On March 3, OCUFA is asking faculty, students, staff, and supporters across Ontario to engage in a day of action on social media to raise awareness about the need for fairness for contract faculty. This initiative is a project of their Contract Faculty and Faculty Complement Committee, and will build on the momentum generated during […]
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WLUFA Advocate Supplement February 2017
WLUFA Advocate Supplement February 2017
Ratification Voting Dates and Times
Greetings, There is still time to vote if you were unable to attend the meeting last night in Waterloo or this afternoon in Brantford. Please see the times and places that you may vote. Voting for Ratification must be in person. Voting will close at 3:00 pm on Wednesday, January 18th. A printed summary […]
Office closed for the holidays, plus holiday wishes!
Please be advised that the WLUFA office will closed today, December 21st at 3:00 p.m. for the Holidays and will re-open on January 3rd at 8:30 a.m. The WLUFA staff would like to wish you all Happy Holidays and all the best in the New Year.
Contract Faculty: What if negotiations end in a job action?
Many of you have been asking questions about the “what happens” if our negotiations end in job-action. Below you will find answers to many of the most-asked questions. Please look this document over carefully and keep it as a reference. If you have any questions, please direct them to Kimberly Ellis-Hale at [email protected]. WLUFA Strike […]
Open letter from WLUFA opposing the library cuts at University of Ottawa
Posted on behalf of Michele Kramer, WLUFA President. Mr. Jacques Frémont President, University of Ottawa President’s Office Tabaret Hall 550 Cumberland, room 212 Ottawa, Ontario November 24, 2016 Dear Mr. Frémont, I write to you as a concerned citizen of the University of Ottawa community. I am distressed at the news of the proposed cuts […]
Want to know what happened at the UFC meeting on the 14th?
A faculty member who attended wrote this about the University Faculty Council meeting held on Monday, 11 November, 2016: Dear Colleagues, I’m writing with a report on the University Faculty Council meeting held earlier this week. Because fewer than 70 faculty members and librarians attended, we did not make quorum and thus could not advance […]
Demand better governance! Stand for students’ academic welfare!
(Posted on behalf of Kimberly Ellis-Hale, Communications Director & CF Liaison.) University Faculty Council Meeting November 14, 2016 / 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm Senate & Board Chamber (Waterloo); By video conference to RCW 324 (Brantford) The University Faculty Council (UFC) is the ONLY governance body where EVERY faculty member – including Contract Faculty – and […]
Sociology Students’ Association support Contract Faculty in their letter to the Governance Review Panel
The Laurier Sociology Students’ Association sent a letter to the members of the Governance Review Panel which, among other points, commented on the role of contract faculty in Laurier’s governance. “The contract faculty are valued equally in comparison to faculty professors to students, and should be valued thusly by the university as well. This means that […]
Laurier admin has filed for conciliation and WLUFA’s letter to other associations
(Posted on behalf of Michele Kramer, WLUFA President.) Dear Colleagues, The message below has been circulated to faculty associations across the country. It offers an overview of the state of our current Contract Faculty negotiations and the issues that are keeping the Parties apart at the table. Please note that, since this message was sent […]