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Day of Action – November 5th

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Colleagues, Yesterday the Provost sent out a message regarding Thursday’s Day of Action. This walkout is being coordinated by the Canadian Federation of Students, Ontario as part of their “Hands Off Our Education!” campaign. Provincially and locally, students are pushing back against the assault on publicly funded education and the austerity agenda. Participating Trent students … Read More

Call: Employee Sponsor Committee of the University Pension Plan

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Subject: Call: Employee Sponsor Committee of the University Pension Plan Colleagues, TUFA and its members belong to the University Pension Plan (UPP), a multi-university, jointly sponsored pension plan, with governance responsibilities split between employer and employee members of the Plan. A crucial component of this arrangement is the Joint Sponsors comprising an Employer Sponsor Committee … Read More

TUFA News October 23, 2026

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CAUT Academic Workers and the Rise of the [Smart] Machines  The growing use of artificial intelligence (AI) in postsecondary education can be expected to reshape academic work and deepen existing employment inequalities, according to a keynote presented during the Canadian Association of University Teachers’ (CAUT) Fair Employment Week. Sarah Ryan, a senior research officer at … Read More

TUFA Community Funding

Reflecting our ongoing comittment to the community and principles of social justice TUFA has committed funds to support community and social justice initiatives in Peterborough and Durham.

Applications in support of local cultural, intellectual, educative, community service, humanitarian, and/or social justice events and initiatives will be preferred.

More information can be found here

 

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