On April 30th, 2024, ULFA issued notice to the Board to commence negotiations for an Essential Services Agreement (ESA). The ULFA ESA negotiating team includes Robert Williams (Health Sciences), Tony Montina (A&S), and is headed up by Rob Sutherland (A&S). On May 6th, 2024, the Board responded and indicated their negotiating team would be the […]
ULFA Issues Notice to Bargain Essential Services Agreement Read More »
By now, much has been said about Bill 18, the proposed law tabled by the provincial government in April to vet all federal funding coming into Alberta, whether to infrastructure assistance for municipalities, or to Heritage Canada funding for cultural projects, or to research grants to academics. It is unclear the extent to which this
April 30th, 2024 Dear Dwayne and Scott, This message is to confirm that the ULFA negotiation team is preparing an article list to exchange, asagreed upon in our last meeting. We are also preparing a draft agenda for our upcoming meeting blockon May 21st and 22nd, which we will send to you with the article
On April 22, the Board and ULFA negotiating teams met for the first time in this round of bargaining to reach a new Academic Staff Collective Agreement. After approval of the meeting agenda and introductions, the ULFA team presented a brief opening statement. The Board team had no opening statement but noted they will make
Opening 2024 Negotiations between the Board and ULFA Read More »
Representatives of the Board of Governors and ULFA met for a third time on March 28th to discuss the conditions under which Academic Staff teaching courses in the University’s new University of Lethbridge International College Calgary (UICC) would be employed. You can read more about the college (which is the result of a collaboration between
Third meeting between the Board and ULFA on the UICC “Pathways” College Read More »
Investigation group meets second time with Board regarding the hiring of instructors for UICC Reminder: There will be Town Halls being held on March 26 at 9:00am – 10:00am and March 27 at 9:00am – 10am The ULFA investigation committee met on Thursday March 7 with representatives of the Board to discuss the processes and conditions
ULFA Navitas/UICC Investigation Group Meets Again With Board Read More »
The former Provost, Erasmus Okine delivered an apology regarding an event that happened at the December 1st, 2022 Article 7 meeting between ULFA and the Employer. Read more here.
The current conflict in Palestine and Israel has reverberated around the world and here in Canada. On Canadian university and college campuses it has led to robust discussion from students and staff, both academic and non-academic. At the same time, there have been some disturbing interventions by university administrations and others, for example, the naming
ULFA Executive Committee’s Statement on Palestine, Israel, and Academic Freedom Read More »
Dear friends and colleagues, December 6 is the National Day for Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women (also called White Ribbon Day). This year, in the wake of recent violence against women and against Gender Studies at the University of Waterloo in June 2023, the remembrance of the massacre of 14 young women at the École
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