USFA Office remains closed As a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, our office on campus remains closed until further notice. Association staff continue to work remotely and may be contacted by phone or email. Phone calls to the USFA office will be forwarded and our staff will continue to answer emails as usual. USFA […]
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Read More »The USFA is organizing a review process that matches tenure and promotion candidates with experienced faculty members willing to read case files and provide an “outsider’s perspective”. Thank you to those who have volunteered to review case files so far. We currently have 12 more candidates signed up than reviewers. If you are interested in […]
Read More »The USFA filed a grievance concerning reimbursement eligibility on a number of APEF claims since last spring. The Employer has since adjusted its position, eliminating the need for furthering some aspects of the grievance. However, still outstanding are issues related to reimbursement denials for cell phones and internet services. For many during the pandemic, cell […]
Read More »CAUT is asking faculty across Canada to take action. The time is now to remind MPs that we need to take action to prevent more crises like what we saw at Laurentian University. We have just a few days before MPs break for the summer and head into a potential fall election. We must protect […]
Read More »Even with the Employer’s Framework for a Staged Transition to Increased on-Campus Activity, there continue to be considerable unknowns about returning to campus this fall, particularly with respect to course delivery. The Employer has advised us that individual “units” will decide which courses will be delivered face-to-face and which will be delivered remotely. Each college is approaching […]
Read More »The USFA would like to once again organize a review process that matches tenure and promotion candidates with experienced faculty members willing to read case files and provide an “outsider’s perspective”. If you wish to participate in this process this year as either a candidate or as a reviewer, please contact USFA Member Services Officer Abbie […]
Read More »It is with great sadness that we learned the remains of 215 children were found in unmarked graves on the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School. We acknowledge the grief of residential school survivors and those who suffer intergenerational trauma from residential school experiences. We grieve with them. We note that education and the […]
Read More »Faculty members have started a petition seeking a special meeting to reconsider the dissolution of the University Club. Concerns have been raised about the vote that was held at a Zoom meeting of members and non-members of the University Club on May 14, which supported a motion to permanently shut down the Club as of […]
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