This workshop will explore the unique opportunities and challenges of being an associate professor or continuing lecturer—and help you plan for the next steps in your career.
The FAUW Spring General Meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, April 7 from 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm.It will be a Microsoft Teams live event. The link to join the meeting has been emailed to voting members.
The Council of Representatives provides two-way communication between the FAUW Board of Directors and each academic unit at Waterloo.
Thursdays in the Fall and Winter, the Waterloo Indigenous Student Centre hosts a free soup lunch, prepared and served by a different campus group or department each week. All members of the Waterloo community are welcome.
FAUW's Indigenization Working Group will be serving soup on January 23 this year.
A panel of retirees (Nancy Theberge, Kinesiology, retired 2014; Mary Thompson, Statistics and Actuarial Science, 2009; Rohan Jayasundera, Physics & Astronomy, 2019; and Alan Macnaughton, Accounting & Finance, 2019) will share their experiences and advice on preparing for and making the most of retirement. Beth Jewkes will moderate the panel.
dan brown, FAUW’s rep on the Provost’s Advisory Committee on Timetabling (also the FAUW treasurer and president-elect) will explain what currently happens in the class scheduling process, where and why things get tricky, and what you need to know to help things go smoothly for you and everyone else.
Registration for lunch has closed, but you can still attend!
This session for faculty members currently on a definite-term contract is presented by the Academic Freedom & Tenure Committee, which helps members navigate all kinds of workplace issues. It will help you to:
There is still space in this workshop, but we cannot order additional lunches.
Are you new to the Waterloo Region? Or perhaps you have heard a territorial acknowledgement and are unsure what it means. Join FAUW for an orientation to the University of Waterloo's location on Haudenosaunee, Anishnabeg and Attawandaron (Neutral) territory, what Indigenization is all about, and a discussion on our collective responsibilities towards reconciliation.
Sue Fraser, employee career advisor at the University's Centre for Career Action, is available to help partners of faculty members in their job search, through individual appointments and workshops.
Share your experiences, discuss useful resources (or the lack thereof), exchange strategies, and generally establish a sense of community with other faculty doing double duty as caregivers.