The Fédération québécoise des professeures et professeurs d’université (FQPPU) is calling on its 18-member associations and unions to support a censure procedure against the University of Toronto adopted by the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) at its last Council. This rare and exceptional measure was necessitated… Read More »
La Fédération québécoise des professeures et professeurs d’université (FQPPU) appelle ses 18 associations et syndicats membres à soutenir une procédure de blâme contre l’Université de Toronto adoptée par l’Association canadienne des professeures et professeurs d’université (ACPPU) lors de son dernier Conseil. Cette mesure rare et exceptionnelle a… Read More »
The Concordia University Faculty Association joins the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT), Fédération Québécoise des Professeures et Professeurs d’Université (FQPPU), and other faculty associations across Canada to express support for the Laurentian University Faculty Association (LUFA) and denounces the… Read More »
At CUFA’s Council and General Assembly held on Wednesday, April 21, 2021 the following duly moved and seconded motion on the IHRA’s Definition of Antisemitism, was adopted (68% in favour, 17% against, 15% abstain): “CUFA unequivocally supports the academic freedom of… Read More »
Today, CUFA reaffirms its commitment to the advancement of women faculty and the promotion of equitable working conditions at Concordia. The current health crisis has had a significant impact on women. In particular, female colleagues with children or caregiving responsibilities… Read More »
Like many of you, we recently learned about the eConcordia student who, when trying to contact whom he thought was his Art History professor, discovered that Dr. François-Marc Gagnon had passed away. We are looking into this matter with the… Read More »
Somber anniversary. On December 6, 1989, 31 years ago, fourteen young women studying to become engineers were murdered because they were women. One still shudders in the face of so much cold and murderous rage. Violence against women remains a… Read More »
Sombre anniversaire. Il y a 31 ans, le 6 décembre 1989, quatorze jeunes femmes étudiant pour devenir ingénieures ont été tuées parce que femmes. On frissonne encore face à tant de rage froide et assassine. La violence envers les femmes… Read More »
CUFA is pleased to report, that at the Liaison Committee meeting yesterday, an agreement was reached with the Employer that there will be no teaching evaluations in the fall semester courses and for as long as faculty will continue to… Read More »
A number of CUFA members have experienced issues using their PDA account and have seen their requests to buy equipment denied. There seems to be some form of interpretation by faculty budget officers on the cost and the nature of… Read More »