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UOITFA Update: Ontario Tech’s 2025-26 Budget Presentation and Third Quarter Financial Statements
Ontario Tech presented its 2025-26 budget at the Monday March 31st, 2025, Looking Ahead Town hall. This consultation session included information on the upcoming budget, the overview of the higher education context, and insights from the KPMG efficiency review. This session was similar to the 2025-26 budget presentation given to Academic Council on Tuesday March 25th, …
UOITFA Update: Ontario Tech’s Budget Consultations and Second Quarter Financial Statements
On November 27th the University’s Administration hosted a townhall to present assumptions that will inform next year’s budget. A key component of their messaging was the unprecedented uncertainty and the growing crisis facing the post-secondary sector due a lack of stable funding from the province and the impact of the international student cap imposed by …
UOIT Faculty Association Encampment Commendation Statement
On behalf of the UOIT Faculty Association, we would like to extend our commendation on the agreement reached between Ontario Tech University and the pro-Palestinian student encampment protesters. We would like to express our gratitude to the student protesters who reminded us of the importance of peaceful protest, freedom of expression, and speaking out on …
UOIT Faculty Association Statement on the right to freedom of expression and peaceful protest on campus
The UOIT Faculty Association defends the right to free expression and assembly and academic freedom on our campus at Ontario Tech and we call on all members of our Ontario Tech community to work to ensure that all students, faculty, and staff on our campus—regardless of their position on current or any other world conflicts—are …
UOITFA and Ontario Tech Joint Communication Regarding Process for Removing Inappropriate Student Comments
Ontario Tech University and the UOITFA are pleased to announce that the parties have agreed to a process for addressing and/or removing inappropriate comments from student course feedback surveys. This process stems from a set of recommendations that came from the joint Student Course Feedback Surveys working group. The final report and recommendations of that …
Bill 26: Information for UOITFA Members
What is Bill 26 Bill 26, the Strengthening Post-Secondary Institutions and Students Act, comes into effect July 1st, 2023, and amends prior acts by setting out rules respecting sexual misconduct toward students by employees of universities and colleges in Ontario. Bill 26 expands the definition of sexual misconduct and/or harassment that triggers the requirement for …
UOITFA On The Flying Picket: Solidarity with UPEIFA
On April 6, the UOITFA sent a member via flying picket to Charlottetown. By then the University of Prince Edward Island Faculty Association had been on strike for 18 days. Each day of the strike faculty walked the length of the campus boundary on University Avenue. The winter weather may have been biting, but the …