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The Ontario Election Results – What do they mean for education, professors, and academic librarians?

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With the Ontario election resulting in a Liberal minority government — one seat short of a majority —  coupled with an uncertain economy, many questions remain regarding the Liberal government’s policy directions for higher education, and their impact on the university sector. The Liberal party platform promised a 30% tuition fee rebate to undergraduate students […]

Teaching and Academic Librarianship Awards

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Each year OCUFA recognizes outstanding teachers and academic librarians in Ontario universities through its Teaching and Academic Librarianship Awards. Since 1973 OCUFA has presented over 400 awards. The recipients are selected by the OCUFA Teaching and Academic Librarianship Awards Committee. 

Teaching and Academic Librarianship Awards

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Teaching Awards Guidelines for Teaching Awards nominations  Academic Librarianship Awards Guidelines for Academic Librarianship Awards nominations   CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS 52ND ANNUAL OCUFA TEACHING AWARDS OCUFA ACADEMIC LIBRARIANSHIP AWARD FOR 2023-2024 Deadline for receipt of nominations: extended to March 22, 2024   PROGRAM Each year OCUFA recognizes outstanding teachers and academic librarians in Ontario universities through its Teaching and Academic Librarianship Awards. Since 1973 OCUFA has […]

OCUFA looks forward to working with new Minister of Colleges and Universities

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TORONTO, August 19, 2024 – OCUFA welcomes The Honourable Nolan Quinn to his appointment by Premier Doug Ford as Ontario’s Minister of Colleges and Universities. Minister Quinn inherits an extremely important and challenging portfolio, and his term begins as hundreds of thousands of students, faculty, academic librarians and staff return to school across the province. […]

New agreement at Saint Paul University

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In May, members of the Professors’ Association of Saint Paul University (PASPU) ratified their collective agreement for 2024-2027. Compensation gains include an annual Across-the-Board increase of 4.5%, improved compensation for thesis supervision and direction of reading courses, promotion increments and more paid sick days for librarians, and better salary continuity during sabbatical leave for faculty. […]

OCUFA succeeds in getting universities exempted from harmful bankruptcy laws

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TORONTO, June 20, 2024 – After years of advocacy, the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations (OCUFA) and its allies have successfully secured passage of federal legislation that will exclude public universities from the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA) and Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (BIA). OCUFA welcomes news that the House of Commons Bill C-59, which included the […]

Academic community members recognized for outstanding work by OCUFA Awards of Distinction

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TORONTO, June 18, 2024 –The Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations (OCUFA) extends a big congratulations to the 2023-24 Awards of Distinction recipients—members of the university community who exemplify the best qualities in teaching, librarianship, scholarship, and collective bargaining at Ontario universities; and journalism on Canadian postsecondary education. “The award recipients made significant contributions to […]

Letter to the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences regarding announcement to host 2025 Congress at George Brown College

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May 22, 2024 Annie Pilote, Chair of Board Mike DeGagné, Interim Chief Administrator Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences 200 – 141 Laurier Avenue West Ottawa, ON K1P 5J3 [Sent by email: contact@federationhss.ca] Subject: Re: Recent announcement to host 2025 Congress at George Brown College Dear Annie Pilote and Mike DeGagné, We are writing […]

Ontario university professors mark closure of historic women’s college

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TORONTO, April 30, 2024 – The Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations (OCUFA) recognizes the essential contributions of the Brescia Faculty Association (BFA) to the vibrant and unique educational experience at Brescia University College in advance of the institution’s closure on May 1, 2024. “Brescia University College was Canada’s only women’s university college and it […]

University professors say Ontario’s allocation of international student spots misses the big picture

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TORONTO, March 27, 2024 – The Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations welcomed recent news that almost all international study permits will be allocated to Ontario’s publicly funded universities and colleges but warned that distributing study permits based solely on immediate labour market needs misses the big picture. “Ontario’s public universities prepare students for the […]

Ontario budget gets failing grade from university professors

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TORONTO, March 26, 2024 – The Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations said the 2024 Ontario Budget gets a failing grade for not supporting the province’s public universities. “This budget fails the test of investing in the long-term health of our world-class publicly funded universities,” said Nigmendra Narain, OCUFA President. “Universities are in a crisis […]