OCADFA Dispatch
The OCADFA Dispatch is the newsletter that provides the latest updates from your union.
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December 2025
- OCADU’s SMA4 & Ontario’s Funding Crisis
- A Profile of Sessional Precarity
- Notes from the Sector
- Senate Update: Shrinking Democratic Space
- Bargaining Update
- Dear Graeme: Do only tenured faculty have academic freedom?
- CAUT Council: Defending Education, Democracy, and Labour Rights
- Grievances FAQ
- Student Union & Bill 33
- Workers’ Bowl
- Community Support Fund
- Town Hall: Right to Strike
- Ross Bullen’s New Book: How to Succeed in Academia (While Failing at Everything Else)
Read and/or download the issue HERE:
https://tinyurl.com/Dispatch-122025
November 2025
- New Bargaining Update Approved
- Message from the President
- Dear Graeme: Why Can’t We Strike?
- Notes from the Sector
- OCADFA Zine: Know Your MoA
- OCADFA Bargaining Team videos
- Fair Employment Week
- Workers’ Bowl 2025
- Grievance Corner
- Introducing Our New Communications Coordinator
Read and/or download the issue HERE:
www.tinyurl.com/Dispatch-112025
April 2025
- Federal Election: April 28th, 2025
- CAUT Issues Advisory on Travel to the USA
- Metal Shop Incident
- Mutual Aid Call Out
- Sessional Report
- TA/RA Experinces at OCADU
- OCADFA Bargaining Videos
- Notes From the Sector
- “Dear Graeme”
- AGM Reminder
- Town Hall Reminder
Read and/or download the issue HERE:
https://ocadfa.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/APRIL-2025-Dispatch-1.pdf
MARCH 2025
- A Call For Financial Transparency
- Spring AGM
- ACT NOW!
- Notes From The Sector
- Benefits Improvements!
- Grievence Report
- Sessional Report
- “Dear Graeme” Advice Column
Read and/or download the issue HERE:
https://ocadfa.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/March-2025-Dispatch.pdf
February 2025
- Provincial Elections
- Spring AGM & Community Townhall
- Negotiations Wrap-Up
- Students In Distress Protocol
- Notes From The Sector
- OCADFA Community Support Fund
- Grievance Report
- “Dear Graeme” Advice Column
Read and/or download the issue HERE:
https://ocadfa.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/FEBRUARY-2025-DISPATCH-1.pdf
ARCHIVED ISSUES
December 2024: https://ocadfa.ca/blog/2024/12/18/end-of-year-dispatch-december-2024/
May 2024: https://ocadfa.ca/blog/2024/05/23/special-issue-dispatch/
April 2024: https://ocadfa.ca/blog/2024/04/23/april-2024-ocadfa-dispatch/
February 2024: https://ocadfa.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/February-2024-Dispatch-OCADFA-.pdf
December 2023: https://ocadfa.ca/blog/2023/12/20/december-2023-dispatch/
October/November 2023: https://ocadfa.ca/blog/2023/11/02/october-november-2023-dispatch/
September 2024: https://ocadfa.ca/blog/2023/09/21/september-2023-dispatch/
July 2023: https://ocadfa.ca/blog/2023/07/27/mid-summer-dispatch/
May 2023: https://ocadfa.ca/blog/2023/05/01/may-2023-dispatch-the-may-day-issue/
April 2023: https://ocadfa.ca/blog/2023/04/03/april-2023-dispatch/
February 2023: https://ocadfa.ca/blog/2023/03/03/february-2023-dispatch/
January 2023: https://ocadfa.ca/blog/2023/01/31/january-2023-dispatch/
December 2022: https://ocadfa.ca/blog/2022/12/12/dispatch-year-end-2022/