Librarians “To do effective research, you need access to research… you can’t have an excellent University without an excellent Library.”- FA MemberUPEI’s academic Librarians are an important group within our Faculty Association. Like faculty, Librarians hold terminal degrees in their fields; undertake and publish research; participate in University governance; and engage in professional practice that includes teaching and curriculum development. Unlike other FA members, UPEI’s Librarians curate a budget and provide teaching and research support on behalf

I’m pleased to welcome you to the 2022 UPEIFA Annual General Meeting (AGM). It has certainly been an eventful year and the next year shows no signs of disappointing. So with that let’s get going. I’d like to begin by highlighting the important work of FA members who has volunteered their time to keep our Association afloat and on track. As I intend to discuss in the rest of my remarks, our Association is nothing

This year, the following FA Members served on the Social Committee: Michael Arfken (Co-Chair) Laurie Brinklow (Co-Chair) Pamela Bastante (Member-at-Large) Raquel Hoersting (Member-at-Large) Martha Mellish (Member-at-Large) Jim Sentance (Member-at-Large) In an effort to build relationships and solidarity across campus, the UPEIFA Social Committee typically organizes regular events for our membership throughout the academic year. Given COVID-19 protection measures, we once again had significantly less events than in past years. The events we did organize occurred

This year, the following FA Members served on the Communications Committee: Michael Arfken (Co-Chair) Kim Mears (Co-Chair) David Hickey (Member-at-Large) Ariana Patey (Member-at-Large) Nia Phillips (Member-at-Large) Chris Vessey (Member-at-Large) For much the year, the committee provided support for collective bargaining preparations. This included generating stock pictures and video for use in future communications. In addition, committee members provided support for the “We Are UPEI” campaign in the lead up to collective bargaining. Now that we