Academia in the Age of Austerity
Dear Colleagues: The theme of OCUFA’s annual conference for January 2013 will be “Academia in the Age of Austerity”. In light of Ontario government’s “austerity agenda”, including its proposed […]
Pensions Now and Pension Alternatives Webcasts
Dear Colleagues: The OCUFA Pension webcasts — Pensions Now (held October 16 and 17, 2012) and Pension Alternatives (held October 22 and 23, 2012) — were recorded and can now […]
OCUFA’s Education and Mobilization plan
Dear Colleagues: You will now have heard that this evening (October 15, 2012) Dalton McGuinty resigned as premier and prorogued the Ontario Legislature. This means that all legislative business comes […]
New framework for university pension plans
Dear Colleagues: As recent headlines attest, the Ontario government appears to be closing in on a new framework for university pension plans in this province. In order to develop an […]
Ontario government’s draft labour legislation
Dear Colleagues: A comprehensive summary and analysis of the Ontario government’s draft labour legislation, Protecting Public Services Act 2012 has been prepared for OCUFA by the legal team at Sack, […]
OCUFA’s response to the Ministry of Training
Dear Colleagues; This morning, OCUFA released its response to the Ministry of Training, Colleges, and Universities discussion paper, Strengthening Ontario’s Centres of Creativity, Innovation and Knowledge. Our submission, titled Growing […]
CAUT Declares an ALERT for Concordia University College of Alberta
I am forwarding this message on behalf of the CAUT Executive Committee. CAUT Declares an ALERT for Concordia University College of Alberta CAUT has issued an ALERT to draw attention […]
Legislation that will freeze compensation and benefits
Greetings, Yesterday, the Ontario Government brought forward legislation that will freeze compensation and benefits for all those in the broader public sector, including all staff at universities and colleges, for […]
Save Library and Archives Canada
Save Library and Archives Canada Campaign Update – Latest News September 2012 Archival organizations across Canada withdraw from Library and Archives Canada’s Pan-Documentary Heritage Network On May 31st, 2012, the […]
Government’s imposition of compensation freeze legislation on the university sector
Dear Colleagues; Attached [posted below this statement], please find our response to the government’s imposition of compensation freeze legislation on the university sector. In the coming weeks, we will be […]