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Sabattical/Administrative Leave and the Incentive Plan for Retirement

Some Association Members who are eligible and planning to apply for the Incentive Plan for Retirement may be tempted to forego their applications for sabbatical or administrative leave in 14/15 because those dates are past the planned early retirement date of June 30, 2014.  The Executive of the USFA strongly advises members to make such […]

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CAUT 4th Forum for Aboriginal Academic Staff

CAUT is sponsoring its 4th Forum for Aboriginal Academic Staff which will be held November 1-3, 2013 at the Courtyard by Marriott Toronto Downtown. The conference is organized with the guidance of CAUT’s Working Group on Aboriginal Post-Secondary Education. This will be an opportunity for Aboriginal academic staff from across Canada to get together to […]

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Tentative Agreement

As part of our agreement to extend the 2010 – 2013 Collective Agreement, we committed to enter into negotiations immediately regarding retirement initiatives. We are pleased to advise that we have reached a tentative agreement regarding retirement initiatives and on July 9, 2013, the Negotiating Teams for the USFA and the University signed off on […]

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Marie Battiste receives CAUT Distinguished Academic Award

Professor Marie Battiste of the Department of Educational Foundations and Academic Director of the Aboriginal Education Research Centre was presented with the Canadian Association of University Teachers Distinguished Academic Award at its 2013 Spring Council Meeting. The CAUT Distinguished Academic Award recognizes academics who excel in each of the domains of academic life: teaching, research, […]

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Member social Tuesday, June 18th

On behalf of the USFA Executive Committee, I would like to invite you to our next member social on Tuesday, June 18th, 2013 at 4:00 pm.  I would like to extend a special invitation to those of you who had your probation renewed, were awarded tenure or were promoted effective July 1st. You have achieved […]

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Final USFA Scholarship Application Deadline Reminder

This is the FINAL reminder to all faculty whose family members are students eligible for the USFA Scholarship and who have successfully completed degree credit courses taken in the 2012-2013 academic year (May 1, 2012 –April 30, 2013). The USFA scholarship is open to students who are immediate family members of members of the University […]

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