President’s Report for FAUW Spring General Meeting, April 6, 2016
Changes in board membership and staffing, and what FAUW has been up to over the last term, including reviewing the Memorandum of Agreement, pension plan management, sexual violence policy, scheduling, and the review of Policy 76 (hiring), among other issues.
The OCUFA Status of Women Committee presents "Increasing Your Persuasiveness: An Interactive Workshop for Women" on Friday, April 29 in Toronto.
The ability to convince other people – to approve your idea, follow your leadership, implement your plan – has an enormous impact on your success. This interactive workshop, led by Shari Graydon – founder and catalyst of Informed Opinions – offers research-proven approaches, instructive case studies and hands-on practice in applying the tools to your own persuasive challenges.
Our latest blog post from president Sally Gunz addresses the rumours that instructions were issued that the average for service in the annual performance evaluations in any particular department to be no more than 1.25 or 'good'. Read the blog post.
By Sally Gunz, FAUW President
It took a mere three weeks to realize it was January. No excuse for such tardiness. Only forgetfulness. For now, let’s assume 2016 started in February.
Changes to the FAUW Constitution were approved at the Fall General Meeting on December 9, 2015.
Through FAUW’s affiliation with OCUFA (the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations), faculty members at the University of Waterloo are eligible for deals on everything from gym memberships and travel to house paint and home Internet services through the Edvantage program.
Today FAUW released a survey to our Lecturer members, seeking their feedback to improve terms of employment and working conditions for all Lecturers.
Policy 76 covers appointments and terms of employment for faculty members. This policy is currently undergoing significant revisions, and fundamental changes in the Lecturer position are expected.
By: Sally Gunz, FAUW President
This is the second newsletter/update for the academic year. It will be shorter than last time: mainly notices and updates. And yes, I do understand that the last one was not really a blog. Until we get our website updated, this was, however, a place of convenience for my lengthy epistle.
By: Sally Gunz, FAUW President
This is the first of what we hope will be regular summary updates of FAUW activities. It is a little long-winded as we are playing catch up after a summer hiatus from meetings. If you have any questions about any of the following, please contact any of the FAUW Board members or fauw@uwaterloo.ca.
Written by David DeVidi, this article was originally published in the Canadian Association of University Teachers' (CAUT) Get Science Right featured articles.
Other researchers and scientists have spoken out about the harmful implications for the long-term interests of the country of de-funding basic, curiosity-driven research, more eloquently than I could. So I’d like to focus on other parts of the story.