

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.
Latest news
Essential Links
- Introduction to CAAT-A
- Standard workload formula (SWF)
- Salary calculation
- College Faculty (CAAT-A) Divisional Executive, Committee Members
- 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)
- Health and Safety Co-ordinating Committee
- Joint Education Qualifications Committee (JEQS)
- Joint Grievance Scheduling Committee (JGSC)
- Joint Insurance Committee (JIC)
- Sick Leave Buyout
- Local Legal Coordinator
- Pension Sponsor
- Divisional Solidarity Fund Trustees
More info about the CAAT-A Committees
Bargaining 2024
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The current college faculty collective agreement expires September 30, 2024.
The bargaining team has been elected to negotiate a new agreement, and you can find the latest updates here.
Bargaining news
- June 17, 2025
- April 30, 2025
- January 24, 2025
- January 10, 2025
- January 7, 2025
- January 7, 2025
- January 3, 2025
- December 18, 2024
- December 12, 2024
- December 12, 2024
- December 9, 2024
- November 22, 2024
- November 5, 2024
- November 1, 2024
- October 20, 2024
- October 18, 2024
- October 18, 2024
- October 17, 2024
- October 11, 2024
- October 9, 2024
- October 8, 2024
- October 1, 2024
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 2021
News and information from the previous round of bargaining
- September 28, 2022
- September 23, 2022
- September 12, 2022
- March 18, 2022
- March 17, 2022
- March 16, 2022
- March 14, 2022
- March 4, 2022
- February 18, 2022
- February 4, 2022
- January 20, 2022
- January 20, 2022
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
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