Membership

When you join, you gain voting rights in our elections and at general meetings, and you can add to the diversity of voices on our Board of Directors, Council of Representatives, and committees by joining them directly.

If you're already represented by FAUW, you can join with no change to your deductions. (We represent everyone with a regular faculty appointment, plus some part-time faculty. See the Memorandum of Agreement for more details.)

Membership is also open to other faculty members and professional librarians at the University of Waterloo and the affiliated university colleges. To join, you'll need to complete a membership form authorizing monthly payroll deductions.

Not sure if you've already signed up? Here's how to tell:

1. Find a recent email from FAUW (most are sent by laura.mcdonald@uwaterloo.ca)
2. Check the subject line. If it starts with [FAUW Voters] or [FAUW AFIW], you're already a member. If it starts with just [FAUW], you're not.

You can also contact our Communications Officer, Laura McDonald, to inquire.

All faculty members represented by FAUW pay dues as a condition of your appointment, whether you've joined FAUW as a voting member or not. FAUW dues are 0.525% of your base salary, charged on a monthly basis and rounded to the nearest five cents. CAUT and OCUFA membership fees are included. Part-time members are only charged the CAUT and OCUFA part-time fees x 1.5.

See section 2.5 (Association Dues and Payroll) of the Memorandum of Agreement for more information.

Tax receipts

Faculty Association dues are tax-deductible. They are reported in box 44 of your T4, which is available in Workday by the end of February each year.

You will get a notification in Workday (and an email from the University) letting you know when your T4 is available. To find it again later, go to the "Pay" section of Workday, then "Tax documents."

To access past FAUW dues receipts in Workday:

1. Click the Cloud icon (or photo if you added one).

2. Click View Profile.

3. Select Personal from the menu.

4. Click the Documents tab. Recent slips will appear at the end of the list.

If you have any questions, please contact Human Resources at payroll@uwaterloo.ca or extension 35935.

Join online right now. Please note that we can't currently receive hard copy forms while working off-campus.

If you're a librarian or other faculty member (e.g. at one of the colleges), please download a special membership form (PDF) authorizing payroll deductions, and email your completed form to laura.mcdonald@uwaterloo.ca. Please note that FAUW is the official representative of only regular faculty members employed by the University of Waterloo and we are unable to officially represent other employees to the University or college administration regardless of your membership status in FAUW.