On Thursday, Chief Rosanne Casimir of the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation confirmed that the bodies of 215 Indigenous children were discovered in an unmarked mass grave at a former residential school in Kamloops, BC. This is one more piece of already overwhelming evidence of the colonial genocide of our nation toward Indigenous peoples. WLUFA […]
Year: 2021
WLUFA appalled by OCADU lay off and elimination of Librarians
WLUFA is appalled with OCAD University’s recent decision to lay off four senior academic librarians and wholly eliminate a total of six positions as part of a restructuring process for the library. WLUFA is also deeply concerned that OCAD U would justify their decisions and align these cuts with a “decolonization approach,” which adds to […]
WLUFA President calls on Laurentian BOG to remove Senior Leadership Team
This week the following letter was sent to the Board of Governors of Laurentian University: To the Board of Governors of Laurentian University: I am writing on behalf of the Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty Association (WLUFA) to support the demands of the Laurentian University Faculty Association (LUFA) that the Board of Governors immediately remove Dr. Robert Haché, […]
CAUT votes to Censure University of Toronto
In a rare move, delegates to the Canadian Association of University Teachers voted on April 22nd to censure the University of Toronto. Massive irregularities in terms of academic freedom with regard to the cancellation of hiring of Dr. Valentina Azarova in the Faculty of Law for the role of the Director of UofT’s Human Rights Program led to […]
Highlights of the 2021/22 Federal Budget
The minority Liberal government delivered Budget 2021 on April 19, two full years since it tabled its last. Presented during the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, “A recovery plan for jobs, growth, and resilience” extends emergency measures for Canadians, while investing in a wide range of programs aimed at providing targeted stimulus with a […]
Rally on Wheels for Public Education in support of Laurentian University!
On Friday, April 30th, join us at the ‘rally on wheels’ in your city or participate online to protest the decimation of Laurentian University, the chronic underfunding of post-secondary education, and the political interference by Premier Ford and his government, which has failed to provide emergency funding to Laurentian or to stop the CCAA process—once […]
Laurentian CCAA weekly update
OCUFA member associations continue to push back against Minister Romano for his role in the attack on Laurentian University. We are seeing the positive impact of these efforts as the issue continues to be covered by media. A highlight of last week was hearing OCUFA’s positions clearly laid out on The Agenda by Past President and Board […]
Day of Action: End Precarious Employment
There is a big elephant in the room of postsecondary education, that negatively affects students, community, tenured faculty, and contract faculty. This is chronic underfunding. For contract faculty, it means hanging by a thread. For full time faculty, it means hitting a wall with workloads. For students, it means getting hosed by increased tuition costs. […]
Laurentian CCAA weekly update
To: OCUFA Executive, Board Directors, Faculty Association Presidents and Staff; It’s been an incredibly difficult week as LUFA members have been dealing with the chilling effect of the CCAA process. In addition, last week, the Northern Ontario School of Medicine Faculty Association learned that the government had made a unilateral decision to sever NOSM’s relationship […]
Invitation to OCUFA webinar on Academic Ableism, Policy and Process during the pandemic
Dear Colleagues, OCUFA’s Status of Women and Equity Committee is holding a webinar titled Academic Ableism: Policy, Process, Pandemic with Dr. Jay Dolmage on May 7, 2021 at 10am. The webinar is open to all OCUFA members. Please register here to attend and share with your colleagues. You will receive the webinar link closer to the event date. Workshop title: Academic […]