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
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
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, 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 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, 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 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 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