Hi everyone, Well, we finally did it: we officially launched our zero tuition campaign at a press conference this morning. David Wheeler, CBU’s President, Brandon Ellis, CBU’s Student Union President, joined me, as CBUFA President, in signing a letter calling for an end to tuition for post-secondary education in Canada. More specifically, we call […]
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Academia has to stop eating its young
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TENTATIVE AGREEMENT
The following e-mail is sent on behalf of Rob Kristofferson, WLUFA President Dear Members I am pleased to announce that as of 3:36 a.m. on Thursday, February 26th your Negotiating Team reached a tentative agreement with the University for a new Collective Agreement for Full-time Faculty and Professional Librarians. Additional details will follow shortly. I […]
Tweet – or post – your support to Adjuncts at our sister school, Seattle University
Dear Faculty and Librarians, Today is National Adjunct Walkout Day in the United States, and we’d like you to show your support! We have twinned with faculty at Seattle University where adjuncts have mobilized 300 people to take a stand for faculty rights and quality education on their campus. More than 100 faculty (all levels, […]
Message from WLUFA President about National Adjunct Walkout Day
From: Rob Kristofferson, WLUFA President How can you support your American Colleagues in their National Adjunct Walkout Day? First of all, we must make it clear that WLUFA does not advocate or support or condone in any way a “walkout” to mark National Adjunct Walkout Day, and we must remind you that if […]
National Adjunct Walkout Day
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How you can support National Adjunct Walkout Day
Wear a button in solidarity with your colleagues! National Adjunct Walkout Day on February 25th is a call from our American colleagues to fight for better conditions for contract faculty across all geographical borders. As tenure track or tenured faculty we can easily forget how we too are subject to the same systems and practices […]
OCUFA honours Sheila McKee-Protopapas with 2015 Lorimer Award
Sheila McKee-Protopapas (L) and Kate Lawson, OCUFA President The Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations (OCUFA) has recognized Sheila McKee-Protopapas, executive director of the Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty Association (WLUFA) and a contract academic staff member, with the prestigious Lorimer Award. The award recognizes individuals who have worked to protect and promote the interests of […]
Negotiations Newsletter 4
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