Dear OCADFA members, an update, an invitation and a call to action: OCUFA supports 1492 Land Back Lane This weekend I attended the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations (OCUFA) Annual General Meeting. One of the motions I spoke to that successfully passed was support for the Haudenosaunee land defenders at 1492 Land Back Lane. The Board …Continue Reading
OCADFA’s letter to Minister Ross Romano regarding Ontario government’s intention to grant Canada Chrisitan College a university status and allow it to award degrees. Canada Christian College is run by Charles McVety, a publicly reviled and controversial televangelical who has trafficked hateful messages chock full of homophobia, transphobia, racism and Islamophobia. Click here to download …Continue Reading
The recent incident at University of Ottawa concerning Dr. Verushka Lieutenant-Duval’s use of discriminatory and racially-charged language in her ART 3317 Art and Gender course, combined with CAUT’s solidarity of such language under the guise ff academic freedom, is deeply concerning. OCADFA supports the statement of the caucus of the Black, Indigenous and People of …Continue Reading
OCADFA’s letter to MPP Roman Baber, Chair, Standing Committee on Justice Policy. Bill 168’s proposal to re-define Ontario’s definition of anti-semitism to include criticism of the Israeli state. The definition of antisemitism adopted by Bill 168 is guided by definition used by the International Holocaust Remebrance Alliance (IHRA) which seeks to redefine anti-semitism to include …Continue Reading