUFA continues to work with […]
Online Learning
Hello! This is directed to any Contract Faculty Members who have taught any online learning courses in the recent past. If you have not done any online teaching, please disregard this message. WLUFA has serious concerns about violations of our Members’ academic freedom rights and we’d like to hear from you if you […]