College Faculty
Teachers, Librarians, Counsellors
Training Ontario's Future
Ontario College Faculty (CAAT-A) are some 15,000 full-time and partial load professors and instructors, as well as counsellors and librarians employed by Ontario’s public colleges. They joined OPSEU/SEFPO in 1971.
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Essential Links
- Introduction to CAAT-A
- Standard workload formula (SWF)
- Salary calculation
- College Faculty (CAAT-A) Divisional Executive, Committee Members and Alternates
- 2021 Update on Education in Ontario Colleges
Partial-load faculty
Full-time faculty
Part-time and sessional faculty
Graphics 2024
CAAT-A Divisional Executive Members
- Pearline Lung, Local 562 – Chair
- Michelle Arbour, Local 125 – Vice-Chair
- Jeff Brown, Local 556
- Robert Montgomery, Local 655
- Rebecca Ward, Local 732
Contact the Divisional Executive (DivEx) members at [email protected]
CAAT-A Committees
- Employer Employee Relations Committee (EERC)
- Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT)
- Collective Bargaining Information Services (CBIS)
- Joint Education Qualifications Committee (JEQS)
- Joint Grievance Scheduling Committee (JGSC)
- Joint Insurance Committee (JIC)
- Pension Sponsor
- Sick Leave Buyout
- Local Legal Coordinator
More info about the CAAT-A Committees
College Faculty 2024 Bargaining Team Members
Contact the bargaining team: [email protected]
- Ravi Ramkissoonsingh, L242, Chair (he/him)
- Michelle Arbour, L125, Vice-Chair (she/her)
- Chad Croteau, L110 (he/him)
- Bob Delaney, L237 (he/him)
- Martin Lee, L415 (he/him)
- Sean Lougheed, L657 (he/him)
- Rebecca Ward, L732 (she/her)
Bargaining infographics
Bargaining 2024
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The current college faculty collective agreement expires September 30, 2024.
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Bargaining news
- November 22, 2024
Bargaining Bulletin 14 After nearly five months at the bargaining table, one thing rings clear: any plan that carries us forward will be shaped by
- November 5, 2024
Bargaining Bulletin 13 Highlights: Today, we concluded conciliation – our fourth and final date. The CEC has responded to our offer of settlement, tabled on
- November 1, 2024
On Monday, October 28, we met with the Ministry-appointed conciliation officers for a third scheduled day of conciliation with the CEC. Previously, we met on
- October 20, 2024
Bargaining Bulletin #12 On Friday, College Faculty voted to authorize strike action, if necessary, to reach a fair agreement. Through a historic turnout – 76.1%
- October 18, 2024
TORONTO, ON – Faculty across Ontario’s 24 public colleges, represented by OPSEU/SEFPO, have delivered a historic strike mandate to their bargaining team, sending a strong
- October 18, 2024
Over the course of the last couple days, we made history together with the largest College Faculty strike mandate vote in a generation. The Ontario Labour Relations Board
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Bargaining 2021
News and information from the previous round of bargaining
- September 28, 2022
Click here to download a PDF of the bulletin. The award affects areas including: • Equity; • Indigenization; • Partial-load job security; and acknowledges workload
- September 23, 2022
Toronto – Fifteen months after the commencement of a round of bargaining that included the largest work-to-rule faculty job action in the history of Canadian
- September 12, 2022
OPSEU/SEFPO CAAT Academic and the CEC participated in a mediation/arbitration September 7-9, 2022. Following the mediation part of the proceeding, an arbitration occurred on September
- March 18, 2022
Media outlets across Ontario are reporting that OPSEU/SEFPO’s college faculty bargaining team and the Colleges Employer Council have reached an agreement to send outstanding issues
- March 17, 2022
OPSEU/SEFPO’s college faculty bargaining team and the College Employer Council have issued the following statement: The parties have reached an agreement to enter binding interest
- March 16, 2022
Toronto – With some 16,000 college faculty set to go on strike at 12:01 Friday morning, the College Employer Council (CEC) and the faculty bargaining
Backgrounders
2021-24 proposals
December 7, 2021
November 23, 2021
From CEC
November 18, 2021
From OPSEU/SEFPO College Faculty
November 11, 2021
From OPSEU/SEFPO College Faculty
From CEC
November 8, 2021
From OPSEU/SEFPO College Faculty
October 28, 2021
From CEC
October 19, 2021
From OPSEU/SEFPO College Faculty
October 12, 2021
From OPSEU/SEFPO College Faculty
October 4, 2021
From OPSEU/SEFPO College Faculty
September 24, 2021
From OPSEU/SEFPO College Faculty
From CEC
- Management Bargaining Team Chair’s September 24th, 2021 Presentation on Settlement Proposal Misrepresentations, Mediation, and Union Proposal Language and Costing
- Management Bargaining Team Chair’s September 24th, 2021 Response to Union Presentation
September 21, 2021
September 20, 2021
September 17, 2021
From OPSEU/SEFPO College Faculty
September 15, 2021
From CEC
- Management Bargaining Team Chair’s September 15, 2021 Settlement Offer Rationale
- Management without Prejudice Settlement offer
- College Proposal – M09 Housekeeping amendments
- College Proposal – M10A Balance of Management’s Non-Monetary Proposals part 1
- College Proposal – M10B Balance of Management’s Non-Monetary Proposals part 2
- College Proposal – M11 Monetary Proposal
September 14, 2021
From CEC
- Management Bargaining Team Chair’s September 14 Response to U10 EDI and Indigeneity submissions
- College Proposal – M07 Equity Diversity and Inclusion Letter of Understanding
- College Proposal – M08 Truth and Reconciliation Letter of Understanding
September 10, 2021
From CEC
- Management Bargaining Team Chair’s September 10 Response to U7, U8, and U9 submissions – Joint Committee Work, Outside Work and Coordinators Proposals
- College Proposal – M04 Harassment and Discrimination Amendment
- College Proposal – M05 Union Release Time
- College Proposal – M06 Assignment of Coordinator Duties
September 9, 2021
From OPSEU/SEFPO College Faculty
From CEC
- Management Bargaining Team Chair’s September 9 Response to U4 and U6 submissions – Class Definitions and Staffing Proposals
- College Proposal – M03 Pandemic Impact on Staffing
August 12, 2021
From OPSEU/SEFPO College Faculty
From CEC
August 11, 2021
From OPSEU/SEFPO College Faculty
From CEC
- Dr. Laurie Rancourt’s speaking notes supporting management’s response to U2 – workload rationale and proposals
- College Proposal -M02 Workload Task Force
August 10, 2021
From CEC
- Dr. Laurie Rancourt’s speaking notes regarding request for data and proposed counsellor class definition
- College Proposal – M01 Counsellor Class Definition
- Dr. Laurie Rancourt’s speaking notes supporting management’s response to U1 – equity rationale and proposals
August 5, 2021
From OPSEU/SEFPO College Faculty
- Faculty Proposals – Joint Committee Work
- Faculty Proposals — Outside Work
- Faculty Proposals — Coordinators
- Faculty Proposals — Academic Freedom, Intellectual Property, and Academic Councils Proposal
- Faculty Proposals — Staffing
- Faculty Proposals — Class Definitions
- Faculty Proposals — Partial-Load
- Faculty Proposals — Workload
- Faculty Proposals — Equity
From CEC
August 3, 2021
From OPSEU/SEFPO College Faculty
From CEC
July 9, 2021
From CEC
- Opening Statement
- Non-Monetary Proposal
- Dr. Laurie Rancourt’s speaking notes regarding inter-team communications and open Bargaining
July 8, 2021
From OPSEU/SEFPO College Faculty
Contract history
CAAT-A – College Employer Council 2021-2024 collective agreement
CAAT-A – College Employer Council Kaplan Award – 2022
CAAT-A Collective Agreement 2017-2021
CAAT-A Collective Agreement Archive
- 2017 – Arbitration Award
- 2014-2017 CA
- 2012-2014 CA
- 2009-2012-CA-Printed-Book-with-Notes
- 2009-2012 CA
- 2009 Workload Taskforce Report
- 2009 Employer Imposed Terms and Conditions
- 2005-2009 CA
- 2003-2005 CA
- 2001-2003 CA
- 1996-2001 CA
- 1991-1994 CA
- 1989-1991 CA
- 1989 CA Classification_Plan
- 1987-1989 CA
- 1985-1987 CA
- 1982-1984 CA
- 1982 CA Classification_Plan
- 1979-1981 CA
- 1977-1979 CA
- 1975-1976 CA
- 1975 CA Estey Award
- 1969 Terms of Employment
News about colleges and education
Along with college faculty, OPSEU/SEFPO represents workers in college support, universities, and school boards.
- November 22, 2024
Bargaining Bulletin 14 After nearly five months at the bargaining table, one thing rings clear: any plan that carries us forward will be shaped by
- November 5, 2024
Bargaining Bulletin 13 Highlights: Today, we concluded conciliation – our fourth and final date. The CEC has responded to our offer of settlement, tabled on
- November 1, 2024
On Monday, October 28, we met with the Ministry-appointed conciliation officers for a third scheduled day of conciliation with the CEC. Previously, we met on
- October 20, 2024
Bargaining Bulletin #12 On Friday, College Faculty voted to authorize strike action, if necessary, to reach a fair agreement. Through a historic turnout – 76.1%
- October 18, 2024
TORONTO, ON – Faculty across Ontario’s 24 public colleges, represented by OPSEU/SEFPO, have delivered a historic strike mandate to their bargaining team, sending a strong
- October 18, 2024
Over the course of the last couple days, we made history together with the largest College Faculty strike mandate vote in a generation. The Ontario Labour Relations Board