FA Social a Huge Success
On Wednesday September 9th 2015, the Faculty Association hosted a welcome back event at Shagwells.
Students and Professors Concerned with Lack of Transparency at UOIT
A joint press release (see below) was put out by the Faculty Association, Local 555 of the Public Service Alliance of Canada, and the Student Association on the recent policy shift at the Board of Governors AGM.
UOITFA Submission RE: UOIT President’s Renewal
“It is with deep regret that we voice our opposition to the extension of the current president’s term due to his systemic deepening of the democratic deficit in collegial governance at UOIT, his targeted interventions against the career advancement of senior female faculty, and his sequestering of significant financial surpluses while diminishing UOIT’s academic mission.”
Faculty Association Response to the Teaching Faculty Workload Joint Working Groups
We would like to thank all of our members who participated in this process to date. The FA has objected from the outset to the interpretation of the LOU as requiring an excessive and unwarranted focus on “individual concerns”, through individual appearances before committees, while simultaneously excluding “individuals’ workload assignments”. This process has created an …
Student Course Evaluations and the Evaluation of Teaching
While student course evaluations are an important tool for self-reflection, they remain an “imperfect indicator of teaching performance.”
Solidarity with the UNBC Faculty Association
The UOIT Faculty Association stands in full solidarity with striking full- and part-time instructors, senior lab instructors, and academic librarian members at the University of Northern British Columbia.
The Oshawa Good Jobs Forum
The Oshawa Good Jobs Forum Place: Regent Theatre Date: April 1st Time: 6pm – 8pm (doors open at 5:30pm) – No cost, no RSVP necessary The Public Lectures Committee, in association with the Faculty of Health Sciences, is hosting a social forum on precarious employment and the growth of polarized labour markets. The Oshawa Good Jobs …