David Porreca has been elected FAUW president for 2023-2025. FAUW thanks both candidates, David Porreca and Vershawn Young, for running in the first contested election for FAUW president in many years! And thank you to the 58% of FAUW members who voted in the election. David's term starts July 1, 2023.
The Ontario government introduced legislation this week (Bill 28) that will force a contract on CUPE’s 55,000 education workers in the Ontario School Board Council of Unions (OSBCU) and prevent a legal strike that was to start Friday. These workers earn $39,000 per year on average, and 51 per cent of them work another job to make ends meet. They are calling on the Ford government to hire more education workers to support all students, and to increase their wages, as they are the lowest-paid employees in the sector.
Nominations are now open for the role of FAUW President, for the term July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2025. The FAUW president leads and oversees the association's operations as well as representing the association at the University and in the broader community. Learn more about the role of the FAUW President and the upcoming election. Nominations are due at noon on November 18, and voting will run from November 22 through December 5.
As most of you know, FAUW has been attempting for a number of years to negotiate revisions to the University's policies on Faculty Appointments (Policy 76) and Tenure and Promotion of Faculty Members (Policy 77). If you haven’t been keeping up with the developments, this is your chance to catch up.
FAUW will have very limited staff resources this summer and we may take a week or longer to respond to emails and calls. We appreciate your patience, and we hope you, too, are able to take some time off this summer!
If you are in crisis, please contact Grand River Hospital or Homewood Health (1.800.663.1142)., or call 911.
Inaugurated in 2012 by the Faculty Association’s Equity Committee (then the Status of Women & Equity Committee, or "SWEC"), the Equity & Inclusivity Award recognizes a group, member, or affiliate of the University of Waterloo community whose actions have demonstrated an exemplary commitment to improving equity, inclusivity, and/or diversity at the University of Waterloo. The award has recently shifted to emphasize supporting continued equity work, rather than providing a reward for past work.
FAUW is pleased to announce that the University's equity data collection for regular faculty will reopen soon. These data will be used to complete the important work of investigating race-based salary anomalies for faculty members.
In the 2021 compensation negotiations, FAUW and the administration agreed to a process that would provide:
Five new directors have been elected or acclaimed for 2022–2024: Marios Ioannidis, Shannon Majowicz, Nomair Naeem, Paul Wehr, and Nancy Worth.
We expect to hear from the University very soon about the plans for spring term. FAUW has urged the administration to maintain both the vaccine and mask requirements for the spring term. Levels of COVID-19 detected in wastewater are still high across the region, and vaccines and masks are both still important measures for protecting all members of the University of Waterloo, and especially those with underlying health concerns.
Nominations for six seats on the FAUW Board of Directors closed on Tuesday. We received one nomination for each of the seats for Engineering, Environment, and Health faculty. Marios Ioannidis, Nancy Worth, and Shannon Majowicz will be acclaimed at the April 6 general meeting.