New faculty

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:

• interpret your current contract and what you're entitled to as a definite term faculty member,
• prepare to negotiate your next contract, and
• understand the pathway to continuing status.

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.

Whether you are actively searching for potential collaborators or if you just want to bounce around some ideas in an informal setting, this meetup will facilitate those conversations. 

With our increasingly plugged-in lives, it's important to establish expectations and set boundaries around email and work time for weekends, evenings, and vacations. Come out and learn how others successfully disconnect and unplug without making things worse. 

Learn about useful and essential campus technology at the September session of our new Lunch & Learn series. Representatives from Information Services & Technology will map out the landscape of technology services for faculty and FAUW reps will highlight some ways to stay up-to-date on what's happening on campus.

Join other faculty interested in exploring our role in confronting the climate crisis and its multiple injustices, global and local.