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 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
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
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
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