The Ontario College of Art and Design Faculty Association (OCADFA) is the union that represents more than 600 faculty and academic staff at OCAD University. We were formed in 1965 to protect the rights and improve the working conditions of its members and continues today as the sole recognized bargaining agent for faculty and academic staff at OCAD University.

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OCADFA members include all teaching faculty, including Sessional, Teaching Stream, Contractually Limited Term Appointment (CLTA), Continuing, Probationary (Tenure-Track), and Tenured, and Academic Staff, including Technicians, Academic Counsellors (though there currently aren’t any), Teaching Assistants, and Research Assistants.

News and Updates:


OCADFA Zine:
Know Your MoA!

An illustrated summary of
the Memorandum of
Agreement signed between
the University an our union.

The OCADFA Community
Support Fund addresses
situations where OCADFA
members are experiencing
a significant life event that
places them in a position of
economic, food, or housing
insecurity.

GRIEVANCE FAQs

Do you have a question or
concern about something
that’s happened at work,
or about your contract?