WLUFA

ARTICLE 2: DEFINITIONS

academic year:
a period of 12 calendar months which, unless otherwise indicated, commences on 1 September of any year and ends on 31 August of the following year.

academic unit:
is a faculty, division, library, school, or other unit headed by a Dean, Director, University Librarian, or other person excluded from the bargaining unit as managerial by the certificate issued by the Ontario Labour Relations Board, October 3, 1988.

academic sub-unit, or department (or equivalent):
designates an academic division such as a department, institute, program, centre and other entity within an academic unit, whose senior academic administrator is a Member of the bargaining unit. The library is a unit without sub-units.

academic term:
there are three academic terms in the calendar year: (1) from January 1 to April 30, (2) from May 1 to August 31, (3) from September 1 to December 31.

Act:
designates The Wilfrid Laurier University Act, 1973 and The Wilfrid Laurier University Amendment Act, 2001, as amended.

actual salary:
is the salary received by a Member on a Reduced Load appointment, and shall be a negotiated proportion of the Reference Salary.

Agreement:
is this collective agreement negotiated between and ratified by the University and the Association.

Association:
is the Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty (and Librarians) Association, (also WLUFA). The Association is a trade union defined under the Ontario Labour Relations Act, and is hereinafter referred to as the Association or the Union.

Bargaining Unit:
includes all full-time faculty and full-time librarians employed by Wilfrid Laurier University as defined and clarified by the certificate of the Ontario Labour Relations Board, number 0477-88-R, dated October 3, 1988, and attached as Appendix A.

Board:
is the Board of Governors of Wilfrid Laurier University, as provided for in the Act.

Chair:
with an initial upper case letter designates a Member who is administrative officer of a department or academic sub-unit, and for the purposes of this Agreement, the Associate Dean in the Department of Business is equivalent to a Chair.

chair:
with an initial lower case letter designates a chair of a committee.

Contract Academic Staff:
is a person who is not a full-time Faculty Member and who teaches courses on contract under the terms of the Collective Agreement between Wilfrid Laurier University and Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty Association for Part-time Contract Academic Staff and Part-time Librarians, 2007-2010.

contract year:
is the period from 1 July of one calendar year to 30 June of the next.

course:
is a unit of study for credit in a given discipline identified by a unique number and name. A one (1.0) credit course is normally taught during two consecutive academic terms; a one-half (0.5) credit course is normally taught during one academic term; a course of less than one-half credit is normally taught during part of one academic term.

day:
means a working day, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays and all holidays observed by the University.

Dean:
is the head of an academic unit that administers a program of study that leads to a degree.

department-in-council:
includes all Members of the Bargaining Unit in the academic sub-unit as voting members; Contract Academic Staff in accordance with Article 11.2.2(e) of the part-time collective agreement, September 1, 2007–August 31, 2010 with the elected representatives serving as voting members; and other representatives as designated by department and Faculty policies.

Department:
an academic department as duly constituted by the Senate and Board.

designate:
is a person authorized to act on behalf of an officer of the University, an officer of the Association, a Chair of a department, or a chair of a Committee.

Distance Education Course:
is a credit course taught using delivery modes such as the internet, correspondence and videotape, offered through the Office of Teaching Support Services.

Faculty:
an academic faculty as defined by the Act.

faculty-in-council:
for the Faculty of Education, the Faculty of Music, the Faculty of Social Work and for Laurier Brantford, the faculty-in-council includes all Members of the Bargaining Unit in the academic unit as voting members; Contract Academic Staff in accordance with Article 11.2.2(b) of the part-time collective agreement, September 1, 2007–August 31, 2010 with the elected representatives serving as voting members; and other representatives as designated by Faculty policies.

Full-time Faculty Member:
a Faculty Member appointed by the Board to the rank of Lecturer, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Professor.

Full-time Librarian:
a professional librarian appointed to the rank of Librarian I, Librarian II, Librarian III or Librarian IV and who, on average, performs duties for 24 hours or more per week during the period of his/her employment.

grievance:
is any dispute or difference arising out of the application, interpretation, administration, or alleged violation of the provisions of this Agreement.

intramural course:
is a regular course taught on a University campus for academic credit in the fall and winter terms and in spring term by the School of Business and Economics; such courses do not include off-campus courses offered by the School of Business and Economics, Additional Qualification courses offered by the Faculty of Education, one-on-one teaching, such as directed studies courses and Faculty of Music studio courses in practical study and composition, or any other courses approved by the Joint Liaison Committee.

lab section:
is a class in which the instruction, supervision, and assessment of student work is conducted in a University facility designated as a laboratory.

librarians-in-council:
includes all Members of the academic unit as voting members; part-time professional librarians in accordance with Article 11.2.2(d) of the part-time collective agreement, September 1, 2007 – August 31, 2010, and other representatives as designated by Library policies.

Library Council:
is chaired by the University Librarian and includes all full-time and part-time professional librarians employed in the Library as librarians, and other members as approved by Senate.

Member:
when printed with an initial upper case letter is a Member of the Bargaining Unit as defined by the Ontario Labour Relations Board Certificate, number 0477-88-R, dated October 3, 1988, attached as Appendix A; and includes Faculty Members with the rank of Lecturer, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and Professor, and Librarians with the rank of Librarian I, Librarian II, Librarian III, and Librarian IV, as Members of the Bargaining Unit.

music studio course/music therapy practicum course:
is a credit course offered by the Faculty of Music in which students are taught by a studio instructor or supervised by a music therapist on a one-on-one basis.

off-campus course:
is a credit course offered in the off-campus degree or diploma program (i.e., not on the Waterloo, Kitchener, or Brantford campuses) by the School of Business and Economics.

Parties:
to this Agreement are the University and the Association, or hereinafter referred to as the Union.

President:
the President of the University.

Reduced Load:
is an appointment in which a Member at his/her request carries a reduced workload for a specified period of time.

Reference Salary:
is the Member’s annual gross salary to which the Member shall be entitled when the Member continues in full-time appointment, excluding any additional stipends or other special income.

Senate:
is the Senate of Wilfrid Laurier University, as constituted pursuant to the Act.

Temporary Chair:
is a Member elected by the appropriate faculty-in-council or by the librarians-in-council to serve as chair of the academic unit’s Appointment and Promotion Committee, and, in the Faculty of Education, the Faculty of Music, the Faculty of Social Work and Laurier Brantford, to preside at meetings of the faculty-in-council in accord with 13.11.9.

tutorial section:
is a class designed to complement lectures in a course by meeting with students to discuss and analyse texts, readings, cases and exercises. Members who teach tutorial sections are responsible for the preparation for the tutorials, and for the assessment of student work and participation.

University:
means Wilfrid Laurier University, the Employer as mentioned in the certificate of the Ontario Labour Relations Board, number 0477-88-R, dated October 3, 1988, and its designates, the Board of Governors of Wilfrid Laurier University, or any officers authorized to act on behalf of the Board.

University Librarian:
the head librarian of the University Library.

University Library:
includes the Library on the Waterloo campus and all other locations where the University provides library services employing one or more full-time or part-time professional librarians.