Welcome to UWOFA
UWOFA was founded in 1955 and in 1998 became the certified bargaining agent for academic staff with duties equivalent to teaching at least 1.0 degree credit course in any fiscal year. In 2004, UWOFA became as well the certified bargaining agent for Librarians and Archivists.
Equity, Evaluation and Excellence: Thinking Different about Difference Workshop
Do you understand the academic culture at Western? Have you ever felt that your research was dismissed or assessed unfairly because it challenges a dominant paradigm? Do you think that a reliance on student evaluations to measure teaching performance creates conformity in the classroom? Do you feel that your service contributions are misunderstood or down-played? Do you wonder whether new or alternative approaches to research and teaching are valued at Western?
Click the link above if you wish to attend the workshop to discuss these questions and participate in developing recommendations for change where it might be needed.McMaster University Librarians Unionize
The McMaster University academic librarians have formed a new association, the McMaster University Academic Librarians Association (MUALA), and decided to unionize under the Ontario Labour Relations Act.
uMontréal lecturers hold half-day strike
Unionized instructions at the Université de Montréal, who have been without a contract since last August, staged a four-hour walkout Monday afternoon. The union's president says the deal being offered to lecturers is a step back.