21-23 October 2025 is Fair Employment Week! What is Fair Employment Week? OCADFA is a member of the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) and every year we commemorate Fair Employment Week to raise awareness about precarious employment on campus and to improve the working conditions of contract academic staff. How can I get involved? …Continue Reading
OCADFA recently agreed to a Memorandum of Understanding concerning a Voluntary Retirement Incentive Plan the University is offering to Tenured faculty members whose age plus years of service total 80 or more. A communication from the People & Culture Office was sent to all members of the university community on April 3 announcing the Incentive …Continue Reading
OCADFA has entered a team in the 12th annual Workers’ Bowl (in-person) on Saturday, November 16, 2024! All proceeds go to support the Ontario Employment Education & Research Centre (OEERC) and the Workers’ Action Centre. You can support our team (“Left by Design”) through this link: https://www.workersbowl.ca/fundraisers/LeftByDesignOCADFA
In this issue: Critical Updates for Sessionals, OCUFA Advocacy Day Queen’s Park, Notes from the Sector, Strike at the AGO, Bargaining Update, Grassy Narrows River Run 2024, Beautiful Trouble Award, Workload Survey Results, Course Load Complaints? – Read more…