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@jwbrown556.bsky.social
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educator, union steward, labour activist, researcher

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jwbrown556.bsky.social @jwbrown556.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
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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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...
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College Faculty @caatfaculty.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
“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...
globenewswire.com
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...
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opseu556.bsky.social @opseu556.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
www.thestar.com/news/gta/geo...
thestar.com
George Brown suspended hospitality programs here, but still runs them in Dubai. ‘That doesn’t make sense,’ say faculty
The international partnership was agreed to just before a provincial ban. The college said the overseas school “serves a different student market.”
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College Faculty @caatfaculty.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
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...
thetrillium.ca
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
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College Faculty @caatfaculty.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
“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...
thegrindmag.ca
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.
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College Faculty @caatfaculty.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
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College Faculty @caatfaculty.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
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...
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College Faculty @caatfaculty.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
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 ?
quintenews.com
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...
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College Faculty @caatfaculty.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
We had a great rally yesterday at @loyalistcollege.bsky.social - did you hear us? #belleville #loyalistcollege #saveourcolleges @opseusefpo.bsky.social
quintenews.com
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...
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College Faculty @caatfaculty.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Here's more coverage on yesterday's rally #saveourcolleges #belleville #loyalistcollege @opseusefpo.bsky.social
intelligencer.ca
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.
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College Faculty @caatfaculty.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
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
therecord.com
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...
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College Faculty @caatfaculty.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
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...
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CUASA - Carleton University Academic Staff Association @cuasa.ca · 29/08/2025
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
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Unifor @unifor.org · 16/08/2025
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.org
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...
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College Faculty @caatfaculty.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
SAVE OUR COLLEGES 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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College Faculty @caatfaculty.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
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...
stcatharinesstandard.ca
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.
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College Faculty @caatfaculty.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
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...
opseu.org
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...
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College Faculty @caatfaculty.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
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...
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College Faculty @caatfaculty.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
*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...
opseu.org
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...
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College Faculty @caatfaculty.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
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...
campuscoalition.org
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...
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College Faculty @caatfaculty.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
“The Ford government broke post-secondary funding, and now it wants to scapegoat students and schools." www.thewhig.com/news/ford-go...
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'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.
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College Faculty @caatfaculty.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Calling all part-time and sessional faculty: be sure to sign your OPSEU membership card. It's time to build our union!👇
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CAUT/ACPPU @caut.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
“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...
Promotional image for the March-April 2025 issue of the CAUT Bulletin.
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College Faculty @caatfaculty.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
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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College Faculty @caatfaculty.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
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👇
policyalternatives.ca
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...
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College Faculty @caatfaculty.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
More closures -- how devastating for our students, our faculty, and our community. Shame!!
thestar.com
George Brown College closing key ESL program, leaving students and faculty ‘shocked’
The English for Academic Purposes program will be phased out, with a planned permanent closure in 2026, leading to layoffs.
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College Faculty @caatfaculty.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Petition · Stop the Shutdown of GBC’s EAP Program – Education Is a Right, Not a Business - Toronto, Canada · www.change.org/p/stop-the-s... --- SIGN BELOW 👇
change.org
Sign the Petition
Stop the Shutdown of GBC’s EAP Program – Education Is a Right, Not a Business
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jwbrown556.bsky.social @jwbrown556.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
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Have you seen this petition yet?
Stop the Shutdown of GBC’s EAP Program – Education Is a Right, Not a Business
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College Faculty @caatfaculty.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
While our part-time and sessional faculty will begin negotiating their first collective agreement in the next few months, our part-time colleagues in support staff have been in negotiations for over a year! Conciliation begins May 1, and there's still a long fight ahead. opseu.org/news/part-ti...
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Ben Ross @benross.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Steve Kerr wore a Harvard basketball shirt after the Warriors’ win tonight: “Yes, this is me supporting Harvard. Way to go. Way to stand up to the bully.”
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College Faculty @caatfaculty.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Finally!! "After a long day sorting through thousands of ballots, with 88% of ballot-casters voting in favour, the union won the vote count: over 16,000 part-time and sessional faculty at all 24 of Ontario’s public colleges will join OPSEU/SEFPO." opseu.org/news/after-2...
opseu.org
After 20 year battle, over 16,000 part-time and sessional college faculty across Ontario join OPSEU/SEFPO in one of largest organizing drives in Canadian history
Toronto, ON – College faculty union leaders had much to celebrate around the historic table at the Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB) today. After a long day sorting through thousands of ballots, w...
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College Faculty @caatfaculty.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
“We have an opportunity to course-correct: fund the system, end profiteering, and expand access to post-secondary education instead of curtailing it.” opseu.org/news/labour-...
opseu.org
Labour, student, and post-secondary advocacy leaders jointly call for funding public education as a buffer to U.S. tariff fallout: “Our college system can be the lifeboat.”
A joint release between OPSEU/SEFPO, Canadian Federation of Students – Ontario, Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations (OCUFA), and Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL).   Toronto, ON ...
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College Faculty @caatfaculty.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
“The big issue...is the lack of provincial support for the sector as a whole.” globalnews.ca/news/1110957...
globalnews.ca
As Ontario colleges lay off staff and close campuses, executive pay climbs | Globalnews.ca
According to data released through the annual salary disclosures list, the top five best-paid college presidents in Ontario made an average of roughly $491,000 in 2024.
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College Faculty @caatfaculty.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Now is the time for the provincial government to provide the necessary funding to stop current proposed program cuts and layoffs and to chart out a more sustainable funding model for the sector going forward. www.campuscoalition.org/post/2025-02...
campuscoalition.org
University and College workers disturbed by rash of program closures and layoffs
The Ontario Universities and Colleges Coalition (OUCC) is deeply concerned about recent layoffs and program closures and suspensions at several post-secondary education (PSE) institutions across Ontar...
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jwbrown556.bsky.social @jwbrown556.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
“We have been using international students as ATMs,” says Nigmendra Narain, the president of OCUFA. “That doesn’t just degrade the student experience, it degrades us.” thelocal.to/ontario-post...
thelocal.to
How Ontario Sleepwalked into a Crisis in Higher Education | The Local
After years of underfunding, the province’s colleges and universities are now in financial free fall—slashing staff, cutting programs, and shuttering campuses.
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College Faculty @caatfaculty.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
“Colleges are the backbone of Ontario’s economy, but in Doug Ford’s Ontario, they’re collateral damage.” opseu.org/news/college...
opseu.org
College faculty and support staff union calls for $1.4 billion emergency infusion to put the brakes on growing crisis: “Colleges are the backbone of Ontario’s economy, but in Doug Ford’s Ontario, they...
Toronto, ON – OPSEU/SEFPO, the union representing over 45,000 college faculty and support staff at Ontario’s 24 public colleges, is taking aim at the Ford government following more sweeping program an...
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Barney Panofsky's Best Intentions @mynamesnotgordy.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
I think the best thing about being the wealthiest person on earth would be how it makes you know everything about everything.
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Unofficial TorontoStar (All News) @torontostar-rss.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Ontario college faculty union gives five days’ notice of labour action
thestar.com
Ontario college faculty union gives five days’ notice of labour action
The union representing Ontario’s college faculties says it could begin some form of labour action next Thursday.
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Toronto Star @thestar.com · 06/12/2024
#NEW: Mohawk College has eliminated 20 per cent of its administrative workforce in the first round of layoffs and axed more than a dozen programs.
thestar.com
Mohawk College in Hamilton eliminates 20 per cent of administrative workforce in ‘significant restructuring’
More than a dozen programs have been suspended, City School closed amid “significant restructuring” at Mohawk College.
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Toronto Star @thestar.com · 06/12/2024
Doug Ford seems eager to toss the Charter aside — again. Here’s what is most distressing about this time. Homeless shelters are full. They are in our parks because they literally have nowhere else to go. #Opinion
thestar.com
Edward Keenan: Doug Ford seems eager to toss the Charter aside — again. Here’s what is most distressing about this time
Ontario’s premier appears eager to use the notwithstanding clause because he thinks it earns him a macho badge of honour.
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jwbrown556.bsky.social @jwbrown556.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
This feels familiar.
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