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The Work of Faculty

The work of faculty is changing in response to the Administration’s decision to shutter campus in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The continual erosion of direct, administrative and technical support for faculty has only increased the burden on faculty as we take on the work of schedulers, IT equipment installers, purchasers, instructional designers, and in […]

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Promotion Committees

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 […]

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USFA Fall General Meeting Tuesday, Oct 27, 2020 2:00 PM

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.

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USFA Election Committee Call for Candidates

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. […]

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Teaching evaluations during a pandemic

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 […]

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