News archive - 2020

Friday, July 31, 2020

Final results of the UWSA May 2020 COVID Climate Survey

The University of Waterloo Staff Association (UWSA) Communication and Membership Committee is pleased to provide this final results document based on our May 2020 COVID Climate Survey.

On July 14^th, we published our preliminary results where we provided the numerical results of how prepared staff felt to do their job in the current conditions and how they felt we in the UWSA were doing in communicating with staff.

Tuesday, July 14, 2020

COVID Campus Climate Survey - Preliminary results

The UWSA Communications and Membership Committee is pleased to provide these preliminary results from our May 22-29, 2020 COVID Campus Climate Survey.

We were very pleased with your participation - a total of 738 responses! As you may recall, we asked 9 questions:

Tuesday, May 19, 2020

Sick days should be used when needed

Staying well while working from home

A joint message from Human Resources and Occupational Health posted on Daily Bulletin May 19

Many of us are working from home in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. For some of us, working from home is a new experience. For those of us who have children at home, this adds another layer of complexity. It goes without saying that these are different times, which require new routines.

Sick days

Wednesday, May 6, 2020

Staff Enhancement Grant elevates member's furniture-making skills

In December 2019, the Staff Enhancement Grant Committee approved nine applications. Gill Lesperance was one of them. Here is his story.

I've always built things with my hands, I enjoy watching piles of stuff becoming a thing that creates a solution. in 2012 I was lucky enough to buy a house with a 600-square-foot shop space in the backyard, I spent the first year rebuilding that shop, then officially opened G&G Carpentry.

Friday, February 28, 2020