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2008 FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT RESULTS OF VOTE: Number of eligible voters:          785 Number of spoils:                        0 Number of voters against:          1 Number of voters for:                 79 Total Voting:                   80 or 10.19% Total Approved:              79 or 98.75% Ratification of the 2008 Framework Agreement has passed. 2008 Framework Agreement Newsletters 2005 Revised UVic Faculty Standard for the Distribution of Duties and Responsibilities Documents University of Victoria Benefits and Pension for Regular Faculty and Librarians Faculty Evaluation Policies and Salary Anomalies Policy Teaching Dossier Guidelines Tenure and Promotion Presentation from November 21, 2008 Constitution and Bylaws About the Faculty Association - Internal Policies The Faculty Association Advising and Dispute Resolution Committee Joint Committee on the Administration of the Agreement (JCAA) - Annual Reports Research Services (for Professional Development information, research grants, research forms) NEW - Office of Community-Based Research Policy on Intellectual Property and other Research Policies University Policies Negotiating Starting Salaries - A CAUT Handbook Relevant Statutes Newsletters from January 2002 to October 2009 Other Associations and Related Links The Journal of Higher Education "Academic Matters" - an OCUFA publication (Ontario Confederation of Faculty Associations) UVic Board of Governors and Senate - via Office of the University Secretary UVic Retirees Association UVIC Campus Maps UVIC Homepage   Last Modified: 09 October 2009	WELCOME! Welcome to the homepage of the UVIC Faculty Association. The Faculty Association currently has 812 Faculty Association Members which include Faculty Members and Professional Librarians. The UVIC-FA is a member of the provincial organization Confederation of University Faculty Associations of British Columbia (CUFA/BC) and also a member of the national organization of the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT).   Email List for Faculty Association Members: If you haven't been receiving email from the Association, please do let us know and we'll connect you. This is how we send crucial information about your work life at UVIC. To join the Faculty Association Mailing List, please send an email to uvicfa02@uvic.ca with "subscribe uvfac-l" in the first line of the body.   FACULTY ASSOCIATION ORGANIZATIONAL CHART   2009-2010 Executive Committee: President: Leslee Francis Pelton (EDCD) - lfrancis at uvic.ca Vice-President: Joanne Wegner (MENG) - jwegner at uvic.ca Secretary: Mark Flaherty (GEOG) - flaherty at mail.geog.office.uvic.ca Treasurer: Katy Nelson (LPRE) - katnel at uvic.ca Past-President: Mary Sanseverino (COSI) Members-at-Large: Mark Bridge (BUSI) - (250) 592-8013 Doug Baer (SOCI) - baer at uvic.ca Robert Kwalewski (PHYS) - kowalews at uvic.ca Ian O'Connell (GEOG) - oconnell at mail.geog.uvic.ca Kathy Teghtsoonian (HUMA) - ktex at uvic.ca Danielle Thaler (FREN) - dthaler at uvic.ca Carol Gordon (LIBR) - Library Representative - cjgordon at uvic.ca Rosa Stewart (HISP) - Senior Instructors Representative - rls at uvic.ca   FACULTY ASSOCIATION OFFICE - uvicfa@uvic.ca or uvicfa02@uvic.ca Phone: 250-721-7939 Fax: 250-721-8873 COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS COMMITTEE UPDATES SALARY SURVEY _______________________________________________________________________________________ FORUM ON PROS AND CONS OF CERTIFICATION - Held on October 2, 2009 Dr. Doug Baer's Presentation To Faculty Association Members: The term certification is a standard term in the field of labour relations and labour law. When we say an employee group of any kind is unionized, we say they are certified under the Labour Relations Act. So when one talks about “certification” it basically means an employee group is unionizing in accord with the provisions of the Labour Relations Act. The UVic Faculty Association is the officially recognized bargaining agent for employees at the University of Victoria, but is not certified under the Labour Relations Act as a union. There are both pros and cons to being unionized and there are always strong opinions both for and against unionization. This past year we have had several meetings and communication with different groups of members of the Faculty Association where sentiments were expressed that the Faculty Association should seek certification. Interestingly, most of these views have come from the “younger” (i.e. newer to UVic members). Many of these have come from other institutions that are unionized and they see some advantages to belonging to a union. Also, many of the younger members also see the inequities between UVic and other universities in certain areas such as salary, benefits, equity issues, childcare availability, etc. and think that we could fight better for these things as a union. Over half our members have been hired within the past 7 years, so this could be an issue of interest to a significant portion of our members. Hence the forum.  We invited Liz Hodgson (UBC Faculty Association President) and Rick Kool (Royal Roads Faculty Association President) to participate. Doug Baer, our chief negotiator for the Framework Agreement last year, also participated. UBC is voluntary recognized. Royal Roads became a union as a result of a certification drive (members signed cards indicating their desire to form a union).  Each of them spoke about the experience at their own university, impact on their members, and what they saw as pros and cons to being a union. Doug Baer was Faculty Association President at Western right before they unionized. He also has the experience of having moved from a university with a union to one without a union, so can compare how things worked under a union to how they work with our Framework Agreement. Please note that we are NOT initiating a certification drive (i.e. Starting the process of attempting to form a union). This forum is strictly to get the dialogue going so Members can learn more about unions in an academic setting, how they work, what things might be better with a union, and what the down sides would be. It is interesting to note that non-unionized faculty associations in Canadian universities are now in the minority. 79% of Associations across Canada had unionized by 2004. UVic, SFU AND UNBC are the only non-unionized post-secondary institutions in BC.  SFU has also had informational sessions about unionization this past year for their members. FYI - Following is a link to a very interesting article written by Robert Hackett (President, SFUFA) with Ashley Pullman on Faculty Unionization, May 2009: http://sfufa.ca/UnionizationMagazineArticle.pdf ________________________________________________________________________________________ 2009 Influenza A H1N1 (Human Swine Flu) Updates ________________________________________________________________________________________ For information on Campus 2020 please visit http://www.campus2020.ca NEWS RELEASE - Report on Future of Post-Secondary Education - Campus 2020   MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT RELATING TO ISSUES ARISING FROM THE ELIMINATION OF MANDATORY RETIREMENT ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS REVIEW TASK FORCE - INTERIM REPORT   ________________________________________________________________________________________   STATEMENT Faculty and Librarians who are considering appointments at the University of Victoria are invited to contact the Faculty Association for information and advice about terms and conditions of employment at UVIC. Also consider looking at: UVic Faculty Opportunities   FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT COPIES ARTICLE 65.0 COPIES OF AGREEMENT The Agreement will be posted on the University and Association websites. The University will provide each newly appointed Member, and any Member who makes a request, with a copy of the current Agreement. The University and the Association will share equally the cost of producing these copies. IF A MEMBER HAS A CONCERN WITH A SPECIFIC ARTICLE, PLEASE CONTACT THE ASSOCIATION OFFICE AT 250-721-7939 OR MARK BRIDGE, CHAIR, ADVISING AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION COMMITTEE AT 250-592-8013. PROFESSOR MARK BRIDGE, CHAIR, ADRC WILL HANDLE THE INITIAL CONTACT VIA PHONE CALL OR THE ASSOCIATION OFFICE WILL INFORM THE ADRC CHAIR OF A SPECIFIC MEMBERS' CONCERN. 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