Brock University Faculty Association

Across the province, more than half of undergraduate courses are now taught by contract faculty: highly trained instructors hired on short-term, often precarious contracts, with little job security, access to employer benefits or institutional support. OCUFA is holding a Social Media Day of Action to shine a light on this stark reality and call for fair, stable working conditions for contract faculty.

Read the op-ed: https://ocufa.on.ca/ontarios-universities-are-being-run-on-gig-work-and-students-are-paying-the-price/

Ontario per-domestic student funding is the lowest in Canada by a wide margin.

Increasing student debt won’t close the gap.

Ontario universities need stable long-term funding.

Read the briefing note: https://tinyurl.com/yjccsa9r

Four years of tuition at an Ontario university costs about $40,000.

Only 20% of Ontarians age 15-17 have enough saved for tuition.

Ontario students need more grants, not loans.

Ontario universities need more funding.

Read our briefing note on funding universities: https://ocufa.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/IQCbO57XiJ0pQqoghClP8hS3Acwoeht86e3wfcR410fdDK8?e=wF43wM

Demand for an Ontario university education has never been higher.

But per-student funding for Ontario’s universities is the lowest in the country.

Ontario universities need stable long-term funding now.

Read our briefing note: https://tinyurl.com/4p7chy55

Please join members of the Brock Community for Stronger Together: Solidarity for Brock’s Future, a collaborative event happening on February 24th, 11:30am – 2:00pm.

Keynote speaker, Jenny Ahn from Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations (OCUFA), will join a panel for Q&A with representation from OSSTF and GSA to discuss the local and broader implications for chronic under-funding of post secondary education in Ontario.

RSVP: https://experiencebu.brocku.ca/actioncenter/organization/pachred/events/calendar/details/321495

Brock University Faculty Association and University of Manitoba Faculty Association stand in with Laurentian University Faculty Association!

Click here to send a letter:
www.lufappul.ca?page_id=6858
Today's Rally is at MSoA and social at 4:30pm at Daventry Pub on Regent St. Canadian Association of University Teachers

All Brock University Faculty Association members are invited to drop by if you have questions or just want to chat today, Thursday, November 13, beginning at 10:00 a.m. Coffee and tea are available in the BUFA Conference Room (MC D401).
Hope to see you in person soon!

Job security, fair pay, and benefits for contract faculty will deliver fairness for workers and protect the high‐quality education our students deserve.

All academic staff deserve fair compensation for teaching, research, and service. Join the call for the fair treatment of contract academic staff.

The reliance on contract academic staff is eroding Canada’s research and innovation capacity.

Join the call for the fair treatment of contract academic staff to help secure the future of Canadian post-secondary education.