QUFA Members are invited to attend the QUFA Council of Representatives Order of the Day on Thursday 14 November 2019 at 3:00 p.m. in McDonald 2. Provost Harris will speak to performance-based funding and to answer questions from QUFA Members and Council. If any QUFA Members have a question they → Learn More

Dear Colleagues, Welcome back! As we settle into a new year, I want to share with you an information sheet QUFA has prepared on the topic of negotiating our relationships, as faculty and librarians, with our students. This social terrain has changed dramatically since many of us were students. Recently, → Learn More

Dear QUFA Members, Welcome back. I hope that your term has gotten off to a great start. To help ease back into teaching, QUFA is hosting a free BBQ on Thursday (September 12) for QUFA members and their families. The BBQ runs from 4:30-6:00pm in Breakwater Park just across the → Learn More

Dear Colleagues, Another significant milestone has been achieved towards the creation of the University Pension Plan Ontario (UPP). We are extremely pleased to share that the required consent threshold has been surpassed at Queen’s University, enabling the conversion to the UPP to proceed. UPP consent thresholds were also met at → Learn More

After many years of proudly serving the QUFA Membership, Ramneek decided it was time to move on to seek new opportunities.

In the meantime, please stay tuned to QUFA communications over the summer. We are also watching closely to see if the government will be imposing wage caps on the sector (which could affect our next Collective Agreement even if this one is safe) and on the tying of university funding → Learn More

Dear Members, Please note that the new QUFA-Queen’s University Collective Agreement begins on May 1st, 2019.  Due to the unique nature of bargaining in December, as a result of the UPP consent process, MOAs were signed with the intention to update the relevant articles of the Collective Agreement in the → Learn More

2019. May 13  “Doug Ford’s War on the Universities” 2019, April 24 “Sounding and Alarm” 2019, April 16 “From Scapegoating to Mandatory Retirement”  

Michael Conlon, OCUFA Executive Director to speak at QUFA Council Meeting on May 16, 2019 on “Universities Under Ford: Current Challenges, Looming Threats” from 1:30-3:00, presentation open to all members, To view presentation click here.