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
The Canadian Association of University Teachers has launched its Unlock Education campaign focusing on four key issues in post-secondary education sector – making college and university affordable for everyone, freedom to think, teach and learn, Including new people and new perspectives and universities and colleges we can rely on.
To keep up the pressure in the fight against these program suspensions YUFA is asking everyone concerned with these program suspensions at York University – faculty, students, alumni, parents, community members, and the broader academic community – to send a letter to the York University Board of Governors calling on them to rescind the enrollment suspensions.
The Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) is warning that the Trump administration is undermining the integrity and independence of academic research conducted in Canada.
The Toronto Metropolitan Faculty Association (TFA) stands in solidarity with the striking members of Public Service Alliance of Canada Local 901 at Queen’s University.
The TFA has reached out to all candidates for the Board of Governors faculty positions, asking them to provide answers to three questions to help inform our members about their positions on key issues. Find out more.
The TFA condemns the unprecedented suspensions to programs at York University and call for York University to rescind these enrollment suspensions. Even in the face of shrinking government funding, these suspensions have been made without proper academic consultation and directly hinder diverse and inclusive educational offerings available to students and broader mandates, such as Truth and Reconciliation calls to action.
The Ontario provincial election is less than a week away. OCUFA has produced an analysis of each party’s commitments to the post-secondary education sector and their voting record. We encourage members to use these resources to inform their decision at the polls.