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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:...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
MOFA Brief on Performance-Based Funding
MOFA has prepared the following response to the Department of Advanced Education, Skills and Immigration's request for additional consultations on a performance-based funding model (PBF) in...
Don’t Cover the Facts: MOFA calls for a masked return to campus this fall
Don’t Cover the Facts: MOFA calls for a masked return to campus this fall Winnipeg - The evidence is clear: masks are a reliable means for staying safe and saving lives on our campuses and in our...
MOFA and RRCFA: Faculty members leave consultations with more questions than answers
The following is a joint statement on behalf of the Red River College Faculty Association (RRCFA) and the Manitoba Organization of Faculty Associations (MOFA). MOFA and RRCFA: Faculty members leave...
MOFA Submission on Performance Based Funding
MOFA has prepared this public document in response to the provincial government's consultation on performance-based funding. It is our hope that the provincial government will reconsider this policy...