Online applications for the USFA Scholarship will be accepted until 11:59 p.m. Monday, June 1, 2015. The USFA Scholarship Program is open to students who are immediate family members of USFA members. Immediate family includes spouse/partner, sons, daughters or children for whom USFA members are legal guardians. The application form for the 2014-2015 USFA Scholarship […]
Read More »It’s that time of year again: the process for the assignment of duties is underway. We have created a Fact Sheet about the process that you can download from the USFA website. Highlights include: · Each Department and non-departmentalized College is required to have Guidelines for the Assignment of Duties (Article11.5). · Duties are assigned […]
Read More »Nominations are now open for the Peter C. Dooley Legacy Award, the Peter T. Millard Award and the USFA Academic Freedom Award. In April of 2015 we will be presenting these awards at a celebration dinner and we encourage you to submit nominations. Nominations for these Awards can be made by any current USFA member […]
Read More »This e-letter is a reminder of the university’s recent call for nominations for University Council members-at-large. The USFA Executive encourages you to stand as a candidate and ask your colleagues to stand for election. The call for nominations will close Friday, February 13, 2015. Nomination forms are available online through the Office of the University […]
Read More »The USFA Executive Committee is pleased to report that the University has withdrawn its appeal of the Queen’s Bench decision of Justice Laing regarding the “presidential veto.” This decision comes after considerable dialogue between university leadership and USFA representatives.
Read More »This issue of VOX contains a tribute to James Brooke, professor of mathematics and statistics, and an article urging an open process for selecting our next president. On the one hand, an account of the life and intellectual interests of an esteemed and dedicated colleague; on the other, a rational plea for a presidential search […]
Read More »A reminder to all faculty: December 31 is the deadline for spending at least some of your Health and/or Wellness spending accounts under the Flexible Spending Plan. Amounts allocated are permitted only one two-year rollover and funds left unspent after the two-year period are returned to the Employer. Now is the time to check the […]
Read More »News about violence against women is all around us. Local, national and international headlines about sexual assaults on university campuses, domestic violence by professional athletes, on-line bullying, sexual assault allegations against celebrities and the 1,181 known missing and murdered Aboriginal women are putting the issue in the spotlight and keeping it there. December 6th is […]
Read More »The USFA’s September e-Letter advocating transparency in the presidential search resulted in a few expressions of disagreement by faculty members. In the spirit of reasoned debate, we offer a lengthier explanation of the principles on which the e-Letter was based, along with an opposing argument by Dwight Newman, College of Law. Collectively Speaking: Presidential Search […]
Read More »The 2010-13 Collective Agreement contained significant changes to the salary review procedures in Article 17 and our new 2014-17 Agreement includes a few further refinements. In this issue we will summarize the recent changes and provide some guidance for this important collegial process. Click here for a pdf of this issue of Collectively Speaking.
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