By Zach Fleisher As the old adage goes, budgets are not only a financial blueprint for a government’s plan but also demonstrate their choices and values. Manitoba’s universities have been under attack by the Manitoba Government. Since the 2017 budget, funding below...
MOFA Provincial Budget Submission
MOFA has submitted the following budget submission to the Government of Manitoba: MANITOBA ORGANIZATION OF FACULTY ASSOCIATIONS 2023 PROVINCIAL BUDGET SUBMISSION The Manitoba Organization of Faculty Associations (MOFA) represents more than 2,000 faculty who teach,...
MOFA Letter to Minister Sarah Guillemard
MOFA has sent the following letter to Minister Sarah Guillemard, Minister of Advanced Education and Training: Hon. Sarah Guillemard MLA for Fort Richmond Minister of Advanced Education and Training Room 141 Legislative Building 450 Broadway Winnipeg, MB R3C 0V8 Phone:...
Letter to Minister Jon Reyes from the Prairie Spirit School Division opposing performance-based funding
The Prairie Spirit School Division has formally registered its opposition to performance-based funding in the following letter to Minister Jon Reyes, which is available here:...
Letter to Minister Jon Reyes from the Winnipeg School Division opposing performance-based funding
The Winnipeg School Division has formally registered its opposition to performance-based funding in the following letter to Minister Jon Reyes, which is available here: https://mofa-fapum.mb.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Ltr-to-Minister-Reyes-1-1.pdf
Letter to Minister Jon Reyes from the Manitoba Teachers Society opposing performance-based funding
The Manitoba Teachers Society has written the following letter to the Hon. Jon Reyes, Minister of Advanced Education, Skills and Immigration in opposition to performance-based funding. We want to thank the Manitoba Teachers Society for their support on this important...
MOFA: Reyes must follow the evidence and reject performance-based-funding
Premier has previously pledged to walk back PBF in November 15th throne speech Winnipeg - The Manitoba Organization of Faculty Associations (MOFA) is calling on the Minister of Advanced Education, Skills and Immigration Jon Reyes to confirm that his ministry will...
MOFA Letter to Minister Jon Reyes
Despite the Premier's claim that she intended to "take a bit of a step back" from the "Tennessee model" or performance-based funding, MOFA is still waiting for official confirmation that the government intends to actually stop this regressive policy. We have written...
MOFA Response to the Speech from the Throne
Universities are still not a priority for the Stefanson government The Speech from the Throne signals that this government will continue to interfere with Manitoba’s universities, giving primacy to the immediate needs of the labour market rather than student and...
November 2022: Letter against the Tennessee model in The Brandon Sun
The following was published in the Brandon Sun, as a letter to the editor, and is available here:...
MOFA Supports CUPE Education Workers in Ontario
The Manitoba Organization of Faculty Associations (MOFA) strongly condemns the Ontario government's Bill 28, "Keeping Students in Class Act," and the use of the notwithstanding clause to violate the Charter rights of over 55,000 CUPE education workers in the province....
CAUT condemns Ontario government’s back-to-work legislation of CUPE’s underpaid education workers
(Ottawa – October 31, 2022) The Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) condemns the legislation introduced today by the Ontario government that will force a contract on CUPE’s 55,000 education workers and prevent a legal strike that was to start Friday....