CAUT’s letter to President Diamond (PDF) Letter from Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) to President Sara Diamond regarding OCADU administration’s commitment to collegial governance in academic decision-making.

Dear OCADFA members, Please see a public letter below, addressed to Senators calling for our collegial governance structures to be strengthened, not weakened during the pandemic.  A new senate committee, the Academic Emergency Response Committee (AERC), has been convened and has made broad and far reaching decisions on issues that all of Senate should be debating and   …Continue Reading

OCADFA will be publishing a Spring/Summer Newsletter and we invite you to contribute: Our Labour in Times of COVID-19  On March 11th the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus a pandemic, jolting ordinary life on a global scale and transforming social, economic, political and cultural systems. By March 18th in Toronto, post-secondary institutions focussed their attention on   …Continue Reading

Dear OCADFA members. Today, International Worker’s Day, or  May Day is recognized around the world as a day to celebrate workers and a day to commemorate historic labour actions taken by workers to secure labour rights. This is a day to honour the gains workers and unions have won: from the 8 hr work day,   …Continue Reading

April 16, 2020 Dear OCADFA Members, Many members have asked about the Letter of Understanding (LoU) between OCAD and OCADFA that was signed on April 3. We have made it available on our website. The LoU is an expression of goodwill. It is important that OCADFA work in collaboration with the administration during this difficult   …Continue Reading