Month: February 2021

** La version française suit ** Memorandum 21:10 Date:  February 22, 2021 To:  Local, Federated and Provincial Associations From:  David Robinson, Executive Director Re:  More Changes to International Student Post-Graduate Work Permits Due to travel restrictions and other challenges during COVID-19, many international students have had to continue learning online from abroad. To ensure that their studies completed from outside […]

Introducing the WLUFA Climate Action Committee In the spring of 2020, a group of about a dozen WLUFA members put together a proposal for a new WLUFA Climate Action Committee. That Committee is now up and running. In this blog post we will introduce the Committee by discussing the rationale for its creation, its mandate, […]

Women’s Faculty Colleague Wind Down Hour Another semester has begun – at least in my case, with both a bang and a whimper.   As in previous terms, I will be holding a drop-in time for women across the university to drop in and chat.  If you want to catch up and talk about how you’re […]

Dear colleagues,  As you’re aware, Laurentian University is filing for court protection under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA) due to financial challenges it is facing as a result of poorly considered and reckless administrative decisions and the erosion of public university funding.  Laurentian University is a public institution, not a private sector corporation.  The federal and […]

Memorandum 21:06 Date:  February 4, 2021 To:   Local, Provincial and Federated Associations From:  David Robinson, Executive Director Re:  Laurentian University Laurentian University received insolvency protection under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA) on February 1. This is, as far as we are aware, the first time a public university has declared and been granted insolvency protection by the court. Quest […]

Dear colleagues, I am reaching out to you today about the news that Laurentian University has filed for court protection under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement due to financial challenges it is facing. Rest assured that we take the news that the government is taking an active role in university finances very seriously. OCUFA is working on an […]