Dear members of the APUO, In accordance with its Policy Statement on Assessment of Senior Administrators, in December 2018 the APUO asked members in the Faculty of Arts to... read more

On June 28, William Kaplan, the Arbitrator appointed to resolve the issue of Faculty Course Surveys (FCS) and related matters, including the use of student evaluations of teaching... read more

Dear members, On November 15, in its fall economic statement, the Ford government announced cuts affecting post-secondary education and independent government watchdogs. Among... read more

On September 25, APUO members received a communication from Jacques Frémont, President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ottawa. President Frémont informed all members of... read more

Dear Members, On October 23, the Doug Ford government introduced sweeping changes to the Employment Standards Act through Bill 47. The changes being introduced are a cause for... read more

September 2018 Bulletin Updates to the Collective Agreement As reported on June 27, we are very pleased to have ratified our new Collective Agreement, which is in effect from May... read more

Dear APUO members, The results of the ratification vote are as follows: 182 YES and 4 NO. The tentative settlement has therefore been supported by 97.84% of the members who... read more

RATIFICATION MEETING Dear APUO Members, A ratification meeting of the proposed collective agreement (1 May 2018 to 30 April 2021) will be held on Wednesday June 27, 2018. A... read more

Dear members, We are pleased to inform you that we have reached an agreement in principle with the Central Administration at the end of our second day of mediation. We believe... read more

Since our last bargaining update, the APUO and the Central Administration agreed to seek the assistance of a third-party mediator. We have mediation sessions booked with... read more