Two upcoming events addressing the effects of austerity policies on universities: 1) Next Wednesday, OCAFU presents “Austerity and Ontario’s Universities: Finding a way forward.” This is a joint Town Hall Meeting for University of Toronto, York, Ryerson and OCADU faculty, students and staff. Wednesday March 27, 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. University of Toronto: OISE   …Continue Reading

Dear OCADFA Members: 1) Tax Time! Don’t forget that your ocadfa dues are tax-deductible, and that you also may be able to deduct the cost of maintaining a home office if you do a lot of work there. Ask your dean for a T2200. We’ve been told that they will provide them if requested. Also,   …Continue Reading

Dear Members: Our email about increasing ratios of students to tenured/tenure-track faculty prompted queries about similar figures regarding sessional faculty. While we don’t have the numbers on sessionals from 2005/06, we do have those numbers from 06/07 on, and they tell an interesting story. Here’s the breakdown of numbers of sessionals since 06/07: 06/07: 225   …Continue Reading

Hello everyone: At the end of last semester, we sent around some information about how OCAD University compares to the other art and design schools in Canada in terms of student/faculty ratio and class size (in brief, not well). Over the coming months, we will be sending you further information about the state of affairs   …Continue Reading

Hello everyone – I hope everyone had a restful holiday break, and that you all are looking forward to 2013 being rewarding personally and professionally. (I’m tempted to make a joke about it being a tough year for triskaidekaphobes, but jokes never work in emails, so I’ll refrain.) Some important things are on the horizon   …Continue Reading