On April 21, 2015, OCUFA co-hosted the first annual Worldviews Lecture on Media and Higher Education at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) at the University of Toronto. The lecture was present by Simon Marginson, Professor of International Higher Education at the Institute of Education at University College London. Titled “Universities, the plutocracy, […]
Posts from April 2015
TORONTO – The 2015 Ontario Budget repeatedly acknowledges that universities are vital to economic prosperity, yet does not make any new investments in public funding for higher education institutions. In fact, under the current plan, per-student university funding will reach its lowest level since the 1960s. This has professors and academic librarians questioning the government’s […]
TORONTO – The 2015 Ontario Budget repeatedly acknowledges that universities are vital to economic prosperity, yet does not make any new investments in public funding for higher education institutions. In fact, under the current plan, per-student university funding will reach its lowest level since the 1960s. This has professors and academic librarians questioning the government’s […]
Led by Shari Graydon, founder and catalyst of Informed Opinions, this highly interactive workshop builds women’s leadership capacity and enhances their credibility and influence by providing participants with the confidence and tools to contribute their expertise to the public discourse through compelling, short-form written commentary for newspaper op-ed pages and online sites.Of interest to academic […]
Finance Minister Charles Sousa will deliver the 2015 Ontario Budget on Thursday, April 23, 2015. What can professors and academic librarians expect to see in Ontario’s financial plan? A good first question is to ask what should be in the budget. As OCUFA pointed out in its pre-budget submission to government, public investment in our universities is […]
The University of Western Ontario Faculty Association (UWOFA) is fighting for changes to university governance processes, after it was revealed that President Amit Chakma received $967,000 in pay in 2013-14- twice his contractual pay. The double payment – disbursed when Chakma declined to take a year of paid leave – was revealed in the 2015 […]
OCUFA’s Status of Women Committee is pleased to host the “Writing Compelling Commentary” workshop, hosted by Shari Graydon. This highly interactive workshop seeks to build women’s leadership capacity and enhances their influence by providing participants with the confidence and tools to contribute their expertise to the public discourse through compelling, short form written commentary. Presented […]
In anticipation of a government-led review of Ontario’s university funding formula, OCUFA Report is hosting a special series of articles examining the issues around the funding formula. This is part six of six. You can also read parts one , two , three , four and five on OCUFA’s website. Last week, we looked at the strengths and weaknesses of Ontario’s university funding […]
Space is running out for the first annual Worldviews Lecture on Media and Higher Education . This free event will look at how universities fit into a world increasingly divided between the rich and everyone else. The first lecture will feature Simon Marginson, Professor of International Education at the Institute of Education, University of London. Professor Marginson will deliver a lecture titled, […]
This Op-Ed, by OCUFA President Kate Lawson, originally appeared in the Huffington Post . The ongoing strikes at York University and the University of Toronto have prompted a variety of thoughtful and insightful examinations of the state of university education in Ontario. In particular, the conversation around the changing nature of academic work and the plight of […]