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
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Call: Employee Sponsor Committee of the University Pension Plan
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
Peterborough Faculty save the date: Wednesday October 7
New Term Event: Peterborough Social All TUFA members are invited to join colleagues for a casual BBQ lunch on Wednesday, October 7, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Student Centre event space 1.07. We will have vegetarian and vegan options, along with an assortment of non-alcoholic drinks. The more faculty and librarians the … Read More
Durham Faculty save the date: Tuesday, September 29
New Term Event: Durham Social Join your TUFA colleagues for a chance to connect, enjoy some lunch, and welcome the new term together on Tuesday, September 29, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Atrium of the original building (Building A) at the Durham campus. This event is open to TUFA faculty and librarians … Read More
2026/27 TUFA Executive Committee
Dear Colleagues, With thanks to our Nominating and Elections Committee — Geoff Navara, Chair; Ingrid Brenner; Bruce Cater; Ihor Junyk; Robin Quantick; and Tracy Sallaway — TUFA’s 2026/27 Executive Committee has been finalized. At the close of our extended nomination period, we had five members standing for as many elected positions and so they were all … Read More
All Out for Education Rally – April 29 (11:00 am to 2:00 pm)
Dear Members, Educators across the province are warning of the deteriorating state of public education. Not only are educational institutions – at every level – systematically impoverished in Canada’s wealthiest province, but legislators in Queen’s Park seem bent on intruding themselves in local governance matters. Evidence of this can be seen in the impact of … Read More
TUFA Nominations update
Dear Colleagues, Further to our announcement on February 20th opening nominations for positions on TUFA’s 2026/2027 Executive Committee, Prof. Jaime Morales has decided to step down as Treasurer, effective 30 April 2026. Jaime has served TUFA members in this capacity since May 2017 and is owed a huge debt of thanks for his expertise and skillful … Read More
Dr. David Newhouse’s “Extending Our Rafters: a progress report”
TUFA Public Lecture: Canadian universities have responded to the 2015 TRC report. This presentation describes and analyzes these actions and provides comments, observations and prognostications for the next step. Length: 30-35 minutes with time for questions Date: Wednesday, March 11th at 7 p.m. Location: Champlain College Council Chambers CC M2
TUFA Spring GMM
March 26th 2026 10:30 am Hybrid meeting: Location BL411 and a zoom link will be sent prior to the meeting.
Executive Committee – Call for Nominations
Dear Members, TUFA’s 2025/26 Nominating and Elections Committee is pleased to open nominations (blank nomination form here) for elected positions on the Executive Committee in accordance with Article VIII of TUFA’s Constitution. Contested positions will be decided by election with a mailing date of April 21st. Completed nominations must be received by the Association’s Secretary … Read More