In consultations and in the bargaining survey, you made it clear that workplace pressures are rising to critical levels.
This round of collective bargaining is the most effective means for addressing these challenges, securing and improving our working conditions, and defending the future of Canadian post-secondary education in our province and beyond.
Mandate
Academic Integrity
Ensuring adequate faculty complements and backfills for course releases and leaves; recognizing and mitigating the chronic downloading of administrative work onto faculty members; ensuring that workloads are properly credited; improving support for research; and improving supports for Department Chairs.
Shared Governance
Establishing shared governance models in non-departmentalized faculties and elsewhere; ensuring better transparency; establishing Joint Advisory Groups on Teaching and Research.
Salary & Benefits
Ensuring that our salary and benefits reflect the work that we do, and are competitive.
Bargaining Timeline
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Hessian Merit Award for Excellence in Teaching by SESSIONAL Faculty
Read more →: Hessian Merit Award for Excellence in Teaching by SESSIONAL FacultyCALL FOR NOMINATIONS The UPEIFA’s Hessian Merit Award for Excellence in Teaching Committee is currently calling for nominations for this award. Each nomination must be made collaboratively by three or more sponsors & should be sent ELECTRONICALLY and are due by noon on Monday, November 16, 2020. Guidelines [Word] and Nomination Form [Word]