Fair Employment Week is CAUT’s annual campaign to raise awareness about precarious employment on campuses and support local organizing to improve the working conditions of contract academic staff. This year’s events will provide an opportunity for contract academic staff from across the country to come together virtually to network with oneanother and discuss the issues they are facing. Online events are detailed below. Monday, October 19 from 1 to 2:30pm EST // Organizing to Win
The Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) has asked Faculty Associations across Canada to circulate a petition to members before the end of September.The petition can be found at: https://docs.google.com/forms/u/1/d/e/1FAIpQLSe_QZI5FfJqY5ONSOyVJNpZTmC1meEG3D3FPojPdv508L_0PA/formResponse It calls on university presidents across the country to endorse the United Nations (UN) climate emergency letter. This letter calls on endorsing institutions to declare a climate emergency and commit to: Mobilize more resources for action-oriented climate change research and skills creation; Go carbon neutral by 2030 or 2050 at
The Faculty Association recognizes the excellence of our graduate students by awarding the FA Master’s and Doctoral Medals each year. Please consider nominating a graduate student this year. The deadline for nomination packages is OCTOBER 1, 2020.Information on the award criteria and guidelines for the submission package can be found here on the UPEIFA website. Documents should be sent to [email protected]. These graduate student awards are adjudicated by the Faculty Association’s Scholarly Achievement Awards Sub-committee. If you are interested in serving on this
In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, the University of Prince Edward Island Senate has elected to adopt a hybrid or blended approach to teaching for the spring, summer, and fall semesters of 2020. For many of us, this will mean we will be teaching online. The “newness” of this for many has provoked a number of questions about Intellectual Property (IP) rights and privacy rights. Download the memo below for guidance on issues of