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

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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.

 

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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