Currently, this blog is devoted to discussing workplace issues that affect the professors, librarians, and counsellors at Ontario’s Colleges.

(That would be Ontario-the-Canadian-province, not Ontario-the-Californian-city.) (And since it would be Ontario-the-Canadian-province, “college” means some kind of community college, not a four-year university, like it might mean in California.) (Technically “community colleges” in Ontario are now “Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology”.  More technology, less community — sic transit Ontarionis…)

Originally begun as a one-man, independent information site during the recent contract negotations between the professors (represented by OPSEU CAAT-A) and the colleges (represented by the College Compensation and Appointments Council), the site is in the process of evolving, to discuss issues of educational policy, professorial community and commonality, and pretty much whatever else you want to talk about that relates to the work that we do.

The site is called “One Ontario College Prof’s Blog”.  There’s a reason for that — it’s one person’s opinion, and it will probably focus on the themes that interest me: Collegiality, professionalism, and the academic credibility of Ontario’s colleges (and the graduates thereof).  The CollegeProf in question is Dr. Jonathan Singer, professor of English at Toronto’s Seneca College.  There, I also serve as Chief Steward of Local 560, but this blog is a one-man show, not an OPSEU publication, and the union has no control over or foreknowledge of its contents.

Feel free to contact me at ontariocollegeprof@yahoo.com and let me know what’s on your mind.  I’m happy to publish letters representing a broad spectrum of opinions, although I retain my right to voice my own.  The easiest way to get a letter published on the blog is to address it to the general community of Ontario college professors and to write in a respectful tone.