The Joint Committee for the Management of the Agreement has had discussions recently regarding assignment of duties. These discussions have included the three primary areas of responsibility that faculty duties entail – research, teaching, administration – expressed in percentages of time devoted to each area, most often as 40% research, 40% teaching and 20% administration. […]

After members of Unifor Local 594 voted 97% in favour of strike action against the Co-op Refinery Complex (CRC) last December, the CRC locked out the workers. Unifor contacted labour organizations, including USFA and the Saskatchewan Federation of Labour (of which USFA is an affiliate), asking them to participate in a national boycott of co-ops […]

It is clear from responses to our recent e-Letter regarding the appointment of senior administrators that the search and review processes for these positions are very important to USFA members.  We received a number of emails from members in response to our e-Letter. Some expressed disappointment, while others expressed anger. We heard from many that […]

There is a broad diversity of what constitutes authorship across disciplines. You have responsibilities when you accept to have your name as an author on a publication. In collaborative research, one cannot be responsible for all aspects of data collection, conduct of research, analysis, or writing. Nonetheless, authors cannot absolve themselves completely of subsequent problems […]

USFA Chair Doug Chivers sent a letter to President Stoicheff and the Chair of the Board of Governors on November 12, 2019 expressing concern over (i) the increase in senior administrative appointments, and (ii) the number of such appointments made without the benefit of a formal and competitive search process. The USFA’s letter requests an […]