Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty Association
Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty Association
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 […]
CAUT is soliciting nominations for the 2013 CAUT Distinguished Academic Award. The Award is given annually to recognize an academic who has excelled in each of the three principal aspects of academic life: teaching, research, and service to the institution and to the community. The recipient will be an individual whose teaching, research and service […]
Greetings, In light of the discussions over the past several days about the secret agreement to privatize digitizing LAC records, I thought you would like to see the article in today’s Ottawa Citizen “Former Library and Archives Canada boss criticizes private digitizing deal.” Former Librarian and Archivist of Canada Ian Wilson finds the deal […]
Greetings, We want to thank the many of you who have written to Minister Moore and opposition critics about the secret agreement to outsource digitization of Library and Archives (LAC) material to the consortium Canadiana.org. Our concerns about the project have been several: (1) This whole arrangement was negotiated in secret without […]
Greetings, We learned today that Library and Archives Canada (LAC) is planning to turn over exclusive rights to millions of its holdings of publically-owned books and artefacts to a private consortium to make available digitally for the next ten years. During that time, access to these LAC holdings will require payment to the private […]
Librarian and Archivist of Canada Resigns On May 15, 2013 Daniel Caron, Chief Librarian and Archivist of Canada, resigned from his post. Caron’s leadership at LAC has been immensely unpopular. He oversaw the introduction of a “modernization” process which led to the cessation of purchased acquisitions, a severe decline in on-site service, a 20% […]
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 […]
On May 17, the International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia, the Canadian Association of University Teachers recognizes those who have worked tirelessly to combat discrimination, harassment and violence against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transexual, queer and two-spirited (LGBTQ2S) communities. The eradication of homophobia and transphobia is crucial for the realization of an equitable and just society. […]