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Conestoga College President John Tibbits resigns after union pressure, OPSEU/SEFPO invites interim leadership to rebuild together www.globenewswire.com/news-release...
Conestoga College President John Tibbits resigns after union pressure, OPSEU/SEFPO invites interim leadership to rebuild together
Toronto, ON, Jan. 14, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Faculty and support staff at Conestoga College are celebrating the start of a new chapter – after their...
www.globenewswire.com
January 14, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Conestoga College President John Tibbits resigns after union pressure, OPSEU/SEFPO invites interim leadership to rebuild together www.globenewswire.com/news-release...
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“This win belongs to every worker, student, and neighbour that has been devastated by John Tibbits’ destructive tenure,” said Leopold Koff, President of OPSEU/SEFPO Local 237, representing faculty. “Now the adults can sit down and talk.”
www.globenewswire.com/news-release...
www.globenewswire.com/news-release...
Conestoga College President John Tibbits resigns after union pressure, OPSEU/SEFPO invites interim leadership to rebuild together
Toronto, ON, Jan. 14, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Faculty and support staff at Conestoga College are celebrating the start of a new chapter – after their...
www.globenewswire.com
January 14, 2026 at 9:30 PM
“This win belongs to every worker, student, and neighbour that has been devastated by John Tibbits’ destructive tenure,” said Leopold Koff, President of OPSEU/SEFPO Local 237, representing faculty. “Now the adults can sit down and talk.”
www.globenewswire.com/news-release...
www.globenewswire.com/news-release...
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Doug Ford's privatization agenda is dismantling the Ontario college system. It's time to stand up for our public colleges!
Ford government skills training funding ‘not fair, transparent or accountable’: auditor general
www.thetrillium.ca/news/politic...
Ford government skills training funding ‘not fair, transparent or accountable’: auditor general
www.thetrillium.ca/news/politic...
BREAKING: Ford government skills training funding ‘not fair, transparent or accountable’: auditor general
Ford government labour ministers overruled civil servants to fund skills training by groups with lobbyists, according to a scathing new report
www.thetrillium.ca
October 1, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Doug Ford's privatization agenda is dismantling the Ontario college system. It's time to stand up for our public colleges!
Ford government skills training funding ‘not fair, transparent or accountable’: auditor general
www.thetrillium.ca/news/politic...
Ford government skills training funding ‘not fair, transparent or accountable’: auditor general
www.thetrillium.ca/news/politic...
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“Why are they spending so much money to make the school beautiful...but not offering the very core, the purpose of what a community college is for?”
Great article breaking down the manufactured crisis in the Ontario college system:
www.thegrindmag.ca/the-manufact...
Great article breaking down the manufactured crisis in the Ontario college system:
www.thegrindmag.ca/the-manufact...
The Manufactured Crisis in Ontario Colleges
Are college finances really so bad that huge cuts are needed, or is Doug Ford up to something else? Ben McCarthy, a college contract faculty worker and OPSEU member, breaks it down.
www.thegrindmag.ca
September 15, 2025 at 4:51 PM
“Why are they spending so much money to make the school beautiful...but not offering the very core, the purpose of what a community college is for?”
Great article breaking down the manufactured crisis in the Ontario college system:
www.thegrindmag.ca/the-manufact...
Great article breaking down the manufactured crisis in the Ontario college system:
www.thegrindmag.ca/the-manufact...
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The Ford government is dismantling the Ontario public college system.
Defunding the system and funneling money into the Skills Development Fund endangers the province's economy and the futures of our students and communities.
opseu.org/wp-content/u...
Defunding the system and funneling money into the Skills Development Fund endangers the province's economy and the futures of our students and communities.
opseu.org/wp-content/u...
September 14, 2025 at 5:07 PM
The Ford government is dismantling the Ontario public college system.
Defunding the system and funneling money into the Skills Development Fund endangers the province's economy and the futures of our students and communities.
opseu.org/wp-content/u...
Defunding the system and funneling money into the Skills Development Fund endangers the province's economy and the futures of our students and communities.
opseu.org/wp-content/u...
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We had a great rally at Loyalist College yesterday. Many faculty, support staff, students, labour allies, and community attended! <3 did you hear us @loyalistcollege.bsky.social ?
Rally for the future of Loyalist College draws big crowd
With chants of 'our college, our future,' a large number of faculty, support staff, students and union support...
www.quintenews.com
September 4, 2025 at 2:22 PM
We had a great rally at Loyalist College yesterday. Many faculty, support staff, students, labour allies, and community attended! <3 did you hear us @loyalistcollege.bsky.social ?
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We had a great rally yesterday at @loyalistcollege.bsky.social - did you hear us? #belleville #loyalistcollege #saveourcolleges @opseusefpo.bsky.social
Rally for the future of Loyalist College draws big crowd
With chants of 'our college, our future,' a large number of faculty, support staff, students and union support...
www.quintenews.com
September 4, 2025 at 2:32 PM
We had a great rally yesterday at @loyalistcollege.bsky.social - did you hear us? #belleville #loyalistcollege #saveourcolleges @opseusefpo.bsky.social
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Here's more coverage on yesterday's rally
#saveourcolleges #belleville #loyalistcollege @opseusefpo.bsky.social
#saveourcolleges #belleville #loyalistcollege @opseusefpo.bsky.social
Hundreds at Loyalist College rally in support of Ontario colleges
A crowd of several hundred people at Belleville’s Loyalist College on Wednesday vowed to fight cuts there and at other Ontario colleges.
www.intelligencer.ca
September 4, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Here's more coverage on yesterday's rally
#saveourcolleges #belleville #loyalistcollege @opseusefpo.bsky.social
#saveourcolleges #belleville #loyalistcollege @opseusefpo.bsky.social
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More cuts announced at Conestoga College "to maintain the future financial viability of the college" while President John Tibbits' take home salary last year was $640,005.41, a 29% increase from 2023! #shame #saveourcolleges #conestogacollege
Conestoga lays off faculty, cuts more programs on orientation week
Conestoga issued layoff notices to 11 fulltime faculty and two counsellors this week, and suspended fall programming in areas like manufacturing engineering, sustainable development engineering, build...
www.therecord.com
September 4, 2025 at 3:15 PM
More cuts announced at Conestoga College "to maintain the future financial viability of the college" while President John Tibbits' take home salary last year was $640,005.41, a 29% increase from 2023! #shame #saveourcolleges #conestogacollege
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On Sept 4th, "Button up" for our first coordinated action in the fight to SAVE OUR COLLEGES!
It’s more than a button – it’s a chance to have thousands of conversations about the importance of fighting for public education.
opseu.org/saveourcolle...
It’s more than a button – it’s a chance to have thousands of conversations about the importance of fighting for public education.
opseu.org/saveourcolle...
August 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
On Sept 4th, "Button up" for our first coordinated action in the fight to SAVE OUR COLLEGES!
It’s more than a button – it’s a chance to have thousands of conversations about the importance of fighting for public education.
opseu.org/saveourcolle...
It’s more than a button – it’s a chance to have thousands of conversations about the importance of fighting for public education.
opseu.org/saveourcolle...
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CUASA stands with @dalfaculty.bsky.social! 2nd DFA Lockout Rally - is happening at 6225 University Ave, Halifax - Outside Killam Library right now. See you there!
@DalhousieU
#keepdalstrong
@TimHoustonNS
@DalhousieU
#keepdalstrong
@TimHoustonNS
August 29, 2025 at 2:57 PM
CUASA stands with @dalfaculty.bsky.social! 2nd DFA Lockout Rally - is happening at 6225 University Ave, Halifax - Outside Killam Library right now. See you there!
@DalhousieU
#keepdalstrong
@TimHoustonNS
@DalhousieU
#keepdalstrong
@TimHoustonNS
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Unifor condemns the federal government’s attack on CUPE flight attendants’ right to strike—and on free, fair collective bargaining. #canlab #aircanada www.unifor.org/news/all-new...
Unifor condemns federal government’s attack on CUPE flight attendants’ right to strike and fair and free collective bargaining
TORONTO— Unifor strongly condemns the federal government’s imposition of binding arbitration between Air Canada and CUPE Flight Attendants, cutting short a legal strike action just hours after it bega...
www.unifor.org
August 16, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Unifor condemns the federal government’s attack on CUPE flight attendants’ right to strike—and on free, fair collective bargaining. #canlab #aircanada www.unifor.org/news/all-new...
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SAVE OUR COLLEGES
Day of Action on Thursday August 14th at 5pm!
Haven't signed up yet? You can register here:
bit.ly/3J4rrrA
Day of Action on Thursday August 14th at 5pm!
Haven't signed up yet? You can register here:
bit.ly/3J4rrrA
August 12, 2025 at 8:14 PM
SAVE OUR COLLEGES
Day of Action on Thursday August 14th at 5pm!
Haven't signed up yet? You can register here:
bit.ly/3J4rrrA
Day of Action on Thursday August 14th at 5pm!
Haven't signed up yet? You can register here:
bit.ly/3J4rrrA
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The Doug Ford government has “created a crisis that threatens to erode the integral community service that our colleges provide, which will erode skilled trades, public services and the well-being of our communities.”
www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/news/niagara...
www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/news/niagara...
Niagara College dodges deepest cuts, but still faces layoffs, program suspensions
Funding shortages and declining international enrolment led to the suspension of more than 600 programs and the loss of 10,000 jobs across Ontario.
www.stcatharinesstandard.ca
August 8, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The Doug Ford government has “created a crisis that threatens to erode the integral community service that our colleges provide, which will erode skilled trades, public services and the well-being of our communities.”
www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/news/niagara...
www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/news/niagara...
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Exactly a year out from when we first gave Notice to Bargain, full-time and partial-load faculty have been awarded a three-year collective agreement, effective October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2027.
Read the latest Bargaining Bulletin:
opseu.org/news/college...
Read the latest Bargaining Bulletin:
opseu.org/news/college...
College Faculty Full-Time and Partial Load Bargaining Update: Our new collective agreement, layoff disclosure, and the future of our fight
Bargaining Bulletin 23 Exactly a year out from when we first gave Notice to Bargain, full-time and partial-load faculty have been awarded a three-year collective agreement, effective October 1, 2024 t...
opseu.org
July 3, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Exactly a year out from when we first gave Notice to Bargain, full-time and partial-load faculty have been awarded a three-year collective agreement, effective October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2027.
Read the latest Bargaining Bulletin:
opseu.org/news/college...
Read the latest Bargaining Bulletin:
opseu.org/news/college...
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The Ontario college system is in crisis. The time to come together is NOW.
Join us Wed, June 25th at 7:00 p.m. for an Emergency Town Hall on how exactly we’re going to #saveourcolleges
REGISTER HERE: opseu-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Join us Wed, June 25th at 7:00 p.m. for an Emergency Town Hall on how exactly we’re going to #saveourcolleges
REGISTER HERE: opseu-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
June 22, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The Ontario college system is in crisis. The time to come together is NOW.
Join us Wed, June 25th at 7:00 p.m. for an Emergency Town Hall on how exactly we’re going to #saveourcolleges
REGISTER HERE: opseu-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Join us Wed, June 25th at 7:00 p.m. for an Emergency Town Hall on how exactly we’re going to #saveourcolleges
REGISTER HERE: opseu-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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*BARGAINING UPDATE*
Mediation proved unsuccessful, moving us into arbitration. The terms of our Collective Agreement will now be ruled on by arbitrator Kaplan.
Detailed update to come once the award is issued in the coming weeks.
opseu.org/news/college...
Mediation proved unsuccessful, moving us into arbitration. The terms of our Collective Agreement will now be ruled on by arbitrator Kaplan.
Detailed update to come once the award is issued in the coming weeks.
opseu.org/news/college...
College Faculty Full-Time and Partial Load Bargaining Update: If there was ever a time to come together, it’s now.
Bargaining Bulletin 22 Six months since we first secured dates for mediation-arbitration with the mutually agreed upon Arbitrator William Kaplan, both union and employer met from June 14-16, 2025 to s...
opseu.org
June 22, 2025 at 3:31 PM
*BARGAINING UPDATE*
Mediation proved unsuccessful, moving us into arbitration. The terms of our Collective Agreement will now be ruled on by arbitrator Kaplan.
Detailed update to come once the award is issued in the coming weeks.
opseu.org/news/college...
Mediation proved unsuccessful, moving us into arbitration. The terms of our Collective Agreement will now be ruled on by arbitrator Kaplan.
Detailed update to come once the award is issued in the coming weeks.
opseu.org/news/college...
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Bill 33 represents an existential threat to the autonomy of our higher education system.
It reflects the Ont. govt’s continued efforts to control post-sec, prioritizing political agendas over the educational needs of Ontario's students & communities.
campuscoalition.org/post/stateme...
It reflects the Ont. govt’s continued efforts to control post-sec, prioritizing political agendas over the educational needs of Ontario's students & communities.
campuscoalition.org/post/stateme...
University and College workers raise the alarm on proposed changes in Bill 33
Bill 33 represents an existential threat to the autonomy of our world-class publicly-funded higher education system. It reflects the Ontario Government’s continued problematic efforts to exert increas...
campuscoalition.org
June 22, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Bill 33 represents an existential threat to the autonomy of our higher education system.
It reflects the Ont. govt’s continued efforts to control post-sec, prioritizing political agendas over the educational needs of Ontario's students & communities.
campuscoalition.org/post/stateme...
It reflects the Ont. govt’s continued efforts to control post-sec, prioritizing political agendas over the educational needs of Ontario's students & communities.
campuscoalition.org/post/stateme...
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“The Ford government broke post-secondary funding, and now it wants to scapegoat students and schools."
www.thewhig.com/news/ford-go...
www.thewhig.com/news/ford-go...
'Ford government broke post-secondary funding,' MPP Ted Hsu says
Kingston and the Islands Member of Provincial Parliament has harsh words for the Ontario government's Bill 33.
www.thewhig.com
June 11, 2025 at 2:19 PM
“The Ford government broke post-secondary funding, and now it wants to scapegoat students and schools."
www.thewhig.com/news/ford-go...
www.thewhig.com/news/ford-go...
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Calling all part-time and sessional faculty:
be sure to sign your OPSEU membership card.
It's time to build our union!👇
be sure to sign your OPSEU membership card.
It's time to build our union!👇
Attention part-time faculty and sessional faculty. Sign your electronic membership card for OPSEU and stay connected.
May 21, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Calling all part-time and sessional faculty:
be sure to sign your OPSEU membership card.
It's time to build our union!👇
be sure to sign your OPSEU membership card.
It's time to build our union!👇
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“The next federal government should immediately engage with the provinces to negotiate multilateral funding agreements, as has been done for health care and childcare, to strengthen our universities and colleges.”
Read the latest Executive Director’s Corner: www.caut.ca/bulletin/202...
Read the latest Executive Director’s Corner: www.caut.ca/bulletin/202...
May 20, 2025 at 2:13 PM
“The next federal government should immediately engage with the provinces to negotiate multilateral funding agreements, as has been done for health care and childcare, to strengthen our universities and colleges.”
Read the latest Executive Director’s Corner: www.caut.ca/bulletin/202...
Read the latest Executive Director’s Corner: www.caut.ca/bulletin/202...
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This can't be happening! @humberpoly.bsky.social needs to do better. Sign this petition to protect Accessibility Learning Services for our students: opseu562.org/petition
May 8, 2025 at 12:36 PM
This can't be happening! @humberpoly.bsky.social needs to do better. Sign this petition to protect Accessibility Learning Services for our students: opseu562.org/petition
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The most interesting statistic: "College wage boost is highest among racialized women" -- and yet they are still the lowest wage of all categories. Take a look👇
Ontario’s colleges are a safety net for workers. It’s time the government funds them properly. - CCPA
Ontario's colleges stand at a critical crossroads. For decades, the province's college system has endured severe funding shortfalls, with Ontario contributing less than 25 per cent of operating revenu...
www.policyalternatives.ca
May 8, 2025 at 12:39 PM
The most interesting statistic: "College wage boost is highest among racialized women" -- and yet they are still the lowest wage of all categories. Take a look👇