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02. November 2019

Updated Citizens' Press Websites

The Citizens’ Press, Leftnews.org, and What’s Left have been updated and technologies changed. Read here how you interact with the new services and make sure you do not miss any new posts.

25. August 2019

Ontario faculty, staff, and students oppose Ford government’s 'performance' funding for postsecondary institutions | OUCC

The proposed market-based performance funding model will tie 60 per cent (over $3 billion dollars) of postsecondary funding to each institution’s ‘performance’ against a set of arbitrary and flawed metrics. This dramatic shift follows years of stagnant public funding for postsecondary education in Ontario, and is only the latest in a series of attacks on the foundations of postsecondary education in the province, including cuts of over $400 million to college and university budgets, cuts of almost $700 million to student financial assistance, and cuts to the democratically determined student fees that allow students’ unions to advocate on behalf of, and provide vital support to their members.

20. August 2019

OCUFA estimates Ford’s 'performance' funding could cut university budgets by over $500 million dollars | OCUFA

Toronto, Sep. 4, 2019 – Ontario faculty are warning that the Ford government’s so called ‘performance’ funding model for postsecondary education is reckless, ineffective, and dangerous. The new funding model will link 60 per cent of government funding for universities ($2.2 billion dollars) to an arbitrary set of metrics chosen with no consultation. These metrics will not actually measure “performance” but are likely to be used as an excuse to cut university budgets. Across Ontario, OCUFA estimates that this new funding model could mean cuts of over $500 million dollars that will substantially undermine our postsecondary institutions’ academic missions and mandates.