Ontario students protest OSAP changes at Queen's Park Hundreds of students are expected to gather outside Queen’s Park Wednesday to protest the Ontario government’s changes to its student loan program.

Ontario students rally at Queen’s Park to protest OSAP changes

'No cuts, no fees, no corporate universities': Students stage mass protest over Ford government’s OSAP cuts | CBC News Students across the province are protesting recent changes to the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) — the post-secondary financial aid system will go from a majority grant structure to a major...

Students across the province are protesting recent changes to the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) — the post-secondary financial aid system will go from a majority grant structure to a majority loan structure in the new school year. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Happening now: Students arriving at Queen’s Park for a “Hands Off Our Education” protest against OSAP changes and tuition fee increases. #OnPoli

Map of Canada with the province of Ontario highlighted. Text that reads "Recent data shows 59% of Ontario students and their families have difficulty paying tuition fees. Canadian average: 48%"

Ontario is lowering OSAP so students only receive 25% of funding through grants.

48% of Canadian students report struggling with the cost of tuition. In Ontario, that number jumps to 59%.

Federal grants are also on the chopping block.

Student support should be increasing, not decreasing.

Ontario College Faculty stand in solidarity with LUFA members!
#solidarity

Faculty, academic librarians, and counsellors represented by @lufappul.bsky.social have been on strike since Monday, January 19th.

@stfxaut.bsky.social is pleased to stand with our LUFA colleagues by making a donation of $1000 to support their efforts to achieve a fair and equitable agreement.

Yesterday’s BBQ with the Pit Crew 🌭

LUFA Strong!
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Barbecue d’hier avec l’équipe Pit Crew 🌭

APPUL fort !

Last night the LU Nursing Students Association joined their faculty on the lines. Students and faculty united!

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Hier soir, l'association des étudiants en sciences infirmières de l'UL s'est jointe à leur faculté sur les piquets de grève. Étudiants et professeurs unis !

What are LUFA's priorities for a fair deal?

(1) Pensions, (2) Compensation, and (3) Workload

LUFA members want a deal that improves supports for students, boosts morale, and attracts and retain talent.

Together we will win a better, stronger university for all ✊
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Ensemble, nous construirons une université meilleure et plus forte pour tous ✊

Solidarity is in full force for LUFA's first day on strike!
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La solidarité est au rendez-vous lors de la première journée de grève de l'APPUL !

Members of @lufappul.bsky.social have taken to the picket lines following months of negotiations.

LUFA members have endured years of instability and made extraordinary sacrifices following the university’s unprecedented use of the CCAA.

Read more: www.caut.ca/news/laurent...

Faculty and academic staff are being asked to do more, with less. We all deserve better!

How to run a university in Canada? Outsource it to this management consulting firm Nous Group's template for getting out of the red has been adopted by major schools. Critics call it the corporatization of higher education.

We will never accept this template: corporatization of higher education: No to Nousferatu
nationalpost.com/feature/how-...

Conestoga College President John Tibbits resigns after union pressure, OPSEU/SEFPO invites interim leadership to rebuild together www.globenewswire.com/news-release...

“This win belongs to every worker, student, and neighbour that has been devastated by John Tibbits’ destructive tenure,” said Leopold Koff, President of OPSEU/SEFPO Local 237, representing faculty. “Now the adults can sit down and talk.”

www.globenewswire.com/news-release...

OCAD U lags behind other universities in terms of working conditions, benefits & pay.

That why Fair and Reasonable Compensation is at the heart of our negotiating plans.

www.ocadfa.ca

@ocufa.bsky.social @caut.bsky.social

Why Canada needs better data on strikes, unions and other labour issues Canada does a poor job of gathering labour relations information. In a period of rising inequality and renewed workplace conflict, stakeholders need better data.

At a time when official statistics are under political pressure elsewhere, Canada has an opportunity & a responsibility to strengthen its own commitment to open, reliable labour relations data. Adam King & I explain why:

theconversation.com/why-canada-n...

#cdnpoli #canlab

Act Now: End the CCAA Exit Loan Controls — Let LUFA bargain freely Join LUFA in calling on the government and the Laurentian University Board of Governors to lift the remaining CCAA Exit Loan Agreement restrictions to allow for free and fair collective bargaining.

Act now: email the Ontario government telling them to remove the unnecessary limitations on @lufappul.bsky.social's right to free and fair bargaining. Send your letter here: actionnetwork.org/letters/act-...

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(1/4) While the Ontario government has announced new funding reviews, Ontario’s public universities continue to receive the lowest level of provincial funding in the country, and it is not close.

Text that reads “Top five countries for verified incidents” above the flags of the United States, Bangladesh, India, Palestine and Ukraine.

Scholars at Risk’s most recent Free to Think report highlights the threats to academic freedom around the world, documenting 328 verified incidents of attacks on higher education in 49 countries and territories from July 2024 to June 2025.

Learn more in the latest Bulletin: buff.ly/ucPlxWM

Ready to welcome delegates from across the country for the 99th Council Meeting.

Prêts à accueillir des délégués de tout le pays pour la 99e Réunion de l’Assemblée du Conseil.

Welcome to our newest member, the Association of McGill Library Academic Staff!

Bienvenue à notre tout nouveau membre, l’Association du personnel académique des bibliothèques de McGill!

Utterly shameful. It's time for this provincial government to acknowledge its responsibility and properly fund the post-secondary education sector.
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We are happy to announce that SMU PT Faculty members have ratified the Tentative Agreement. Members will return to work and classes will resume on Monday.

Congratulations everyone!

#cdnpse #canlab

@caut.bsky.social @cupens.bsky.social @cupescfp.bsky.social

Teal background with a white quote symbol at the top, followed by the words in white, bold text: "The Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations and the Canadian Association of University Teachers are both supporting LUFA and will seek intervenor status in this charter challenge." Below the text is an iPhone displaying the CTV News article: Faculty union at Laurentian to make a human rights challenge over pension plan bargaining by Darren MacDonald. Published November 17, 2025 at 12:45PM EST.

Teal background with a white quote symbol at the top, followed by the words in white, bold text: "Bargaining belongs to us: not the government, not the courts." Below that in smaller white text the quote is attributed to: "Fabrice Colin, President of the Laurentian University Faculty Association." Taking up the bottom two thirds of the frame, a tablet displays the Sudbury Star article: Laurentian union launches constitutional challenge as contract talks begin by Harold Carmichael. Published November 17, 2025.

(1/4) The Government of Ontario has been interfering systemically and structurally with the Laurentian University Faculty Association’s free and fair collective bargaining rights.

George Brown suspended hospitality programs here, but still runs them in Dubai. ‘That doesn’t make sense,’ say faculty The international partnership was agreed to just before a provincial ban. The college said the overseas school “serves a different student market.”

www.thestar.com/news/gta/geo...

Students rally for hands off their education - Excalibur A recap of the YFS-coordinated Bill 33 press conference.

University students are rallying against Bill 33.

www.excal.on.ca/news/2025/11...

Opinion: If the UCP can take away teachers' rights, no one is safe But Bill 2 does far more than end a strike. It turns fifty-thousand Albertan teachers into second-class citizens.

"..suppressing teachers’ rights is exactly what the UCP intended to do...And if the UCP can take the rights away from 50,000 of them, then nobody’s safe."

@acifa.bsky.social's @drmacd.bsky.social & CAFA's Lee Easton on why we must fight Bill 2. @caut.bsky.social

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AFSCME (American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees) seeks a Development Operations Engineer, Data & Analytics Department to be based in Washington, DC [Headquarters]. Details can be found at: unionjobs.com/listing.php?... #1u #UnionStrong @afscme.bsky.social