A chart showing Ontario behind all other provinces in funding against a teal background. Text: Demand for an Ontario university education has never been higher. But per-student funding for Ontario’s universities is the lowest in the country. Ontario universities need stable long-term funding now.

Demand for an Ontario university education has never been higher.

But per-student funding for Ontario’s universities is the lowest in the country.

Ontario universities need stable long-term funding now.

Read our briefing note: tinyurl.com/4p7chy55

📅Wednesday, March 11 is Contract Faculty Social Media Day of Action. This year’s theme Stop the Gigification of Faculty Work, highlights the growing reliance on precarious academic labour and what it means for faculty, students, and the future of our universities.
@ocufa.bsky.social #fairness4cf

Icons of a building, a meeting, hands clasped, shaking hands, an apple on top of books, a hand holding a plant, and a microphone with decorative elements. Text overlay: 2025-2026 OCUFA Awards of Distinction.

Get your applications and nominations in now for OCUFA's Awards of Distinction!
Deadline: March 6, 2026🏆
ocufa.on.ca/awards/ocufa...

A light teal background with an illustration of hands throwing up graduation hats. Text: Four years of tuition at an Ontario university costs about $40,000. Only 20% of Ontarians age 15-17 have enough saved for tuition. Ontario students need more grants, not loans. Ontario universities need more funding.

Ontario students need more grants, not loans.

Ontario universities need more funding.

Read more about funding universities: tinyurl.com/ysvh6muj

graphic of a sunrise behind a crowd of picketers - words: WLUFA Contract Faculty - Tentative Agreement Reached

WLUFA has reached a tentative agreement with the Administration for the Contract Faculty Bargaining Unit, averting a strike.

There is no labour disruption at this time.

Details will be shared with members through the ratification process. More updates to come. #Fairness4cf #Solidarity

A jar of change labeled EDUCATION with a graduation cap on top. Text beside the image reads: Ontario per-domestic student funding is the lowest in Canada by a wide margin. Increasing student debt won’t close the gap. Ontario universities need stable long-term funding.

Ontario per-domestic student funding is the lowest in Canada by a wide margin.

Increasing student debt won’t close the gap.

Ontario universities need stable long-term funding.

tinyurl.com/yjccsa9r

Stronger Together: Solidarity for Brock’s Future Keeping Universities public and fighting austerity Guest Speaker Jenny Ahn, Executive Director, Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Association February 24, 2026 (11:30am - 2:00pm, The Pond Inlet at Brock University

Please join the Brock community for Stronger Together: Solidarity for Brock’s Future, a collaborative event on FEB 24, 11:30am – 2:00pm.

Keynote speaker, Jenny Ahn, @ocufa.bsky.social, will join a panel to discuss the local and broader implications for chronic underfunding of education in Ontario.

A jar of change on a desk with a computer keyboard and financial documents. Text on a teal background reads: Ontario students need more grants, not more loans, to make university more affordable. Ontario universities need stable, long-term government funding. These are the keys to a thriving postsecondary sector.

At a minimum, cuts to OSAP grants will have paid for 43% of announced university funding increases—and possibly more. These changes exacerbate the affordability crisis and risk putting a university education out of reach for many students. tinyurl.com/yjccsa9r

People hold graduation caps. Text overlay reads: The Ontario Universities and Colleges Coalition (OUCC) calls on the government to commit to a long-term funding plan that brings Ontario to at least the Canadian average per-student funding while protecting students from escalating debt.

New funding welcome, but still leaves Ontario at the bottom of the heap, increases student debt: Ontario Universities and Colleges Coalition campuscoalition.org/post/pse-fun...

Students studying in an open library. Text to the left reads: Ontario professors say new funding for universities is a step towards stability, but more work is needed.

Ontario professors say new funding for universities a step towards stability, more work needed

ocufa.on.ca/press-releas...

an image of text that says "WLUFA Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty Association Contract Teaching Faculty and Part-time Part- Librarians Strike Info STUDENTS' FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS Prepared By: WLUFA Communications 2026"

an image of text that says "WLUFA Are Contract Teaching Faculty going on strike? The Contract Teaching Faculty Bargaining Unit of WLUFA will be in a legal strike position on Monday, February 23, 2026 should a settlement not be reached by that time. The decision to obtain a strike mandate was not taken lightly. Faculty would rather be in the classroom than on the picket line. Laurier's Contract Teaching Faculty care deeply about the quality of your education and will disrupt classes and our other work only as α last resort."

an image of text that says "WLUFA What is WLUFA? The Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty Association (WLUFA) is the certified bargaining agent for Full- Full-time Faculty Contract Teaching Faculty, and Professional and Part-time Librarians. Who are Contract Teaching Faculty? Contract Teaching Faculty (generally called Contract Faculty) are instructors hired on a course-by-course -course contract basis, for each term. Their employment ends with each contract."

an image of text that says "WLUFA What are the issues? The main issues include working conditions, job security, and compensation, which affect the quality of education and the University's ability to be competitive in attracting and maintaining highly qualified faculty. Our working conditions directly impact the student learning environment. WLUFA Contract Faculty represent less than 6% of Laurier's overall operating costs, yet taught over 40% of undergraduate courses in 2024/2025 Laurier can choose and afford to invest in the Contract Faculty they rely on to deliver almost half of undergraduate teaching."

Contract Faculty at Laurier will be in a legal strike position on Monday, Feb 23, 2026 if a settlement is not reached.

This is a last resort. Our Members would rather be teaching and supporting students. 👇

Applications and nominations are open until March 6, 2026 for OCUFA's Awards of Distinction! Learn more: ocufa.on.ca/awards/ocufa...

Across province solidarity on display from Toronto to Sudbury! #fairdealnow

Anna, Elsa, and Olaf have been making the rounds to picket lines today!

🎶 The cold never bothered our unity 🎶
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Anna, Elsa et Olaf ont fait le tour des piquets de grève aujourd'hui !

🎶 Le froid n'a jamais entamé notre unité 🎶

Applications and nominations are now open for OCUFA's Awards of Distinction!

📅 Deadline for nominations: March 6, 2026

Please submit nominations through the online portal:
👉 ocufa.on.ca/awards/ocufa...

Academic Freedom in 2026 at Carleton University - why does it matter? Community members are invited to come out and join the discussion Thursday Feb 5th!

See you there!

A group of people stand together holding signs in solidarity

OCUFA Committees stand in solidarity with @lufappul.bsky.social, marking two weeks of a strike for a fair deal that benefits the community! Send a letter today to show your support: tinyurl.com/4wnzcz4z

Act Now: Stand Up for a Fair Deal for LUFA Join me in calling on the Laurentian University Board of Governors to bargain a fair deal and bargain in good faith with LUFA.

Call on the Laurentian University Board of Governors to fairly negotiate a deal with @lufappul.bsky.social that benefits the community. tinyurl.com/4wnzcz4z

Day 8 energy keeping high with plank competitions, bbqs, and student solidarity in the snow ❄️ 🍔
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Jour 8 : l'énergie reste au plus haut avec des concours de planches, des barbecues et la solidarité étudiante dans la neige ❄️ 🍔

An image of forest, with text that reads: Contract academic staff at Nipissing University deserve a fair deal!

Call on Nipissing University to bargain a fair deal with contract academic staff! Send your letter today: tinyurl.com/fbsp2x5y

A teal image of a waving flag. The text reads: A Made-in-Ontario Economic Solution: Ensuring Universities Continue to Drive Ontario's Prosperity. OCUFA's 2026 Pre-Budget Submission.

For decades, universities have had to do more with less. We're calling on the province of Ontario to help universities do more with more—and it starts with strong, stable funding. Read our 2026 pre-budget submission: tinyurl.com/y42k7444

Act Now: End the CCAA Exit Loan Controls — Let LUFA bargain freely Join LUFA in calling on the government and the Laurentian University Board of Governors to lift the remaining CCAA Exit Loan Agreement restrictions to allow for free and fair collective bargaining.

Act now: email the Ontario government telling them to remove the unnecessary limitations on @lufappul.bsky.social's right to free and fair bargaining. Send your letter here: actionnetwork.org/letters/act-...

Graphic from interview done by OCUFA President Rob Kristofferson on Global News Radio 640 Toronto's “Toronto Today with Greg Brady.” The quote reads: “International students bring economic benefits to the universities and colleges they go to and the communities they reside in, and they add to our classroom vibrancy. The problem is rooted in provincial funding for colleges and universities.” — Rob Kristofferson, OCUFA President. Below the quote are headshots of Rob Kristofferson and radio host Greg Brady, with an audio waveform graphic at the bottom.

This morning on 640AM, OCUFA President Rob Kristofferson explained the converging issues behind Ontario’s university funding crisis. We can’t rely on international tuition to prop up the system, the province must invest in postsecondary education to support students. Listen here: bit.ly/3XXUNfz

Tune into AM 640 tomorrow at 8:20 am to catch OCUFA President Rob Kristofferson. He and Greg Brady will discuss the impact reduced international student enrollment is having on Ontario colleges and universities.

#onpoli #onpse #cdnpse

(4/4) Join OCUFA in calling for strong and stable funding for the whole of our vital sector. The future of our province depends on it.

Explore the interactive version of this Statistics Canada diagram: www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recen...

#OntarioPSE #PostSecondaryFunding #HigherEd

(3/4) This telling visual from Statistics Canada demonstrates the value of programs in addition to STEM. Non-STEM programs often connect to people-focused or service-oriented careers: Less technical, but no less essential to education, business, culture and community life in Ontario.

(2/4) Despite all university programs providing skills that employers need, only a narrow range of programs are receiving additional financial support from government.

Stock image of rainbow wooden peg people overlayed with the title: "Flow Diagram between Major Field of Study and Occupation," an image of the Stats Canada diagram with text below: "2021 Census of Population Statistics Canada"

(1/4) While the Ontario government has announced new funding reviews, Ontario’s public universities continue to receive the lowest level of provincial funding in the country, and it is not close.

Episode 7: Government Interference in PSE

How are governments interfering in post-secondary education across Canada? Learn more from this great podcast, featuring a recent panel on government interference in post-secondary across our country that was hosted by the SK Organization of Faculty Associations!

open.spotify.com/episode/41i0...

Learn more about the recent review via Global News : Ontario weighing changes to formula that funds colleges, universities #OntarioPSE #PostSecondaryFunding #HigherEd