Community Colleges Index
OPSEU represents about 15,000
academic and
support staff working for
Ontario's Community Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology (CAAT). The
union negotiates a province-wide agreement with the Council of Regents,
representing the management of the colleges. OPSEU members working for
colleges belong to the CAAT Academic Division or the CAAT Support Division.
May 24, 2007 Problems facing
Ontario’s 24 colleges are significant: Thomas President Thomas responds
to recent Globe and Mail articles about the colleges.
more...
May 15, 2007 Union must be a
part of the process as St. Lawrence College sorts out finances
The union representing full-time faculty and support staff at
St. Lawrence College is demanding full participation in the
process as St. Lawrence College sorts out its financial mess.
more...
March 20, 2007 News
Conference with Canadian
Federation of Students. OPSEU’s Nancy Pridham spoke at
the news conference. Read CFS
News release:
New
Pre-Budget Poll Confirms
Sustained Opposition to Tuition
Fee Increases
July 4,
2006 Thank you for your support:
letter from President Leah Casselman
to supporters in the community
November 2, 2005 OPSEU
Representatives from CAAT Support
and Academic, met with Minister
of Colleges and Universities Chris
Bentley.
August 12,
2005 Colleges misleading
students regarding impact of
support staff strike
April 2005 OPSEU supports francophones fighting the closing of Collège des Grands Lacs: Visit the campaign page
April 7, 2005 Facts and figures: Ontario College staff earning $100,000 or more .pdf
March 7, 2005 Open letter -- Leah Casselman asks the Minister of Francophone Affairs to reestablish a French language college in Toronto
February 7, 2005 Bob Rae's report on post-secondary education validates what front-line faculty and support staff have been saying for years
January 27, 2005 OPSEU continues fight for rights of francophones: Liberals caught defending "illegal" Tory decision
December 6, 2004 Ontario Coalition for Postsecondary education study. .pdf
December 6, 2004 Ontario Coalition for Postsecondary education news release.
November 22, 2004 OPSEU Submission to the Rae Commission on post-secondary education. Papers .pdf
Quality Education
Part-timers
Part-timers case histories
Accountability
Apprenticeship
French language college
Demutualization Communique #5 .pdf
Update on demutualization of SunLife.
On Oct. 22, 2003, the court approved the negotiated settlement on the distribution of the proceeds from the demutualization of SunLife. The details of the settlement are outlined in
Communique #2 dated February 2003. The Communique is posted on the web and was distributed at
the colleges. Now that the settlement is approved, the Demutualization sub-committee will meet to review the timeframe for distribution, once the data collection is finalized. CAAT members will be advised when additional information is available.
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July 2003 Sun Life Demutualization: An open letter to college retirees
OPSEU held a press conference August 28 at Queen's Park to announce its request for judicial review of the closing of Collège des Grands Lacs. Left to right are Jay Jackson, representing the Executive Board of OPSEU, Professors Julie Gigliotti and Mikhael Missakabo of Local 272, and lawyer Ronald F. Caza, of the law firm Nelligan O'Brien Payne. Photo:
Fernand Bégin.
November 7 2001 Collège des Grands Lacs: Information on the fight to keep Toronto's only francophone college open.
April 10, 2001 Resolutions that Convention adopted
1) to set out
criteria for distance education and
2) to launch a campaign against the Task Force on
"investing in students."
April 3, 2001 The report on post-secondary
education, Portals and Pathways, makes no reference to teaching. Ted
Montgomery, chair of the faculty bargaining team, reviews the report.
March
23, 2001 A Task Force on Investing in
Students has released a report with significant implications for
post-secondary education in Ontario. OPSEU represents nearly 12,000
employees in the 25 community colleges. The report could have tragic
implications for the system.
OPSEU Presentation to
Minister Cunningham
Representatives from CAAT-Academic and CAAT-Support met with Minister
Diane Cunningham to present OPSEU's response to
the Ministry's discussion paper, Increasing
Degree Opportunities for Ontarians (this link opens a new page
in your browser - follow this link to read the report).
Voices from the Classroom
New study shows funding cuts have eroded the quality of Ontario
college education while demand for a well-educated, skilled workforce remains high
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