When a Member of the University community has suffered bereavement, the Executive is authorized to send flowers or send the equivalent sum to the charity selected by the family in lieu of flowers. Bereavement shall include the death of a father, mother, spouse/partner, child or grandchild.
Where a Member is on sick leave because of a serious illness or accident, the Executive is authorized to send flowers or other equivalent get-well gift to the Member.
Where a Member or the spouse/partner of a Member has given birth or adopted a child or children, the Executive is authorized to send flowers to the family.
The WLUFA Executive is authorized to make a donation of up to $2000 to an association of faculty or academic staff at a Canadian university which is in a legal strike or lockout situation. In the case of a prolonged strike or lockout (of more than two weeks duration) the Executive is authorized to make additional donations, in increments of $1000 or less, provided that the total donated to the aforementioned association shall not exceed $5000.
Donations to special causes, such as other faculty associations or natural disaster relief, shall not be made without the approval of the Membership. A motion for such a donation must be brought to a General Meeting and notice of three (3) working days is required. Such donations shall not exceed $2500 and the figure of $2500 refers to the total amount of the donation, whether comprised of only one donation or a series of donations within a one-year period.
Letters of support for charitable, professional, academic or governmental organizations (e.g., Learned Societies, NSSERC, SSHRC) shall not be issued without the approval of the Membership.
Donations to charitable organizations shall not be made except as provided above (Section 1.)