The 2014 – 2017 Collective Agreement includes increases to annual allocations to your professional expense account: $2,200 effective July 1, 2015. Unused funds are carried forward for the following year; however, the new Collective Agreement now includes a maximum balance for these accounts of six times the annual allocation. Balances will not be reduced if […]

If you haven’t heard yet, the Nova Scotia government has tabled the Universities Accountability and Sustainability Act, AKA Bill 100 (http://nslegislature.ca/legc/bills/62nd_2nd/1st_read/b100.htm) and is trying to get it passed quickly. This legislation, touted by the NS Liberal government as the first of its kind in Canada, is at once a union-busting bill and a bill devoted […]

On April 22, USFA is hosting an academic freedom event in the Neatby-Timlin Theatre (Arts 241): Notwithstanding the Wall: The Peoples’ University Shall Survive & Thrive. The University of Saskatchewan is still feeling aftershocks from the tumultuous events of the past year. Among other troubling developments, academic freedom on this campus was under threat and […]

Elections are currently underway for the USFA Executive Committee.  Election material including the ballots have been sent to members.  This is a reminder that completed ballots are to be returned to the USFA office no later than 4:00 pm on Thursday April 23.  Ballots returned after this date will not be counted.