This Labour Day will be unlike any other and there are a diversity of events happening right across Ontario. Join a car caravan in your community, go to a drive-in movie, or log on to join fellow workers in a virtual celebration of the labour movement. Find an event near you.
All workers deserve paid sick days. On August 29, join OCUFA and the Fight for $15 and Fairness to call for at least 7 days of paid sick leave for all workers, plus an additional 14 days of paid sick leave during public health outbreaks. Sign up now to receive more details on how you can raise your voice for paid sick days for all on August 29!
Rising to the challenge: Reflections on a round of pandemic bargaining By Larry Savage, Brock University “When the Brock University Faculty Association entered its most recent round of bargaining in April 2020, the Ontario government had already declared a state of emergency in response to the spread of COVID-19 and Brock University had suspended face-to-face classes…” Building an anti-racist campus means fundamentally rethinking institutional structures and practices By Siobhan Stevenson, University of Toronto “Two weeks after police […]
There is more to Academic Matters than just the print issue. New articles are being added to the Academic Matters website every week. Here are some recent articles you might find interesting: Remote teaching and technology-facilitated gender-based and sexual violence By Jordyn Perreault-Laird, OCUFA; Mina Rajabi Paak, OCUFA; Rebecca Godderis, Wilfrid Laurier University “As provincial and federal governments continue to ask Ontario residents […]
