Dear Colleagues. It has come to our attention that there is confusion in your college about promotion committees. The position of the Association, which we have conveyed to the Employer, is that processes set out in the Collective Agreement do not apply to non-university employees. These processes, which include committee composition, are negotiated terms and […]
Read More »Pursuant to Section 10 (a) of the Constitution of the University of Saskatchewan Faculty Association, a Fall General Meeting of the Faculty Association will be held on: Tuesday, October 27, 2020 at 2:00 pm Via Zoom Please register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwrd-iqpzIrHdc_IyOM1GFQPbyy6tGglL4z The meeting package will be sent later this week.
Read More »In the first issue of Collectively Speaking for the 2020-2021 academic year you will find articles about a number of things. There’s a message from USFA Chair, Allison Muri, and articles about getting involved in the USFA, the importance of participation in collegial decision-making, copyright and CAUT. Download Collectively Speaking
Read More »The USFA is seeking members interested in being elected to the Elections Committee. This Committee is responsible for directing Executive Committee elections. It consists of five regular members of the Association elected annually by the membership. Current Executive Committee members and anyone seeking election to the Executive are ineligible to serve on the Elections Committee. […]
Read More »Teaching evaluations are an unnerving aspect of the job for untenured faculty and for those going for promotion, and are more so because of the unanticipated move to online instruction forced by COVID-19. Peer evaluators sometimes criticize unfairly or get some facts wrong, and students can be rather harsh. With many of us feeling we […]
Read More »In response to the USFA invitation, the President, the Interim Provost, the Vice-Provost Indigenous Engagement, the Vice Provost Faculty Relations and the Associate Vice-President People and Resources met with USFA representatives to discuss the Association’s experiences and the experiences of Indigenous USFA members and to explore ways to work together on solutions. Thank you to […]
Read More »Scholar Strike in Canada will take place on September 9th and 10th, during which participants will pause teaching and all administrative duties, and will use this time to organize public digital teach-ins on police brutality and violence from both historical and contemporary perspectives. The Canadian action is aligned with the one in the U.S., in its call for racial justice and an […]
Read More »Campus Daycare has immediate openings for children who are 30 months (toilet trained) – 6 years old. One parent needs to be a student, staff or faculty of the UofS. Fully licensed preschool childcare center in the Education building. For more information call 306-966-7807 (Lorie) or email at campus.daycare@usask.ca.
Read More »Recently we let you know the Executive Committee wrote to President Stoicheff expressing concern and disappointment with what it sees happening at the University with respect to the institutional priority of Indigenization and relaying the Association’s experiences and the experiences of our Indigenous members. Our letter invited the President to meet with USFA representatives in order to […]
Read More »Over the summer we have been meeting with representatives of the Pandemic Response Team (PRT), carrying on discussions with the employer about the COVID-19 response, and insisting on efforts to resolve matters affecting USFA members. We have raised a number of concerns in these discussions including the need for clarity on copyright of recorded lectures, […]
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