Dear OCADFA members, Due to public health concerns related to the rapid spread of the Omicron variant in Ontario, OCAD University’s Administration has chosen to delay the start of instructional classes and activities to Friday, January 28. The VPAP’s message today hit many of the right notes. The VPAP acknowledged faculty, staff and technicians’ …Continue Reading
We held our 2021 Annual General Meeting over Teams on November 25. Thank you to all members and guests for your participation. We would like to thank all members who stood for election, and congratulate Tannis Nielson and Gerald Grison on behind elected to the Board. You can see our new Board of Directors composition …Continue Reading
We are happy to announce that we’ve come to an agreement on a new Letter of Understanding (LOU) related to the impact of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic on our working conditions at OCAD University. You can view the new letter by clicking here. This LOU replaces the original COVID LOU, the Memorandum of Understanding on …Continue Reading
Current OCADFA Board Members and Staff: OCADFA Staff: Executive Director, Graeme Reniers OCADFA Executive: President, Min Sook Lee Vice President, Mary Eileen Wennekers Secretary Treasurer, Chris Bennell Negotiations Chair, Eric Steenbergen Grievance Chair, Natalie Waldburger Associate Grievance Chair, Richard Hunt Director at Large, J.J. Lee Director at Large, Laura Lovell Anderson Director at Large Tannis …Continue Reading
############################################################# October 2021 Dispatch Hi OCADFA, COVID necessitated an abrupt transition to online teaching, but many of the changes we adopted to take us through the onset of the crisis are difficult to maintain, unsustainable and some undermine key principles of the work we do and our labour standards. As we move into the second …Continue Reading