We want a strong TUFA showing at these events. Interested members should contact the TUFA Office for reimbursement information for travel to the Queen’s Park rally and/or to sign out a TUFA banner.
On a provincial level there is the Hands Off Our Education Rally at Queen’s Park (111 Wellesley Street West, Toronto, ON) 1:30 PM - Tuesday, March 24th
There are two upcoming opportunities to support students who are protesting OSAP cuts. Locally in Peterborough there is a Rally at Dave Smith’s Office
(Unit E, 864 Chemong Rd.) 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM on Wednesday, March 25th
If we want strong universities, we need proper public funding.
Underfunding fuels precarious contracts, inequitable pay, and fewer supports for students.
Investing in our universities means stable jobs for contract faculty, & better education for everyone.
Read the op-ed tinyurl.com/cfsmdoa
Too many contract faculty are hired term-to-term, paid less than their peers for the same teaching, & denied benefits. That instability affects faculty and students. Faculty working conditions are student learning conditions.
Read the op-ed #Fairness4CF tinyurl.com/cfsmdoa @ocufa.bsky.social
📅Wednesday, March 11 is Contract Faculty Social Media Day of Action. This year’s theme Stop the Gigification of Faculty Work, highlights the growing reliance on precarious academic labour and what it means for faculty, students, and the future of our universities.
@ocufa.bsky.social #fairness4cf
People hold graduation caps. Text overlay reads: The Ontario Universities and Colleges Coalition (OUCC) calls on the government to commit to a long-term funding plan that brings Ontario to at least the Canadian average per-student funding while protecting students from escalating debt.
New funding welcome, but still leaves Ontario at the bottom of the heap, increases student debt: Ontario Universities and Colleges Coalition campuscoalition.org/post/pse-fun...
Call on the Laurentian University Board of Governors to fairly negotiate a deal with @lufappul.bsky.social that benefits the community. tinyurl.com/4wnzcz4z
A teal image of a waving flag. The text reads: A Made-in-Ontario Economic Solution: Ensuring Universities Continue to Drive Ontario's Prosperity. OCUFA's 2026 Pre-Budget Submission.
For decades, universities have had to do more with less. We're calling on the province of Ontario to help universities do more with more—and it starts with strong, stable funding. Read our 2026 pre-budget submission: tinyurl.com/y42k7444
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...
Laurentian University faculty face a January 19 strike as the government’s Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA) block fair pensions, pay & workloads. Tell the government to lift restrictions and allow free bargaining. By sending a letter: actionnetwork.org/letters/act-...
Photo of Bulletin interview subjects Momin Rahman and Alison Hearn featuring a quote from the interview.
“Equity enhances our collective knowledge, strengthens peer review, and expands our capacity to understand and change the world.”
Read our full interview of with Momin Rahman and Alison Hearn, the co-editors of the latest issue of the CAUT Journal in the Bulletin: www.caut.ca/bulletin/mom...
Image of a Toronto Star opinion piece on a tablet. The title of the article is: opinion - federal budget creates a massive educational opportunity for Doug Ford. A pulled quote at the top of the image reads: The premier has a golden political opportunity to swoop in to save Ontario’s universities by restoring adequate public funding for post-secondary institutions. But more importantly, the premier has an opportunity to leave a lasting, meaningful legacy for Ontario’s young people and the province’s future prosperity. Diane Orihel, Associate Professor at Queen's University
Ontario’s universities have the lowest per-student funding of any province in Canada. The provincial government can address this embarrassing gap by funding our universities at $11.75 for the next 5 years.
Read the full article: www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Call for Applications - The Symons Trust for Canadian Studies Please be advised that applications for financial support from the Symons Trust for Canadian Studies for research and projects related to the study of Canada must be submitted by email by 11:59 p.m. on Monday, 19 January, 2026. All applications should be sent by email in PDF or Word format to symonstrust@trentu.ca and include “Symons Trust 2026 Application” in the subject line. Please visit the website for more information regarding the application process. https://www.trentu.ca/president/symons-trust If you have further questions, please do not hesitate to contact Kathryn Matheson, Administrative Coordinator, at: symonstrust@trentu.ca
Call for applications - The Symons Trust
Please visit the website for more information regarding the application process.
www.trentu.ca/president/sy...
If you have further questions, please do not hesitate to contact Kathryn Matheson, Administrative Coordinator, at:
symonstrust@trentu.ca
Discussing the economic importance of Trent in Durham and its programs with Lorne Coe, MPP Whitby. Getting our funding per student up to the Canadian average is critical to Ontario’s future
Wonderful meeting with Jennifer French, MPP (NDP) Oshawa to discuss the chronic underfunding of post-secondary education and increases in institutional red tape via Bill 33
Today, OCUFA is meeting with Ontario MPPs to discuss the serious threats facing our education sector. Ontario provides its universities with the lowest amount of total provincial funding per-domestic full-time equivalent (FTE) student in Canada, and it’s not close.
Bill 33 threatens the autonomy and quality of Ontario’s public colleges and universities. Instead of fixing chronic underfunding, it adds red tape and gives the government more control. We are calling on MPPs in Peterborough and Durham to oppose or amend Bill 33 and protect public education.
Fight Bill 33 by sending a letter to your MPP today! www.trentfaculty.ca/wp-content/u...
#Bill33 #ONpoli #AcademicFreedom #PublicEducation
Photo of a doctor teaching in front of a class. Text that reads "The many names of contract academic staff: contract instructors, part-time faculty, sessional instructors, limited term appointment, adjunct faculty"
Contract academic staff have many names, but what they all have in common is a lack of job security and access to resources.
Join the call for the fair treatment of contract academic staff.
#MakeItFair
TUFA’s Peterborough Social & Bargaining Rally is tomorrow!
Thurs, Oct 16 | 4:30–7 PM
Trent Student Centre, Event Space 1.07
Live music by Carpe Noctem, hot hors d’oeuvres & a host bar.
Join us to celebrate and support our Bargaining Team!
#TUFA #TrentU #Solidarity
TUFA Social & Bargaining Rally 🎶
Thursday, Oct 16 | 4:30–7 PM
Trent Student Centre, Event Space 1.07 (Symons campus)
Live music by Carpe Noctem, hot hors d’oeuvres, and a host bar!
Join us to support the Bargaining Team as we push to the finish line.
#TUFA #TrentU #Solidarity
Reminder: TUFA’s Durham Faculty Social is this Thursday, Oct 9 (3:30–5:30 pm) in Atrium A, Trent–Durham.
Free for all TUFA members: snacks, charcuterie, wine & beer provided!
Please RSVP tufa@trentu.ca.
#TUFA #TrentU #DurhamCampus
TUFA Scholasticide Committee invites you to a screening of The Encampments (dir. Macklemore, 2024) this Fri Oct 3, 6–9pm @ TCSA Event Space. Panel to follow on freedom of speech/assembly. Register: www.eventbrite.ca/e/1685378054...
White text that reads "National Day for Truth and Reconciliation September 30" on a gradient orange background
On this day of reflection, remembrance, and action, CAUT, together with academic staff associations, honours the survivors of Canada’s residential school system who endured racism, violence and forced family separation.
Read more: www.caut.ca/news/caut-st...
Two people pose together on a sidewalk; one wears a safety vest and cap, the other a light suit and hat holding a flag.
TUFA’s Executive Director walked the line this morning with OPSEU members, alongside Marcia Steeves, President of OPSEU 351 and the Peterborough & District Labour Council.
Illustration of a magnifying glass below text that reads "Freedom to research." Unlock Education campaign logo and "Education2025.ca" URL below the magnifying glass.
In Canada, proposed cuts of 15% across the federal government would have a dramatic effect on already globally decimated research & science.
Join Canada's research & science community and tell PM Mark Carney to preserve the funding promised in 2024.
Send a letter: win.newmode.net/canadianasso...
DFA members accepted the agreement/back-to-work protocol. @dalhousieu.bsky.social also ratified. Faculty will be back in the classrooms/labs with students Tuesday. Thanks to our members for their resolve, to students for their support and to unions across Canada for having our backs. #KeepDalStrong
"In stark contrast to the aspirations of a more prosperous, productive Canada, governments at all levels have abandoned the post-secondary sector to shuttered programs. Highly qualified personnel are being displaced at an unprecedented rate."
Read more...
vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e...
Ontario PC Bill 33 will allow the provincial government to interfere politically in university admissions and end fact-based university efforts to even the playing field for student applicants higheredstrategy.com/code-red-on-...
It’s election day in Canada and universities and colleges need your help.
Across the country, colleges and universities are facing drastic program cuts, layoffs and campus closures.
Don’t forget to vote today – tell the federal government they need to act NOW to save PSE.