Fall 2024

Among other things, December is the month that chairs’ and directors’ minds turn to the faculty performance review process. Join us for breakfast with supportive colleagues and a Q&A with experienced chairs/directors and FAUW. Topics will include writing effective comments, supporting pre-tenure and teaching stream faculty members, and recognizing service contributions. 

Receiving a complaint about a faculty colleague can be a very challenging situation for a chair. In this session, you will be provided tools and approaches to help chairs and directors feel more confident when dealing with these situations. Panel members from Legal and Immigration Services, the Sexual Violence and Response Office, Conflict Management and Human Rights, FAUW and the AVP Faculty Relations office will address dealing with issues that might involve Policy 33, Policy 42 and/or the MoA, in a workshop using cases and examples.

Most people are facing higher volumes of work and, unsurprisingly, burnout levels are on the rise. Recognizing that resilience strategies on their own aren’t enough, session also includes content that addresses the root cause of burnout – workload volume – and provides busy leaders with practical tactics to help them diplomatically negotiate some priorities, reduce the load a little bit and increase productivity for themselves and their teams.  Doug Heidebrecht (managingme.com) will help with some practical strategies for building resilience and reducing burnout.

As part of the Academic Leadership Program, we invite you to join Jean Becker, Associate Vice-President, Indigenous Relations and Dr. John Lewis, Director, Indigenous Faculty Relations, for a breakfast chat about Indigenous Initiatives at the University of Waterloo.

Join us for an online Microsoft Teams session that will introduce academic leaders to some of the offices that can support your work at UW.