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
- 2020 Infosheet Performance Review Reporting
- Infosheet COVID-19 LOU
- COVID LOU Summary Chart with links
QUFA-Queens’s Signed Agreements
- Queen’s-QUFA MOS re: Ventilation September 2021
- Queen’s-QUFA MOA re: Time Limits and Supports July 2021
- MOA QUFA and Queen’s Course Delivery in 2021
- MOA Final Dec 2020 re: annual/biennial review, assessment, merit, etc…
- MOA re course enrolment supplements addendum to Schedule C of COVID LOU
- COVID LOU with Schedules A-D
- COVID LOU
- Schedule A to COVID LOU
- Schedule B to COVID LOU
- Schedule C to COVID LOU
- Schedule D to COVID LOU
QUFA Communications about COVID-19
- September 7, 2022 QUFA letter to Queen’s Environmental Health & Safety office w/ Response
- August 22, 2022 Fall Term Return message from QUFA
- June 20, 2022 Message from QUFA President: re Mask Mandate Update and Student Accommodations
- February 9, 2022 Message from QUFA President re: Return to Campus (Winter 2022)
- September 10, 2021 Message from QUFA President re: Minutes of Settlement
- September 3, 2021 Message from QUFA President re: Update on Return to Campus
- August 27, 2021 QUFA Update on Return to Campus
- August 20, 2021 QUFA Message re. Update on Return to Campus
- August 13, 2021 QUFA Info Sheet Return to Campus
- August 6, 2021 QUFA Message About Return to Campus
- 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
- December 17, 2020 Fall General Meeting
- October 26, 2020 QUFA Virtual Member Town Hall
- April 23, 2020 QUFA COVID LOU Caucus
- April 22, 2020 POSTPONED – QUFA Spring General Meeting
Important Links
- Health and Safety Concerns
- Important Vaccination Information: Queen’s Vaccine Policy and Vaccination Status Declaration Form and FAQ
- Postsecondary Education Heath Measures Framework for Fall 2021
- Vaccination Status Declaration Form
- Province approves in-person academic activities for fall term
- Fall 2021 Protocols for In-Person Classes
- Update to Queen’s Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements
- Queen’s to require COVID-19 vaccinations
- Queen’s Safe Return
- Queen’s Faculty Information Specific to your Faculty, Department, or School
- Queen’s Safe Return to Campus Updates- Fall 2021
- 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 immediate assistance with your Employee Assistance Program (EAP) call 1.866.468.9461. Have your employee number handy. 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.
- ITS -Teaching and Learning Remotely
Queen’s Townhalls and COVID-19 Virtual Event Series
- February 15, 2022 Virtual Town Hall on Return to Campus
- August 19, 2021 Town Hall with Principal Patrick Deane – Postponed
- May 27, 2021 Virtual Town Hall to discuss Fall Term Planning
- 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 and CAUT statements and resources on COVID-19
OCUFA Updates
CAUT Updates
- COVID-19 and the Academic Workplace – Resources for Members
- 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
- June 4, 2020 COVID – 19 and Research
- 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