UPEIFA Members Concerned About Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. Association Proposals Would Advance Efforts to Make UPEI An Equitable Workplace  In response to concerns expressed by FA members in consultations throughout Fall 2021 and Winter 2022, the UPEI Faculty Association has assembled a package of proposals that directly address a range of collective agreement issues related to these concerns, and to the University’s strategic priorities of equity, diversity, and inclusion.   Principles of equity, diversity, and inclusion

We are UPEI UPEI Faculty Association members are teachers, researchers, nurses, emergency vets, and librarians. We take pride in our work, and we are committed to teaching and research excellence. We work hard to provide the best possible post-secondary experience for our students. The work of UPEI is the work we do every day. We are UPEI.Over the last 12 weeks, we have shared with you the concerns and priorities of FA Members across our campus.

“There is no formula around how much money one department gets vs. another, it’s at the whim of Administration. It leaves us all fighting for Administrative support, it creates inequities and leaves departments underfunded.”-FA Member During our consultation meetings and in the bargaining survey distributed last fall, many of our colleagues expressed concern that UPEI’s academic staff are increasingly marginalized from important academic decisions that impact our university. These include concerns that: Decisions are now almost

“To continue to be successful in my competitive field, my laboratory will need to publish lots…I worry that with the teaching loads at UPEI, the time spent away from these important tasks just means my laboratory will not remain competitive and all these years spent establishing my research career will be for nothing.”–FA MemberResearch is an important component of the work FA members do at UPEI. However, as in other areas, we are seeing that