As you know Ian Sakinofsky, a long-time TFA Executive member, passed away unexpectedly but peacefully at his home on Monday, December 22nd, 2025. Ian’s loss has been felt deeply by many in the TMU community and beyond. To honour Ian’s extraordinary contributions to the TFA and to the broader TMU community, the TFA is hosting a celebration of life.…
TFA members, are are invited to the TFA’s 2025 Season/Holiday Party: Peace and Harmony on Wednesday, December 3rd from 5:00-10:00pm at Oakham House. Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres will be served from 5:00-6:00pm. The buffet dinner will be served from 6:00-8:00pm, with dessert available from 6:45pm onwards. All TFA members are invited along with their spouse/partner.
The next TFA drop-in is Thursday, November 20, from 12:30pm – 2:30pm. We encourage members to take a moment to have a coffee with us, ask a question about your working conditions or about the TFA, and meet some of the executive members and staff. Come for five minutes or stay for the entire time, we would appreciate you dropping by. Light refreshments will be provided.
Have questions about the TFA? Want to get involved in the TFA? Come by our office to meet the new TFA executives and new staff members and talk about the TFA. Light refreshments will be provided.
A TMU student was brutally attacked for expressing solidarity with Palestine at a recent meeting on campus. In response students are calling for a walkout on Wednesday, Sep 24 at 1:30pm at Kerr Quad. All three student unions will be there
10,000 college workers with OPSEU are on strike. Ontario’s public colleges are the backbone of the province’s economy. They train workers, fill skills gaps, and support key sectors like health care, manufacturing, and hospitality. They reduce poverty, create employment, and strengthen local communities. Instead of properly funding the college system so that it can fulfill these missions, however, the Ford government has manufactured a crisis by defunding public colleges on a per student basis and handing millions to private for-profit training companies.
The Atlantic School of Theology Faculty Association (ASTFA) could be on strike as early as Tuesday, July 1st. With a total of just 11 members, the ASTFA are reaching out to ask for help from across the country.
Since the Spring 2025 semester, admissions to these five programs at Algoma University were suspended abruptly: Geography, History, Music, Sociology, and Visual Art.
We know many of our Iranian colleagues, staff, and TMU students are experiencing the sudden attack by Israel and the United States on Iran through fearful concern for their family and loved ones. We know that many community members in our association also have family members sheltering in Qatar, Israel, Gaza, and the West Bank from Iran’s counter-attacks, and we hope fervently for their safety, as well, and for this attack on Iran to end soon.
At our special General Membership Meeting on May 15th the Toronto Metropolitan Faculty Association passed a motion Recognizing and Addressing Anti-Palestinian Racism at TMU.
The TFA would like to announce the winners of the TFA Career Achievement
Award:
– Ron Babin, ITM, Ted Rogers School of Management
– Said Easa, Civil Engineering, Engineering and Architectural Science
On April 23rd, the Professional Affairs Committee of the TFA hosted a panel discussion on collective bargaining and dispute resolution. This session was an opportunity to learn more about collective bargaining and dispute resolution approaches, the history of the TFA’s approach to collective bargaining, and how other unions in the post-secondary sector approach this question.