OCUFA and CAUT statements and resources on COVID-19

OCUFA

• Data and information about Ontario university and university-college reopening plans for the fall 2020 term
• OCUFA Letter to Minister of Colleges and Universities: Now is not the time for destabilizing performance funding
• OCUFA – Ontario spring economic statement continues to fail province’s workers
• OCUFA – Ontario faculty sound alarm over equity implications of the COVID-19 crisis and its impact on the most vulnerable
• OCUFA calls on the provincial government to ensure paid sick leave for Ontario workers
• OCUFA urges university administrations to respect collegial governance structures when addressing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic
• OCUFA: Now is not the time for destabilizing performance funding
• Ontario’s post-secondary institutions likely moving fall studies online
• Ontario shelves plan for performance-based postsecondary funding, while Alberta pushes ahead
• Ontario Puts Off Controversial Post-Secondary Funding Conditions
• Managing finances in difficult times (Webinar by OCUFA and Eckler)
• COVID-19 | Reopening university campuses in September comes with some challenges (iheartradio.ca Shelby Knox Speaks with Michael Conlon – Executive Director Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations regarding the plan to reopen University campuses in the fall)

CAUT

• CAUT – COVID-19 and the Academic Workplace: Questions & Answers
• CAUT – Special COVID-19 Income Support Measures: Information for Academic Staff Associations
• CAUT Briefing Note: Remote Teaching – Privacy and Intellectual Property Concerns
• CAUT & CFS urge federal government to extend the CERB to students and contract staff
• CAUT welcomes new measures for post-secondary students
• CAUT: Post-secondary educators issue urgent call for support to offset impacts of COVID-19
• CAUT develops guidelines for re-opening campuses
• CAUT: Support for research welcome but further expansion of the wage subsidy program needed