Hello everyone — Just to follow up quickly on my most recent message, I want to reiterate my suggestion that you take any opportunities you can to let your candidates know about the importance of restoring funding to post-secondary education. As OCUFA right points out all three major parties have been totally absent on this   …Continue Reading

Hi everyone – As you know, the provincial election is coming up quickly, and it’s outcome could have a major impact on universities. Now is a great time to reach out to the candidates in your riding and urge them to make post-secondary education a priority by restoring funding and doing away with the Liberals’   …Continue Reading

Hi all: Just a quick update on the University of Saskatchewan situation: as you likely know, UofS quickly reversed itself regarding the decision to fire Professor Robert Buckingham. The fallout has been serious enough that, last night, Provost Brett Fairbairn resigned just prior to an emergency board meeting. However, clearly, the board still doesn’t quite   …Continue Reading

Hi everyone – Three items have come up in the last two days that are time-sensitive, so just a quick note to address these items before we get into the long weekend. First, the review for Vlad Spicanovic that Christine Bovis-Cnossen announced yesterday: it’s important that you give your positives and negatives as part of   …Continue Reading

Dear OCADFA Members: As I said yesterday, we’ve received several queries about the best way to respond to the survey recently sent out by Carole Beaulieu. Many people, and not just in OCADFA, have concerns about the process. These concerns include, without being limited to: (1) renewing a president for a third term lies far   …Continue Reading