Bill 213 introduced; allows for direct government intervention in any university that incurs a deficit in excess of 2% of its operating budget.
National Universities Week held (October 2–8).
OCUFA staff organize under CUPE Local 1281.
UTFA rejoins OCUFA (July 1).
Staff now comprises Executive Director Patrick Wesley; Senior Research Officer Helen Breslauer; Research Officer Trish McAdie; Communications Co-ordinator Doreen Brown; Organizations Co-ordinator Maureen Davies; and secretaries Heather McKenzie and Willow McDonald.
OCUFA now represents 10,000 professors and academic librarians.
Provincial grants to universities increase by 7.5%; also a one-time grant of $12 million for equipment and books is announced.