News archive - 2019

Sunday, December 1, 2019

Sweet deal for this beekeeper

Staff Enhancement Grant Report: Introduction to Beekeeping Workshop

by Kathy Becker

(July 14, 2019)

Tuesday, November 12, 2019

Chris Glover, the NDP Critic for Colleges and Universities meets campus leaders

Challenging times

Chris Glover, the NDP Critic for Colleges and Universities conducted a campus tour on Tuesday, November 12^th. He met with administrators, faculty, staff and students to discuss the recent funding changes and other challenges and opportunities at UW.

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Thursday, November 7, 2019

The UWSA Election Results 2019

The UWSA Board consists of nine (9) directors, some of whom hold the position of President, Past-President, President-Elect, Secretary, or Treasurer. Annually the President-Elect and two directors are elected to serve three-year terms. Joe Allen, UWSA Chief Returning Officer, gave his report at the UWSA Annual General Meeting on Thursday October 31^st. The following candidates were successful in their bids for election.

Kathy Becker, President-Elect.

Friday, June 7, 2019

UWSA addresses Ontario government wage caps

On May 3, 2019 Rose Vogt, UWSA President and Lawrence Folland, UWSA President-Elect attended a consultation process organized by Peter Bethlenfalvy, President of the Treasury Board. The intention of the consultation with public sector employees and bargaining agents was to receive feedback and discuss “in good faith” on how to manage Ontario public sector compensation growth in a way that results in wage settlements that are modest, reasonable and sustainable. The feedback was supposed to directly inform any next steps taken by the government to manage growth in compensation costs.

Friday, May 31, 2019

Member achieved her goals with SEG funding

Lynn Long finding the writer inside herself

When the Staff Enhancement Grant committee met last December, they reviewed many applications from members seeking funding. Among the recipients they chose was Lynn Long. who works at the Centre for Teaching Excellence. In her own words, here is Lynn's experience:

Through the generosity of the Staff Enhancement Grant, I was able to partially cover the cost of taking MAIS 616 “Writing the Self: The Experience and Potential of Writing for the Purpose of Personal Development” through Athabasca University.