News

2020 election results

We are excited to welcome new additions to the UWSA Board of Directors as they bring their expertise and knowledge to the table, while helping further the UWSA mission to represent the interests of UW Staff. 

Joe Allen, UWSA Chief Returning Officer presented the 2020 election report at the UWSA Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Thursday, October 29, 2020.  The following candidates were successful in their bids for election:

In June 2020, Mary Lyn Payerl was awarded Staff Enhancement Grant funds to pursue silversmith training.

At the June 2020 Area Reps meeting with Vice-President Academic & Provost James Rush, a lengthy discussion took place about the regularity of pay for staff at UW. Although changing the pay schedule seemed cumbersome in the past, the introduction of WorkDay made a change more feasible.

Today marked the first Area Rep meeting since last June. Thank you to all who attended; well over 90 of you took the time to tune in on Teams! 

President Folland shared an update with those in attendance:

President’s Report to Area Reps

2020-09-10

UWSA could not function without the help of over 90 volunteers! It looked very different this year, but UWSA held its annual Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon on August 26. We had to locate off campus, but Bingemans was a wonderful host. One attendee summed up the event very nicely: 

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. 

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:

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.

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

A message from President Lawrence Folland

Dear UWSA Member,

It has recently come to our attention that Human Resources has not been able to generate letters for the Staff Association Fees. 

Here is the statement from HR: