In response to the USFA invitation, the President, the Interim Provost, the Vice-Provost Indigenous Engagement, the Vice Provost Faculty Relations and the Associate Vice-President People and Resources met with USFA representatives to discuss the Association’s experiences and the experiences of Indigenous USFA members and to explore ways to work together on solutions. Thank you to… Continue reading Update: Indigenization Concerns – Meeting with the President
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Scholar Strike
Scholar Strike in Canada will take place on September 9th and 10th, during which participants will pause teaching and all administrative duties, and will use this time to organize public digital teach-ins on police brutality and violence from both historical and contemporary perspectives. The Canadian action is aligned with the one in the U.S., in its call for racial justice and an… Continue reading Scholar Strike
Need Childcare??
Campus Daycare has immediate openings for children who are 30 months (toilet trained) – 6 years old. One parent needs to be a student, staff or faculty of the UofS. Fully licensed preschool childcare center in the Education building. For more information call 306-966-7807 (Lorie) or email at campus.daycare@usask.ca.
Important Update: Indigenization Concerns
Recently we let you know the Executive Committee wrote to President Stoicheff expressing concern and disappointment with what it sees happening at the University with respect to the institutional priority of Indigenization and relaying the Association’s experiences and the experiences of our Indigenous members. Our letter invited the President to meet with USFA representatives in order to… Continue reading Important Update: Indigenization Concerns
COVID updates
Over the summer we have been meeting with representatives of the Pandemic Response Team (PRT), carrying on discussions with the employer about the COVID-19 response, and insisting on efforts to resolve matters affecting USFA members. We have raised a number of concerns in these discussions including the need for clarity on copyright of recorded lectures,… Continue reading COVID updates
Indigenization Concerns and Disappointment
In late June, the USFA Executive Committee wrote to President Stoicheff to express concern and disappointment with what it sees happening at the University with respect to the institutional priority of Indigenization. With June being National Indigenous History Month, the gift of an Indigenization Strategy on the horizon and the President’s June 17 “Statement and Action on Racism,”… Continue reading Indigenization Concerns and Disappointment
Caregiving and COVID: responses from faculty
We write with thanks to faculty who responded to our request for information about the diverse challenges caregivers are experiencing with work demands in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Within a few days of our e-letter, another 100 signatories joined the initial group of 50 petitioners: as we expected, this issue is a significant… Continue reading Caregiving and COVID: responses from faculty
REMINDER: USFA call for nominations
This is a call-for-nominations in a by-election to fill the following vacancies: Two vacancies in Category A (Instructor, Lecturer, Special Lecturer, Assistant Librarian or Assistant Professor) one is a 1-year term one is a 2-year term One vacancy in Category B (Associate Professor or Associate Librarian) it is a 2-year term; One vacancy in Category D (equity… Continue reading REMINDER: USFA call for nominations
Universities and COVID-19 Work Arrangements Study Survey
Dear USFA members. We have heard from many of you that you are concerned about the impact of workplace arrangements caused by the pandemic. Would you please consider completing this short survey, attached, being conducted by a fellow faculty member. This research investigates how faculty are affected differently by the move to remote work. Findings… Continue reading Universities and COVID-19 Work Arrangements Study Survey
Election of USFA Table Officers
On June 26, 2020, the University of Saskatchewan Faculty Association elected the following table officers for the 2020-21 academic year: Chair: Allison Muri (English) Vice-Chair: Doug Chivers (Biology) Secretary: Geraldine Balzer (Curriculum Studies) Treasurer: John Gjevre (Medicine)