Category Archives: OCADFA Notes

Lack of Faculty Consultations in TA Appointments

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The following email was sent to the People & Culture on September 16, 2025 concerning the lack of faculty consultations in TA appointments. The prioritization of Graduate Students for TA and RA positions has been in our Memorandum of Agreement since at least 2010, and it has never precluded faculty consultation on the TAs assigned   …Continue Reading


EMERGENCY STATEMENT ON ACADEMIC FREEDOM IN TIMES OF CONFLICT

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We join the Ontario Federation of Labour and a growing number of other organizations and individuals in calling for an immediate ceasefire and end to violence in Israel-Palestine, and to end the blockade on Gaza and allow aid to flow into areas where it is desperately needed. Read more…


Mid-Summer Dispatch

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In this issue: Mid-Summer Dispatch


Dispatch – Year End 2022

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In This Issue: President’s Note. 1 Negotiations report/update: Bill 124. 3 Call for Action: “Repeal, don’t appeal Bill 124”. 4 Negotiations report/update for the upcoming round. 4 CORE FUNDAMENTALS OF ORGANIZING.. 4 JHSC report/update. 5 Right of Reappointment – Teaching Reviews. 5 VP Report/Sessionals Count! Update. 6 Grievance report/update. 7 President’s Note  In our November   …Continue Reading


OCADFA Notes

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OCADFA Elections Voting Reminder You have until 5:00 p.m. tomorrow afternoon to vote for the contested Director-at-Large positions on the Board. There are three Director-at-Large positions, with four candidates (Lina Nasr El Hag Ali, Ross Bullen, Gerald Grison, and Natalie Waldburger). You may cast your ballot for up to three candidates. You can vote via   …Continue Reading