Faculty News
Michael Suits awarded a 2015 Banting Discovery Award
Laurier researcher wins prestigious Banting Discovery Award
Where’d ‘IPRM’ and ‘Laurier Layoffs’ go?
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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:
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 […]
Precarity Penalty Report
The Precarity Penalty, a newly released report on poverty and precarious jobs confirms the sad reality that more and more people in southern Ontario are joining the ranks of the working poor. Universities have traditionally been places for good – that is relatively secure and well paying – jobs. No more. They are very much […]
WLUFA Workshop: Tenure Applications
Good Morning, Will you soon be preparing a tenure application? Are you still a few years away from applying? If you answered yes to either of these questions, please consider attending this important workshop which will give you information and advice on the process and preparation of your tenure application and Article 15 […]