Brescia Faculty Association

04/30/2024

TORONTO, April 30, 2024 – The Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations (OCUFA) recognizes the essential contributions of the Brescia Faculty Association (BFA) to the vibrant and unique educational experience at Brescia University College in advance of the institution’s closure on...

04/26/2024

Great news! Congratulations to the bargaining team!

04/22/2024

Did you teach a course at Brescia University College since January 2021? If so, check your Western email for an important message from the Brescia Faculty Association.

04/17/2024

Attention BFA members: we sent out some important information about the winding down of our association. Check your Western email for an important message!

04/17/2024

Solidarity forever with PSAC Local 610!

04/15/2024

We support striking PSAC Local 610 teaching assistants at Western University! Show your support by writing to Western's admin and letting them know you support living wages for teaching assistants!

04/12/2024

We are in solidarity with PSAC Local 610 on the second day of their strike. As faculty, we know that teaching assistants are absolutely vital to quality university education. Western University must negotiate a fair deal now!

04/11/2024

We stand in solidarity with PSAC Local 610 in their strike action! Western University needs to negotiate a fair deal now!

02/28/2024

On May 1, Brescia University College is closing its doors and being taken over by Western University, and contract faculty (2/3rds of the faculty) face unemployment. It's a sad example of the precarity contract faculty face: those not responsible for Brescia's problems pay the price. The Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations (OCUFA) is proposing an 11.75% annual increase to
Ontario post-secondary education provincial funding over the next 5 years. The funding is necessary so that what happened at Brescia won't happen elsewhere.

02/13/2024

Solidarity to our striking colleagues at the Mount Saint Vincent University Faculty Association! The administration at Mount Saint Vincent University needs to negotiate a fair deal now!

(Ottawa – February 12, 2023) After months of negotiations, academic staff represented by the Mount S

01/24/2024

LINK: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSexIYHw679Ex7qDoOSPz01YyRBmxerUSp-9gZCC6cptpL6dMg/viewform

💛To support current Brescia students who require financial assistance to attend Brescia Ball, the Faculty Association is kindly sponsoring need-based ticket subsidies. The deadline to apply to receive this partial refund on your ticket is February 1, 2024 at 11:59PM.

(Note: this initiative does not apply to Wine & Cheese tickets.)

01/24/2024

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(Ottawa – January 22, 2023) In response to today’s announcement that the federal government will be