Important Dates – 2023/2024
Find information and links to important dates for the upcoming 2023/2024 year.
Call for Disclosure, Divestment, Responsible Investment, and Support for Palestinian Scholars and Students
Acting upon a Motion In Support of Student Encampments passed unanimously by OCADFA members attending our recent Spring General Membership Meeting, OCADFA’s Acting President has sent the following letter to OCAD University President, Ana Serrano, calling for Disclosure, Divestment, Responsible Investment, and Support for Palestinian Scholars and Students. Read the letter here or click on …Continue Reading
Special Issue Dispatch
This is a Special Issue Dispatch on OCADU’s “Financial Sustainability Plan In this Issue: Read the Dispatch here or click on the link below to download:
Statement in Defence of Peaceful Protests on Campuses
The brutally violent suppression of peaceful protests on university campuses should raise alarms for everyone. OCADFA’s Board of Directors joins CAUT in condemning the use of force, or threat of force, against students, faculty, academic staff and other community members who are exercising their rights to freedom of expression and freedom of association to demonstrate …Continue Reading
April 2024 OCADFA Dispatch
In this issue: Critical Updates for Sessionals, OCUFA Advocacy Day Queen’s Park, Notes from the Sector, Strike at the AGO, Bargaining Update, Grassy Narrows River Run 2024, Beautiful Trouble Award, Workload Survey Results, Course Load Complaints? – Read more…
Solidarity with AGO Workers
After 10 months of negotiations failed to produce an agreement the 430 members of OPSEU Local 535, staff members at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), have been on strike since March 25, 2024. A key issue is management’s growing reliance on precarious, part-time employment and outsourcing jobs. Additionally, workers have been significantly affected by …Continue Reading