Events

The FAUW reading circle on Indigenizing the academy continues on November 20. Newcomers are welcome!;

In this session, we are reading Indigenization as inclusion, reconciliaion, and decolonization: navigating the different visions for indigenizing the Canadian Academy by Adam Gaudry and Danielle E . Lorenz.

An interactive workshop about how university governance works and FAUW protects members’ rights and makes change happen on campus.

The FAUW reading circle on Indigenizing the academy continues on October 17. Newcomers are welcome! 

We are reading through public statements about Indigenous initiatives in academe and discussing how they might apply at the University of Waterloo.

FAUW board member Dan Brown will be leading a faculty-oriented walking tour of main campus on October 4, starting at 10:00 am at DC 2321. The tour will highlight interesting and useful spots you might not discover on your own and some key places you need to know. 

All new faculty who have arrived since September 1, 2017, are invited to attend this year’s New Faculty Welcome Event taking place on Wednesday, September 5, 2018, at Federation Hall.

This annual orientation event features a series of sessions designed to help you acclimatize to Waterloo and to introduce you to various campus resources.

Agenda

8:15 – 8: 45 am Registration and coffee 

The FAUW working group on Indigenization will be holding a second reading circle on Thursday, August 2. This event is a continuation of our previous reading circle on June 22 but newcomers are welcome! 

We’ll continue reading through brief public statements about Indigenous initiatives in academe and discussing how they might apply at the University of Waterloo.

If you're on one of our committees or the Council of Representatives, or otherwise have volunteered for FAUW this year, mark the afternoon of June 25 in your calendar for our Volunteer Appreciation Party! Keep an eye out for details in your inbox later this month.

On June 16, the Fight for $15 & Fairness campaign and the Ontario Federation of Labour are hosting a rally for decent work. OCUFA is organizing a faculty contingent to join the rally. No matter who wins this provincial election, it is crucial that faculty continue to defend decent work and keep the pressure on government to deliver fairness for contract faculty through the implementation of new legislation and robust public funding for universities.
 
What: Faculty contingent at Rally for Decent Work

Immediately following the FAUW Spring General meeting, we will be showing a live webstream of the fourth annual Worldviews Lecture on Media and Higher Education, "Free speech on campus: Challenges for minority rights and democratic values" with featured speaker Sigal Ben-Porath.

You will learn about best practices used at other institutions - primarily the teaching dossier - for you to use or adapt in relation to the criteria identified by your Department Chair or School Director.

FAUW will be serving soup lunch at the Waterloo Aboriginal Education Centre again this year. Contact Laura McDonald if you'd like to volunteer.

Academic freedom is a foundational principle of the modern university. On March 12, University President Feridun Hamdullahpur and the Faculty Association are hosting a campus dialogue to explore what academic freedom looks like at Waterloo.

Join President Hamdullahpur, FAUW President Bryan Tolson, University Secretary Karen Jack, and FAUW Vice President Shannon Dea as they consider the differences between freedom of expression and academic freedom, relevant University of Waterloo policies, and the implications for faculty teaching, research and service.