Hello Everyone: At the recent AGM we discussed the need for faculty voices to be heard by the Board of Governors (BoG). Recently the BoG approved the 2020/21 operating budget and commissioned an external third party review of our fiscal situation. OCAD U is at a crossroads, poised to make radical changes because of fiscal …Continue Reading
Hello, Please take the time to fill out OCUFA’s province-wide survey on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic . We need the data to back the anecdotal evidence that is broadly shared: COVID has increased workload and has had a disproportionate effect on faculty and education workers have were already precarious. Mounting a fight back relies on …Continue Reading
Dear OCADFA members, an update, an invitation and a call to action: OCUFA supports 1492 Land Back Lane This weekend I attended the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations (OCUFA) Annual General Meeting. One of the motions I spoke to that successfully passed was support for the Haudenosaunee land defenders at 1492 Land Back Lane. The Board …Continue Reading
Oct. 6, 2020 Dear OCADFA Members, Third-party External Review I am writing with an urgent request that you attend the Faculty and Staff Townhall this Thursday. It will provide an update on the third-party external review and the 2020-21 operating budget. Thursday Oct. 8, 3:30PM – 4:45 PM Join Zoom Meeting https://ocadu.zoom.us/j/83519637800?pwd=ZEdsMUVuNWM0SitOU3RaQlFHYnhMUT09 OCAD U hired …Continue Reading
Dear OCADFA members, Students across Canada are taking action today on a student-led strike against anti-Black and anti-Indigenous racism. The strike will also commemorate Orange Shirt Day and take place online in a series of webinars: 11am to 12:30pm: Why we strike and Orange Shirt Day teach-in 1pm to 2:15pm: Defund the police and cops off campus 2:30pm to 3:30pm: Barriers …Continue Reading