News

The University of Waterloo Staff Association (UWSA) is pleased to present the results of our April 2021 COVID Campus Climate Survey.  

On July 31st, 2020, we published the results of our first survey which shared a list of the top ten concerns of the staff who participated. The most pressing categories included workspace equipment/environment, working with family responsibilities, and workload. The results of the second survey can be found below.

As announced at our June 10 Area Reps meeting, the University of Waterloo Staff Association is excited to share that the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) committee has reached the agreement in principle stage with the University. This means that UWSA is now able to share the MOA draft (pdf) with staff.

Matthew Fries completed a three-part course provided by Writers Digest University: Publishing Your Children’s Book: How to Write and Pitch Young Adult, Middle Grade, and Picture Book Manuscripts.

2020 was a different year, making it necessary to change the way staff is evaluated 

• Staff members soon have two decisions to make regarding your process and your rating.  

• You need to let your manager know your decisions as soon as possible, but before Friday, January 15, 2021.  

Drum roll please!

UWSA distributed $14,000 to deserving Grad and Undergrad students recently.

The UWSA, in partnership with the ECU – A Division of WFCU Credit Union (formerly “Education Credit Union”) provides several awards valued at $500 or $1000 each:

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: