Queen's University Faculty Association – Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Dear Members, There have been a number of questions raised with QUFA around purchasing equipment for home offices in light of COVID-19 and remote working. There are a number of options available to you to pay for the purchase of equipment for a home office and to manage remote teaching. → Learn More
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Dear QUFA Members, As we approach the beginning of Fall 2020, it is clear that everyone is working hard to make a remote term successful. Given the number of novelties and uncertainties in moving to remote delivery of courses, we have become aware of many, sometimes conflicting or confusing, communications → Learn More
Please note that the QUFA office will be closed on Fridays, June 26 – August 28 inclusive. We will also be short-staffed from time to time to accommodate staff vacations and appreciate your patience during this period.
Dear QUFA Members, Michael White, QUFA Co-Chair of the Joint Committee to Administer the (Collective) Agreement (JCAA), has prepared this infosheet on intellectual property and remote delivery of courses. It contains some good advice and links to excellent resources that we hope will help you as you prepare for Fall → Learn More
Dear QUFA Members, Since a Minneapolis Police Officer murdered George Floyd on May 25th, a wave of justified anger and recognition of the simple, elegantly stated truth that Black Lives Matter has swept the world. That George Floyd stands for and among innumerable men and women who have suffered racist → Learn More
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Dear Members, Please find attached an introduction and explanation for the agreement recently signed between QUFA and Queen’s to govern certain aspects of work while the COVID emergency prevails. The actual agreements can be found on the QUFA website here: QUFA COVID-19 Information We recommend that you read the brief → Learn More
Dear QUFA Members, Attached you’ll find two documents about the new Voluntary Phased Retirement Program negotiated as part of the deal for QUFA to consent to the conversion of the Queen’s Pension Plan to the University Pension Plan. It should be noted that Queen’s has opted to offer this Program → Learn More
Dear Colleagues, Here is an update on QUFA’s negotiations with the University regarding variances from the Collective Agreement required in response to the Covid-19 pandemic emergency. As I reported in my last missive, QUFA had insisted to the University that talks on a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) related to the → Learn More
Dear Adjunct Faculty Members, Please read these instructions carefully and use the newly updated on-line form, noting that this is now a fillable PDF application. There are also updated guidelines for review. The link for both the instructions and the application, as well as for COVID-19 updates are listed below. The fund will be → Learn More
Dear Colleagues, I hope all of you survived the end of term, such as it was, and more importantly, that you and yours continue in health. (It’s a bit weird, that archaic formulation, suitable for a letter from Jane Austen to her sister Cassandra, is so acutely of the moment.) → Learn More
Dear Colleagues, I promised that I would write something specific about teaching evaluation and what the Collective Agreement (CA) allows QUFA instructors to do to represent their teaching in the absence of USATs. Last week I attended a helpful webinar by CTL on developing your own survey in the absence → Learn More
Dear Colleagues, I hope all of you have survived the first week of remote teaching without calamity, that you and your families are well, and that those who were travelling have been able to get home safely. Here’s an update on matters affecting QUFA members that have emerged over this → Learn More
To read QUFA’s letter to Principal and Provost click here.
The first matter I raised with the Principal was the fact that, given that the campus was open, some Members (and of course other Queen’s staff) still had to report to work. Therefore, the appropriate cleaning of the campus was imperative, and our Members were informing us that such cleaning → Learn More
Dear QUFA Members, The Principal’s message today clarifies the University’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. We wish to address some matters specific to our Members. All face to face teaching, including graduate teaching and labs, must be delivered in alternative, i.e. online, formats. Moreover, all assessments, including final summative ones—i.e. → Learn More
Dear QUFA Members, As you are aware, things are changing rapidly with regard to how institutions are responding to the threats posed by Covid-19. QUFA will remain in step with public health authorities’ advice and with decisions made by Queen’s in determining its own operational response. During the same period, → Learn More
In light of the rapidly evolving and highly concerning situation with respect to the COVID-19 pandemic, we wish to observe that the University has a legal obligation to ensure all its employees a safe workplace. This includes ensuring the cleaning of all potentially contaminated spaces and surfaces and the provision → Learn More
Dear QUFA Executive and Council Representatives, If you or colleagues will be travelling to the US or returning to Canada with electronic devices containing sensitive research data, please take a moment to read CAUT’s latest travel advisory. Please share this with your networks. To read the CAUT Travel Advisory click → Learn More
October 16, 2019 email from Human Resources Department <HRDEPT-L@LISTS.QUEENSU.CA>; on behalf of; VP Finance and Administration <vpfa@QUEENSU.CA> Dear Colleagues, The creation of the new University Pension Plan Ontario (UPP) and the transfer of assets and liabilities from the existing university pension plans is a complex process. The current university pension → Learn More
Queen’s employees will soon have a new benefits provider as well as an enhanced benefits plan. Following a competitive Request for Proposals (RFP) process through the spring and summer 2019, Manulife has been selected as the new employee and retiree benefits provider for Queen’s University. In late 2016, the university asked all → Learn More
Dear Members, Please note that the new QUFA-Queen’s University Collective Agreement begins on May 1st, 2019. Due to the unique nature of bargaining in December, as a result of the UPP consent process, MOAs were signed with the intention to update the relevant articles of the Collective Agreement in the → Learn More
NOTICE OF THE S P R I N G G E N E R A L M E E T I N G TO: All Members of Queen’s University Faculty Association (QUFA) Faculty, Librarians and Archivists DATE: May 7, 2020 Dear QUFA Members The Spring General Meeting of the → Learn More
Dear QUFA Members please note a few important dates that are coming up in May regarding QUFA Spring General Meeting (SGM) and the election of Executive committee members. May 7 – All candidates for open Executive positions (Treasurer, Secretary, Grievance Chair, JCAA Co-Chair, QULA Representative, Equity Representative, one Member at → Learn More
Dear QUFA Members please note a few important dates that are coming up in May regarding QUFA Spring General Meeting (SGM) and the election of Executive committee members. May 7 – All candidates for open Executive positions (Treasurer, Secretary, Grievance Chair, JCAA Co-Chair, QULA Representative, Equity Representative, one Member at → Learn More
Dear QUFA Members please note a few important dates that are coming up in May regarding QUFA Spring General Meeting (SGM) and the election of Executive committee members. May 7 – All candidates for open Executive positions (Treasurer, Secretary, Grievance Chair, JCAA Co-Chair, QULA Representative, Equity Representative, one Member at → Learn More
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QUFA Event: Freedom of Speech – Please join us on April 2 at 2pm, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, to hear Michael Lynk speak. Save the date! More information to follow by email. QUFA Open Council Meeting – Ann Tierney and Stephanie Simpson will join us on April 15 between 3-5pm, → Learn More
1. Nominations are now open for some Executive Committee positions. As well, the Nominations Committee is looking for 2 members who are not on QUFA Council or Executive to serve on the committee and help with contacting potential QUFA volunteers. Please contact Jordan Morelli (VP) at morelli@queensu.ca or Leslie Jermyn → Learn More