The current college system is portrayed as in crisis due to a systematic siphoning of public funds to privatize education under Doug Ford. This strategy, mirroring past failures in Australia, threatens job security and educational integrity by funding short training programs over traditional college education, ultimately benefiting private corporations at the expense of students' futures.
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Ontario colleges were built to provide local, affordable, and accessible job training in our communities. But that system is on the brink of collapse, as the Ford government drains public funding from our college system. Per-student funding in Ontario is the lowest in Canada, just 56% of the national average. It’s greenlit college admin to embrace risky and failed financial schemes like … Continue reading Save Our Colleges
Credit to OPSEU/SEFPO Local 244 Sheridan College President Jack Urowitz for this summary In reviewing the Award for you, I feel that it is worthwhile to quote the following three paragraphs from Arbitrator Kaplan’s Award, before I start my summary. Quotes from the Award are in Italics. In fact, between 2012/2013 and 2020/2021, Ontario’s colleges experienced a 15% decline in domestic students and … Continue reading Examining the Kaplan Award’s Effects on College Employment
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Eligible active members employed in the Ontario College system after November 29, 2022, were awarded retroactive pay increases following the overturned provincial wage restraint law known as Bill 124. If you received a retroactive payment in 2023, your pension grew as a result. You can expect to see an adjustment on your Annual Statement. The … Continue reading Retroactive payments and your Annual Statement
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