About the OCFA
The OC Faculty Association represents more than 300 faculty members of AVÌìÌÃ. It serves to maintain and promote the professional status of the members of the Association, to regulate relations between faculty and OC through collective bargaining, and to function as a trade union pursuant to the laws of British Columbia.
OCFA Contacts
OCFA Executive
| #s: 778 + | emails: _____ @ocfaculty.ca | ||
| President | Sharon Mansiere | 583-2509 | president@ |
| First VP, Chief Steward | Alan Rice | 583-3347 | chiefsteward@ |
| Second VP, Bargaining Chair | Matt Kavanagh | 583-2705 | vicepresident2@ |
| Secretary | Amy Cohen | 583-3052 | secretary@ |
| Treasurer | Adrian Fontenla | 583-3047 | treasurer@ |
| Benefits Officer | Marlo Edwards | 583-3048 | benefitsofficer@ |
| Faculty Liaison - Arts | Raluca Fratiloiu | 4582 | rfratiloiu@okanagan.bc.ca |
| Faculty Liaison - Business | Michael Conlin | mconlin@okanagan.bc.ca | |
| Faculty Liaison - Health | to be sunsetted @ 2025 AGM | ||
| Faculty Liaison - Non-Instructional | Lindsay Willson | 4567 | lwillson@okanagan.bc.ca |
| Faculty Liaison - Science | Joe Hobart | jhobart@okanagan.bc.ca | |
| Faculty Liaison - Technology | Scott Fazackerley | 4376 | SFazackerley@okanagan.bc.ca |
| Community Representative - Kelowna | Laura Loewen | 4776 | lloewen@okanagan.bc.ca |
| Community Representative - Penticton | Louise Blais | lblais@okanagan.bc.ca | |
| Community Representative - Salmon Arm | Brian May | 8212 | bmay@okanagan.bc.ca |
| Community Representative - Vernon | Billy Spelchan | bspelchan@okanagan.bc.ca | |
| Decolonization, Reconciliation, and Indigenization Representative | Vacant | ||
| Human Rights and International Solidarity Rep | Terry Bridges | 4484 | trbridges@okanagan.bc.ca |
| Non-Continuing Faculty Representative | David Acosta | dacosta@okanagan.bc.ca | |
| Pension Advisory Representative | Satoshi Tomoda | stomoda@okanagan.bc.ca | |
| Women and Gender Equity Representative | Norah Bowman | nbowman@okanagan.bc.ca | |
| Workplace Health, Safety, & Environment Representative (WHSE) | Leonard Lermer | llermer@okanagan.bc.ca |
| President (ex-officio) | Sharon Mansiere | president@ocfaculty.ca | |
| Chief Steward | Alan Rice | chiefsteward@ocfaculty.ca | |
| Kelowna Campus Steward | Jasmine Korcok | jcorkok@okanagan.bc.ca | |
| Penticton Campus Steward | Colin Wallace | 3334 | cwallace@okanagan.bc.ca |
| Salmon Arm Campus Steward | Terry Kosowick | tkosowick@okanagan.bc.ca | |
| Vernon Campus Steward | Art Boehm | 2243 | aboehm@okanagan.bc.ca |
| Climate Action | Rosalind Warner | rwarner@okanagan.bc.ca |
| Governance | Jillian Garrett | jgarrett@okanagan.bc.ca |
OCFA Meetings & Events
Council Meetings
Council meetings normally take place on Fridays, 2-4 pm, on the Kelowna campus or online.
- September 13 (in-person)
- October 25 (in-person, Capri Hotel)
- November 15 (in-person)
- December 13 (online)
General Meetings
- Fall GM: October 25, 2024, 5-9 pm, Capri Hotel, Kelowna
- Winter GM: January 31, 2025 (5-9 pm), Capri Hotel, Kelowna
- AGM: April 25, 2025 (tentative)
Campus Socials
Socials are an opportunity to meet with members of the executive and council of your union, as well as other faculty. The locations below represent which campus representative is hosting, but socials are open to all members across campuses
Fall 2024 Socials
- Salmon Arm: Monday October 7, Setters Pub, 4:30 pm
- Penticton: Tuesday October 8, Neighbourhood Brewery, 6pm
- Kelowna: Monday Oct 21, Great Canadian Brewing Company (Pandosy), 4-7pm
- Vernon: Wednesday October 23, Alexander's Pub, 4:30-8:30pm
OCFA Resources
OCFA Collective Agreement
The OCFA Collective Agreement Binder (Local, MOA, Travel, Common):
- The 2019-2022 Collective Agreement (Local & Common);
- April 1, 2022 - March 31, 2024 Negotiated Salary Scales
For Collective Agreement term of March 31, 2019 - April 1, 2022
CURRENT CA WILL BE AVAILABLE SOON (UNTIL THEN, PLEASE REFER TO THE ONE POSTED HERE)
OCFA Handbook
Information about conditions of your employment and common FAQs.
The Update
The Update is OCFA's newsletter to members. It is usually published two to three times annually. The Update contains reports from members of Council and the Executive as well as letters to the editor from OCFA members. Published digitally in PDF format, issues are distributed by e-mail and via this website. Please address any questions about the Update to its editor, the current OCFA Secretary.
The Update welcomes letters to the editor from members of the Association. Members are encouraged to write either in response to what they read in the newsletter or about other Faculty Association matters. Letters to the Update do not represent the opinions of the editor nor the OCFA Executive. Letters should be sent by e-mail to the current OCFA Secretary. Preferred formats are MS Word (.doc), rtf or plain text.
- February 2019
- October 2018
- April 2018
- December 2017
- September 2017
- March 2017
- December 2016
- September 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016 (Special Issue)
- December 2015
- October 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- October 2014
- September 2014
- June 2014
- March 2014
- January 2014
- November 2013
- September 2013
- April 2013
- February 2013
- October 2012
- September 2012
- April 2012
- February 2012
- September 2011
- March 2011
- January 2011
- November 2010
- October 2010
- March 2007
- December 2006
- October 2006