University of Toronto Faculty Association
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Joined October 2013
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"Ontario provides the lowest level of funding per pupil in Canada ... Ontarians should be completely invested in what's going on at the post-secondary level ... research shows that education systems that are strong also lead to a strong economy." #ONpoli
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Tomorrow! Please join with and learn from YUFA colleagues to stand up for programs at @YorkUniversity that profoundly affect students, community and social good. #WeAreYorkU
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On February 27th, vote to end the gigification of teaching. Universities need a funding model that supports long-term, stable, and permanent positions for contract faculty. Email the party leaders now and ask them to commit to #Fairness4CF. #ONpoli#ONPSE buff.ly/4k2uXRA
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🗳️ On Feb 27, vote to end the gigification of teaching. Universities need a funding model that supports long-term, stable, and permanent positions for contract faculty.
👉🏼 Email the party leaders now and ask them to commit to #Fairness4CF:
buff.ly/4k2uXR
ALT Illustration of three people holding signs about job security and voting, promoting stable employment for contract faculty. Text reads: This election, as your candidates to Stop the gigification of teaching. End the precarious work crisis on campuses by introducing an updated funding model that allows universities to commit to long-term, stable and permanent employment for contract faculty members. Banner underneath illustration reads learn more at ocufa.on.ca.
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University Affairs is conducting a study into the challenges, opportunities and strategies to achieving gender equity in the academy. If you are a faculty or an administrative staff member, consider taking some time to complete their survey.
More info: universityaffairs.ca/news/ta…
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“We need more research to understand why the work of Indigenization and reconciliation tends to be placed on women and is thereby quite gendered.”
In the latest Bulletin, Candace Brunette-Debassige discusses Indigenization at Canadian universities: caut.ca/bulletin/2024/11/int…
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Institutions, students & faculty call for a sustained boost to provincial funding. Read more about how experts predict challenging times ahead for Ontario's postsecondary sector: cbc.ca/news/canada/post-seco… #ONpoli #ONpse
Amid cuts to staff, programs and student services, Canada's post-secondary system is moving into a stormy period. cbc.ca/news/canada/post-seco…
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@univcan & Japan’s JANU have signed an #MOU to strengthen ties in #HigherEducation. This partnership will foster academic excellence 🎓, research innovation 🔬💡and 🌎exchanges, building on 50+ years of collaboration.🇨🇦🤝🇯🇵
#HigherEd #GlobalPartnerships
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Thank you to @UofT for making your voice heard- Ford's plan to remove bike lanes costs money that is sorely needed elsewhere in our city and makes our communities less healthy and less safe.
#TOpoli @CycleToronto #toronto
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It’s time for job security, fair pay, and benefits for @UofT and all contract faculty!
Faculty working conditions are student learning conditions. #Fairness4CF #MakeItFair #CDNPSE ocufa.on.ca/fairness makeitfair.caut.ca
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“Education austerity must end if we want to develop a thriving, informed populace where all people can have equal opportunity to explore their potential.”
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“‘Get your education. That’s one thing they can never take away from you,’ is something I heard a lot growing up in my rural community.”
Rachel Hawco on why cuts to MUN hurt the people of a province that already has the lowest rate of bachelor’s degrees.
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I'm moderating a free online event exploring ongoing threats to the right to strike, featuring @OFLabour president Laura Walton @waltonmom and my @BrockLabour colleague Alison Braley-Rattai.
🗓️ Wed Nov 13 @ 7PM
💻 Register ➡️ eventbrite.ca/e/the-right-to…
#canlab @CAWLS_ACETS
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October 21 to 25 is Fair Employment Week. Please join @caut_acppu and @OCUFA, @cuasa, and @cupe4600 in advocating for job security for all professors. #fairness4cf
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October 21-25 is Fair Employment Week, celebrating and recognizing the many faculty at Canadian universities who make significant contributions yet don't have job security. @DalhousieU @CAUT_ACPPU @ANSUT_Tweets @cupe3912 #MakeItFair
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Too many contract faculty have to reapply for their jobs every term and don’t know if they will be teaching semester-to-semester or year-to-year. #Fairness4CF #MakeItFair #CDNPSE ocufa.on.ca/fairness makeitfair.caut.ca
ALT #MAKEITFAIR for Contract Academic Staff. Workers on campuses across the province are fighting for fairness and job security, benefits, and equal pay for equal work.
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"Steering" is the practice commonly used by academic administrators that aims to give "soft" directives in a way that the administration can plausibly deny *are* directives. It is fundamentally dishonest and undermines #collegialgovernance. 1/8
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Congratulations @AMPE_AMPE and AMPFA! Welcome to the #unionuniversity family!
Following our agreement with @mcgillu, @AMPL_AMPD , & AMPFA: #McGill has officially dropped its challenge to our certification before the Quebec labour tribunal. We expect to be certified imminently. Thanks especially to AMPL and everyone who has helped make this happen!
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Academia is held together by caffeine, free labour, and the two people who nod encouragingly during presentations
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Through our confederation with the other two faculty unions at @McGillU, we get the best of both worlds: harmonization where useful and local negotiations to preserve each faculty's priorities.
