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Tips for going for renewal, tenure or promotion
June 18, 2025 | All News
If renewal of probation, tenure or promotion is in the cards for you in the coming year, following are some tips to help you prepare. You can elect to go for tenure or promotion in any year if you believe you have met standards that apply to you. You must seek renewal of probation in …
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University of Saskatchewan Faculty and Staff Members in support of an anti-racist and anti-oppressive institution
May 16, 2025 | All News
Read the May 7, 2025 Issue of VOX here.
Administrative Processes Conversations with the Employer – Research
March 26, 2025 | All News
Association representatives have had the opportunity to meet with the Employer for discussions regarding research, particularly the research ethics approval process. At the most recent meeting, we learned about some of the things that are happening in response to the challenging experiences faculty members have brought to the attention of the Association, and that we …
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Administrative Processes Conversations with the Employer – ICT
March 26, 2025 | All News
In our recent discussion with the ICT Director Michael Barr, we highlighted faculty concerns regarding the restrictive nature of the current ICT policy, particularly around administrator rights to individual computers. While ICT aims to protect the university from security risks, many faculty members argue that research demands—including the use of specialized software or experimental equipment—require …
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USFA IDEA Committee Wants to Hear from You!
March 6, 2025 | All News
The new USFA Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility (IDEA) Committee is comprised of USFA members from the four designated groups: racialized individuals, Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities, and women and gender equity-seeking groups. The purpose of this committee includes: identifying issues of concern for USask faculty regarding IDEA and working to address them through information, …
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National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women
December 6, 2024 | All News
On this day in 1989 fourteen women lost their lives at École Polytechique in Montreal because they were women. The anniversary of this tragic event has become our day to remember not only these 14 murdered women but everyone who is a victim of gender-based violence. The day serves as a solemn reminder of the …
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Western Regional Conference of Faculty Associations
November 28, 2024 | All News
Western Regional Conference “Navigating the Future: Unlocking Opportunities Amid Financial and Political Challenges” October 17–19, 2024, Victoria, British Columbia The Western Regional Conference provides a yearly forum for Canadian faculty associations in the west to meet and exchange information about negotiations, grievance arbitration, and current trends impacting universities in our provinces, region, and across Canada. …
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Anti-Racism and Unconscious Bias Training
November 28, 2024 | All News
As you are aware, the new collective agreement contains the following new article: 7.3 Consistent with the principles of employment equity, diversity and inclusion, the parties are committed to eliminating or modifying those employment policies, practices, and systems, whether formal or informal, shown to have an unfavorable effect on the hiring, retention, tenure and promotion …
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Reminder: Professional fee reimbursement claims due December 1
November 19, 2024 | All News
If, as a condition of employment, you are required to maintain a certification or license in order to perform your academic duties, you may be eligible for reimbursement of some or all of your licensing or certification fees (Article 22.12.2). Eligible fees are those paid between December 1, 2023 and November 30, 2024. The last …
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Spend unused credits!
November 19, 2024 | All News
December 31 is the deadline for spending at least some of your Health and/or Personal Spending Accounts under the Flexible Spending Plan. Amounts remaining in the fund will carry over for only one year, and allocated funds left unspent after two years are returned to the Employer. Make sure you spend the credits that are …
Collectively Speaking – Development and Revision of Standards Process
October 15, 2024 | All News
The Collective Agreement is crafted so that every tenurable member may proceed through the ranks with a complete understanding of specified criteria for standards of performance to move on to each stage, from renewal of probation through tenure and promotion to the rank of full professor. In this issue of Collectively Speaking, we discuss the …
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New Collective Agreement Provisions – Gender Equity Salary Correction
September 25, 2024 | All News
As part of the 2023-2027 Collective Agreement, effective July 1, 2024, all Assistant Professors who have disclosed they are not male and who were hired on or after July 1, 2017, will receive one Career Development Increase (CDI), which counts toward the CDI ceiling. For this round we looked at starting salaries from 2015–16 through …
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New Collective Agreement provisions – Professors of Teaching
September 25, 2024 | All News
The recently ratified 2023 – 2027 Collective Agreement includes the creation of new ranks of academic faculty appointments – Assistant Professor of Teaching, Associate Professor of Teaching, Professor of Teaching. Creating standards that are appropriate and achievable for your unit now means your unit will not need to fit its standards under college and university …
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Indigenization, Reconciliation and Decolonization – Affirmation and Action
September 25, 2024 | All News
The 2023-2027 Collective Agreement contains provisions affirming the commitment to reconciliation and decolonization. It also contains provisions that take action on these important principles. Advocate support will be available to candidates in critical collegial processes – searches, renewal of probation, tenure, promotion, and appeals. This is possibly one of the most significant new provisions in …
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2023- 2027 Collective Agreement – Workload
September 25, 2024 | All News
USFA members continue to identify workload as a bargaining issue. Various factors including increasing student numbers, and a decreased faculty complement are resulting in greater workloads for faculty. Several provisions in the 2023-2027 Collective Agreement are intended to be some measures to address this issue. Guidelines for the Assignment of Duties Several new provisions are …
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Invitation to apply: USFA Conference Fund (Fall 2024)
September 25, 2024 | All News
USFA members are invited to submit an application to the Executive Committee for reimbursement of expenses incurred in attending a conference/workshop/meeting related to the USFA, including but not limited to, labour relations, academic freedom, employment equity, and workplace health and safety. The USFA Conference/Workshop/Meeting Attendance Policy was instituted as a way to ensure that there …
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New Article 11.2.7 Changes to assigned teaching
September 25, 2024 | All News
11.2.7 Changes to assigned teaching. Changes to an employee’s assigned teaching after the annual assignment of duties (Article 11.1) are permitted only after consultation between the Department Head or Dean and the employee. If the proposed change occurs within the period six weeks prior to, or after the start date of the assigned teaching, the …
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VOX – Myopic Underfunding, Neoliberalism and the Survival of the Fitte$t at the University of Saskatchewan
September 20, 2024 | All News
Read the September 19, 2024 issue of VOX here.
Why Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) is not the answer
July 24, 2024 | All News
Read the July 22, 2024 issue of VOX here.
Vox means “Voice.” Where is Yours?
July 2, 2024 | All News
Read the June 27, 2024 issue of VOX here.