QUFA and Queen’s have negotiated agreements to vary practices and timelines governed by the Queen’s-QUFA Collective Agreement in response to the public health emergency created by COVID-19. You can find the signed documents under the Agreements tab below. We will prepare additional materials to explicate these documents and add them to this page as soon as we can.

QUFA Guidelines for COVID LOU

QUFA-Queens’s Signed Agreements

Important Links

Queen’s University COVID-19 Quarantine or Self-Isolation Form
KFL&A Public Health (Kingston and Region)
Public Health Ontario
Public Health Agency of Canada
Messages from Principal Deane
Statements from the Office of Provost and Vice-Principal (Academic)
Employee Family Assistance Plan (EFAP) For 24-hour EFAP services call: 1.800.663.1142 or 1.866.398.9505 (Numéro sans frais – en français) Your EFAP is a confidential, professional counselling and wellness service that is there to provide support for those times when a little extra help is needed. The program is available to all Queen’s employees and their families as defined by Queen’s benefits programs.
Queen’s Coronavirus COVID-19 Information
Queen’s COVID-19 Information and Planning for the Fall 2020 Term
Queen’s Human Resources – COVID-10 Information for Faculty and Staff
ITS – Connecting, Collaborating, and Teaching Remotely
- Working remotely? Learn how to leverage Microsoft Teams

QUFA Communications about COVID-19

December 21, 2020 Message from QUFA President Elizabeth Hanson
December 17, 2020 Important Information for QUFA Members: Merit Assessment, Home Office Costs, Teaching Supports
December 9, 2020 QUFA Info Sheet Performance Review Reporting
September 9, 2020 QUFA Voices, September Issue
July 23, 2020 Advisory on Outfitting Home Offices
July 20, 2020 QUFA Voices, July issue
July 14, 2020 QUFA Message About Remote Teaching
June 30, 2020 QUFA Info Sheet – Intellectual Property and Remote Course Delivery
June 5, 2020 QUFA Info Sheet – Managing Stress Under COVID-19 Conditions
June 1, 2020 QUFA Voices, June issue
May 29, 2020 QUFA Grievance Corner: Your Legal Rights under the COVID-19 Letter of Understanding
May 28, 2020 QUFA Infosheet – COVID -19 Agreement Notes for Members
May 28, 2020 QUFA COVID-19 Letter of Understanding
April 27, 2020 President’s Message #7 re COVID-19
April 20, 2020 QUFA Voices, April issue
April 9, 2020 President’s Message #6
April 7, 2020 President’s Message #5: Evaluation of Teaching
March 27, 2020 President’s Message #4
March 24, 2020 QUFA Voices, March issue
March 20, 2020 President’s Message #3
March 13, 2020 President’s Message #2
March 13, 2020 QUFA Operational Response to COVID-19
March 9, 2020 President’s Message #1

QUFA Activities and Events

May 21, 2021 QUFA Spring General Meeting
March 2, 2021 QUFA COVID RTP Deferral Wksp to receive a link please contact Elizabeth Polnicky
December 17, 2020 Fall General Meeting
October 26, 2020 QUFA Virtual Member Town Hall
April 23, 2020 QUFA COVID LOU CaucusQUFA COVID RTP Deferral Workshop
April 2, 2020 CANCELLED- QUFA Academic Lecture and QUAFF
April 15, 2020 POSTPONED – QUFA Council
April 22, 2020 POSTPONED – QUFA Spring General Meeting

Queen’s Townhalls and COVID-19 Virtual Event Series

July 22, 2020 Town Hall with Principal Patrick Deane
July 19, 2020 Research Community Town Hall
June 24, 2020 Conversations Confronting COVID-19 Virtual Event Series: Innovation Pivots
June 4, 2020 Research Community Town Hall
May 13, 2020 Online Town Hall for Queen’s Faculty & Staff
April 1, 2020 Research Community Town Hall

OCUFA Updates

COVID-19 Response Resources

CAUT Updates

December 18, 2020 Memo 2077: New CRA Rules for Claiming Home Office Expenses due to COVID-19 for 2020 Tax Year
May 22, 2020 Remote teaching during COVID-19
May 15, 2020 CAUT develops guidelines for reopening campuses
Town Hall Series: COVID-19 and the Academic Job
- June 25, 2020 Systemic Racism in the Academy
- June 4, 2020 COVID – 19 and Research
- May 21, 2020 Constructive discussion with Tri-Council Representatives
- May 14, 2020 Governance in the time of COVID-19
- May 7, 2020 CAUT Town Hall on Contract Academic Staff and COVID-19
- April 22, 2020 CAUT Webinar highlights concerns with remote teaching
- April 16, 2020 CAUT Webinar highlights impact of COVID-19 on Academic Work
March 16, 2020 COVID-19 and the Academic Workplace – FAQ
March 16, 2020 COVID-19 Update
March 12, 2020 CAUT Update on COVID-19

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