by December 7, College committees shall have considered all cases for promotion and submitted their recommendations to the University Review Committee or to the President in accordance with Article 16.4.2;
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On December 6th, Canadians commemorate the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. It was established in 1991 by the Canadian Parliament to remember the 14 young women who were killed on December 6, 1989 at l’Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal for choosing to fulfill a professional dream in a non-traditional area. The […]
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by November 30, all appeals shall have been considered by the Sabbatical Leave Appeal Committee, and the appellants informed of the Committee’s decision
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By November 30, the Department Head shall have met with each employee to discuss the salary recommendation as described in Article 17.5.2 and the department committees shall have considered all salary reviews, made awards where appropriate, submitted their recommendations to the College, and informed employees in the department of rankings, awards and recommendations, as well […]
Read More »Is a faculty member who publishes six peer-reviewed articles more or less meritorious than a faculty member who publishes one peer-reviewed article, but also has large teaching and administrative responsibilities? It depends. Six top quality publications in outstanding venues could represent a career achievement, even given teaching and administrative offloads. However, six papers published in […]
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by November 21, the Dean of a departmentalized College shall have convened a meeting of the College Review Committee, and the Committee shall have considered all cases for tenure, and transmitted its recommendations in writing to the University Review Committee;
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by November 21, the Dean of a departmentalized College shall have convened a meeting of the College Review Committee, and the Committee shall have considered all cases for renewal, and transmitted, in writing, its positive recommendations to the President for transmission to the Board, and its negative recommendations to the University Review Committee;
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Hello everyone, I would like to invite USFA members to join me for the first of what will be a monthly social get-together for USFA members in the Club Room downstairs at the Faculty Club, on Thursday, November 17 at 4:00 PM. Snacks and drinks will be available. Come out and rub shoulders with other […]
Read More »Brandon University Faculty Association (BUFA) has been on strike since October 12th, 2011. BUFA represents both tenured faculty and non-tenured sessional instructors and is dealing with four main issues. Quality of learning – BUFA’s position is that there should be guaranteed replacements when members go on sabbatical to ensure continuity of program delivery. They are […]
Read More »The merit pool for this and next year is quite large – 785 CDIs for each year. After that, it will likely go back to 600 CDIs per annum, subject to the outcome of collective bargaining. At the last round of bargaining, the parties agreed that the merit system at the U of S was […]
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