Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty Association
Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty Association
Dear Colleagues, OCUFA’s Status of Women and Equity Committee is holding a webinar titled Academic Ableism: Policy, Process, Pandemic with Dr. Jay Dolmage on May 7, 2021 at 10am. The webinar is open to all OCUFA members. Please register here to attend and share with your colleagues. You will receive the webinar link closer to the event date. Workshop title: Academic […]
A brief summary of a WLUFA Climate Action Committee panel discussion WLUFA’s new Climate Action Committee held its first public event through Zoom on Tuesday March 16. About 15 WLUFA members attended a discussion of the ways in which WLUFA might facilitate a more carbon-neutral return to normal operations after the pandemic. The event began […]
Laurentian: What Can We Do? A panel and open discussion on what is happening at Laurentian, why we should be concerned, and what we can do about it as members of other university communities This Friday April 16 at 2 p.m. EDT via Zoom (register here) On Monday, Laurentian University laid off over one-third of its faculty members and cut […]
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 […]
Date: April 7, 2021 To: Presidents and Administrative Officers; Local and Federated Associations From: David Robinson, Executive Director Re: Registration for CAUT Online Spring Organizing School Register for CAUT’s spring organizing school. CAUT is once again offering a bilingual online training program to help academic staff association leaders and activists sharpen their organizing skills and to network and brainstorm with […]
On April 6th, faculty association presidents from the Golden Horseshoe area released an open letter directed at Minister Romano, with five demands: substitute meaningful consultation with stakeholders for the flawed Senate process, share all key documents with the parties, provide increased funding to LU, support the education completion of the students at the federated colleges […]
PDF Versions of the memo follow below Date: March 31, 2021 To: Presidents and Administrative Officers; Local, Federated and Provincial Associations From: David Robinson, Executive Director Re: Update to Federal Policy Statement on Research Security The Government of Canada issued an update to their Research Security Policy Statement on March 24, in response to perceived threats of foreign interference […]
REMINDER: Health and Safety Training and COVID-19 Health and safety regulations and standards are one of the most important tools academic staff associations and unions have for protecting their members during the COVID-19 pandemic. CAUT’s education program provides several health and safety training modules that are tailored to addressing the specific hazards and challenges created […]
Memorandum 21:19 Date: April 1, 2021 To: Local, Federated and Provincial Associations From: Peter McInnis, CAUT Vice-President; Chair, CAUT Publications Committee Re: Introducing the CAUT Journal The Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) is launching a new online refereed publication on topics of vital interest to academic staff in the post-secondary sector. Please help us spread the word about the CAUT Journal. […]
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