January 2024

President's Report: November 2024

president's report

An introductory message from new UWSA President Lisa Habel!

President's Report: October 2024

 President's update

Yessenia wraps up her term as president with a look back on the 2023–24 year and where the UWSA is headed.

President’s update: September 2024

 President's update

This month, Yessenia has updates on the UW career advisor position, the Strategic Talent & Performance Management Framework and the merit program, our elections, and some important upcoming events on campus this month. 

UWSA 101: What it’s like to be a UWSA director or president

what it's like to run the UWSA

This is part three of our “UWSA 101” series, in which we explain how the UWSA works, your rights as a member, and how to participate in our upcoming elections!

In the last post, we talked about the difference between the work of the Board and the work of the presidents and Operations Team. Now we’ll hear directly from current directors and presidents about what it’s like to serve in these roles!

President of the UWSA

UWSA 101: Governance and Operations

Who does what: Governance and Operations

The role of the board vs the work of the Association

This is part three of our “UWSA 101” series, in which we explain how the UWSA works, your rights as a member, and how to participate in our upcoming elections!

UWSA 101: The UWSA By-law

The UWSA by-law

This is part two of our “UWSA 101”series, in which we explain how the UWSA works, your rights as a member, and how to participate in our upcoming elections!

Last week, we covered our Memorandum of Agreement with the University of Waterloo, which gives us official status as your representative (catch up here if you missed it).

UWSA 101: Our Relationship with UW

Our relationship with the university

Welcome to our “UWSA 101” series, in which we explain how the UWSA works, your rights as a member, and how to participate in our upcoming elections!

Let’s start at the beginning:

President’s update: June 2024

This month, Yessenia has updates on new directors on the board, the Pay Cycles Working Group, Contract Staff Working Group, meeting with Vivek, salary discussions, and more.

President’s update: May 2024

Here’s Yessenia’s report from the Area Representatives meeting on May 9, 2024.

President’s update: April 2024

Here’s Yessenia’s report from the Area Representatives meeting on April 18, covering salary discussions, T2200 forms, parking, and a first impression of our member survey results

President’s update: March 2024

Here’s Yessenia’s report from the Area Representatives meeting on March 14, covering our member survey, recent announcements from the University, the importance of staff participation in the Freedom of Expression focus groups, and more.

President’s update: February 2024

President's update

It is officially February and I’d like to acknowledge and celebrate Black History Month—please check out the events happening on campus and in the community.