Hello Everyone – Many of you know that this week is National Adjunct Action Week in the United States, and today is their walkout day. So I’m writing you today with two requests. First, please take a minute—and it will take only a minute—to sign the solidarity letter on CAUT’s website at http://www.fairemploymentweek.ca/take-action/ Second, please   …Continue Reading

Hi Everyone: As I mentioned in my previous note, we’re into performance review season, and people have had some follow-up questions about that. So I want to address those queries, and discuss a few other current issues about Senate governance, union affiliation and disability accommodations. Warning: there’s quite a bit of MoA-speak in what follows   …Continue Reading

Hello Everyone! “You’re already a member!” I always open my emails with this greeting because many people, especially in contract positions, don’t know that they belong to OCADFA. So they don’t open emails from OCADFA until they’ve got two or three of them—which means that every OCADFA email I send will be, for at least   …Continue Reading

Hi Everyone, and Happy New Year: The main things I want to discuss in this message are: (1) hiring; (2) the Teaching Intensive Stream; and (3) shop safety. First, though, I want to mention something important for anyone on a limited-term contract: you remain an OCADFA member for 6 months after your contract ends. This   …Continue Reading

Hello Everyone – As many of you know, tomorrow will mark 25 years since 14 women were murdered at École Polytechnique de Montréal. In honour of those women, the Canadian Association of University Teachers has prepared this short video statement about the importance of remembering this tragedy, and of overcoming the larger cycle of violence   …Continue Reading