(Toronto – April 15, 2019) On April 11, the 2019 Ontario Budget was tabled. Given the track record of the Ontario government to date, this budget delivered what we expected: a continued attack on workers’ Read More …

(Toronto – April 12, 2019) Ontario’s faculty are alarmed by the Doug Ford government’s budget proposal to allocate 60 per cent of university funding based on institutional performance. By design, performance-based funding threatens education quality Read More …

(Sudbury – March 7, 2019) LUFA Secretary-Treasurer Jean-Charles Cachon will be in Halifax on Friday to show solidarity with the Faculty Association of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (FUNSCAD), which has been Read More …

(Oshawa – February 21, 2019) The Faculty Association at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) is seeking your urgent help in their efforts to avert a strike. Since October, UOITFA has been working Read More …

(Sudbury – February 14, 2019)   The Laurentian University Faculty Association is calling for more transparency in the practices of the University’s Board of Governors after the disclosure of special deals for senior university administrators. “It Read More …

(Ottawa – Feb. 13, 2019) Introduction: This advisory reviews the concept of fiduciary duty and considers its application to a university’s board of governors. The conclusion is that reliance on the corporate law concept of Read More …

(Sudbury – Feb. 6, 2019) As most of you may have heard, LUFA recently received an arbitration decision regarding the employment contracts and leave for the former President, Dominic Giroux. As LUFA previously reported, we Read More …

(Toronto – Jan. 17, 2019) Without increased public funding for Ontario’s universities and colleges, the Progressive Conservative Government’s announced tuition fee reduction is nothing more than an ill-conceived political gimmick designed to distract Ontarians from Read More …