Dear Members – As we embark on a new term, WLUFA has received a number of communications from our members expressing often deep concern regarding their health, safety and rights as we partially resume in-person teaching. The WLUFA Executive would like to update you on some of the issues and advocacy the Association has been involved […]
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WLUFA Statement on Mandatory Vaccinations
WLUFA Statement on Vaccinations and Return to Campus The WLUFA Executive is encouraged by the Wilfrid Laurier University administration’s recent decision to require all students, faculty, librarians and staff to be fully vaccinated with an approved COVID-19 vaccine upon return to in-person activities on campus this fall. Vaccination against COVID-19 coupled with other mitigation strategies […]
CAUT votes to Censure University of Toronto
In a rare move, delegates to the Canadian Association of University Teachers voted on April 22nd to censure the University of Toronto. Massive irregularities in terms of academic freedom with regard to the cancellation of hiring of Dr. Valentina Azarova in the Faculty of Law for the role of the Director of UofT’s Human Rights Program led to […]
Day of Action: End Precarious Employment
There is a big elephant in the room of postsecondary education, that negatively affects students, community, tenured faculty, and contract faculty. This is chronic underfunding. Chronic underfunding is the root cause of precarity on campus and astronomically high tuition fees. This underfunding is the reason 50 per cent of undergraduate courses are taught by precariously […]
WLUFA Election Results: Executive Committee 2021/2022
Sent on behalf of the WLUFA Nominations & Elections Committee Greetings, We are pleased to announce the results of the 2021 WLUFA Executive Committee election as per the WLUFA Constitution which can be found here: https://www.wlufa.ca/governance-2/. 2021/2022 Executive Committee Members Name Sapna Isotupa Jim Gerlach Anne-Marie Allison Kimberly Ellis-Hale Robin Slawson Marcia Oliver Andrew […]
Laurier’s Milton campus plans: update
Following up to the Administration’s presentation at Senate Oct 22, 2019 about plans for a Laurier Milton campus, the Interim Provost and VP:Academic, Maureen Mancuso, gave an updated presentation at a Town Hall Dec. 5, 2019. The Milton presentations can be found here: Oct 22/19 Senate presentation: https://lauriercloud.sharepoint.com/sites/governance/senate/Documents/Senate%20Presentation%20-%20Milton%20.pdf#search=milton Dec 5/19 Town Hall presentation: […]
Undergraduate researcher team releases report on racism at Laurier
Undergraduate researcher team releases report on racism at Laurier
Health Coalition Protest – this Saturday!
Sent on behalf of Kimberly Ellis-Hale, Waterloo Contract Faculty Liaison Officer: WLUFA has been asked to publicize an opportunity for our members to oppose the Ford Government cuts to health care and to show their support for the Ontario Health Coalition. Please see their message below. “We are working flat out to build […]
Milton discussion
WLUFA’s Governance Committee invited faculty and librarians last week (Oct 30) to discuss the University Administration’s plan to establish a satellite campus in Milton although government funding was removed, the University reports it is facing a deficit of $18 million, and Departments are being asked to make further cutbacks. The Administration gave a presentation […]
Meeting with MPP Glover
Chris Glover, the NDP Critic for Colleges and Universities, has asked to meet with Faculty Members, on November 13th. They will be on campus to discuss recent funding changes and other challenges and opportunities at the University. This is a challenging time for Ontario’s post-secondary sector and Chris looks forward to the opportunity to learn […]