Following University Council elections last spring, the USFA Executive decided to ask CAUT to review a summary of the election process. After reviewing the summary, the University of Saskatchewan Act, and University Council’s by-laws on elections procedure with CAUT’s legal staff, Executive Director David Robinson concluded: The short answer is that we are of the… Continue reading CAUT Weighs in on University Council Election Irregularities
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Mind the Gap: Divergent Perspectives on Faculty Workload
Read the November 15, 2023 issue of VOX here.
No Merit in Professors Emeriti
Read the September 12, 2023 issue of VOX here.
Collectively Speaking May 2023 – Involvement Matters
Whether its involvement in the USFA or involvement in our university, it matters. In this issue of Collectively Speaking, USFA Chair Geraldine Balzer offers suggestions on ways you can become involved. She provides one member’s take on the benefits of being involved in university governance and offers insight into why more and more faculty association… Continue reading Collectively Speaking May 2023 – Involvement Matters
Collectively Speaking – March 2023 Teaching Evaluations
Our latest issue of Collectively Speaking is about teaching evaluations. Anxiety inducing for faculty, particularly untenured faculty and faculty seeking promotion, the Association regularly receives questions about teaching evaluations from members. This issue of Collectively Speaking poses some of those questions and offers information and advice in response. Download Collectively Speaking
A Faintly Imagined Haven of Interdisciplinarity: The Forced Amalgamation of the Fine Arts
Read the January 18, 2023 issue of VOX here.
RSAW and the Responsible Conduct of Research Policy: A Failed Collegial Governance Process
Read the December 12, 2022 issue of VOX here.
Collectively Speaking – December 2022 Bargaining Trends and Recent Settlements
The December 2022 issue of Collectively Speaking focuses on bargaining, the background, trends and recent financial settlements at post-secondary institutions in Canada. It also includes a brief update on preparations for our next round of negotiations. Download Collectively Speaking
COVID-19 Safety and Masking on Campus: What the Pandemic Response Team said in June 2022 and the Realities of September 2022
Read the September 15, 2022 issue of VOX here.
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The May 2022 issue of Collective Speaking focuses on a presentation, made at the Joint Grievance Committee meeting in mid-March by USFA Senior Grievance Officer Colleen Bell, to senior university administrators. The presentation outlined challenges faculty members encounter with administrative processes at the U of S, and how these challenges add to and impede the… Continue reading Untitled