News and Member Information

OCADFA produces a monthly newsletter and various informational handbooks for our members. Click on the links below to access and/or download the pdf.


The Dispatch

The OCADFA Dispatch is the newsletter that provides the latest updates from your union.

The TA/RA Handbook

Learn about your Rights and Benefits as a Teaching or Research Assistant.

The Sessional Handbook

Learn about your Rights and Benefits as a Sessional Instructor.

Guide to Individual Appointment Offers

A rough guide to reading their individual offers of employment, and to ensure consistency with our Memorandum of Agreement and OCAD U’s typical practices.

Right to Reasonable Accommodation

A primer to familiarize our members on the legal basis of accommodations.

Intellectual Property Report

Learn about the Policy on Intellectual Property included in the Memorandum of Agreement.


OCADFA Zine: Know Your MoA!

An illustrated summary of the Memorandum of Agreement signed between the University an our union.