This year again, CUFA renews its pledge to donate 1000$ to the 30th edition of the Concordia Shuffle on Friday, September 27. In addition, and in honour of this anniversary edition, CUFA also committed to raise its traditional 20$ contribution… Read More »
Human Resources and Faculty Information Systems are informing us that the sabbatical leave application package is now available on My Concordia portal. To access it, you need to log in to your account at My Concordia → Faculty and Staff… Read More »
On this May 1st, CUFA chooses to mark the International Workers Day by congratulating its members for their daily and renewed endeavours. Along with dissemination of knowledge and advancement of research, faculty collectively face several challenges: defending academic freedom, attaining… Read More »
The official signing of the new Collective Agreement took place on April 15th in the presence of Concordia University President Alan Shepard, Provost and Vice-President Graham Carr and some members of his office, CUFA President Ian Rakita, CUFA Vice-President Ted… Read More »
Please be advised that ETA faculty members will receive their workload assignment letter by May 1st. Vice-Provost Nadia Hardy informed CUFA that her office and IITS have been working on new “language in the workload letters prepared in FRIS for ETA members… Read More »
As negotiations were finalizing last December, differences over Article 27 on Intellectual Property were not resolved and the matter was sent to a side table. The Employer and CUFA representatives came to an agreement earlier this month. The new version… Read More »
On International Women’s Day, CUFA wants to express its commitment towards a more equitable workplace. We are aware that more mobilization and action are needed to tackle persistent inequalities in hiring and promotion as well as gender imbalance in some… Read More »
Dear Colleague, Please read the important message below. CUFA was alerted last week by colleagues over some confusion on the part of the Administration regarding the interpretation of Article 16.09 of our new Collective Agreement on workload for ETAs. CUFA promptly… Read More »
A new OCUFA report confirms biases and systemic discrimination in student questionnaires and calls for universities to cease using them for teaching evaluation, promotion and tenure. Read more.
In order to provide a platform to discuss a very serious university issue, CUPFA is hosting a panel discussion on Sexual Misconduct, Consent, and the University Climate. Panelists, including women’s rights advocate and educator Julie Lalonde, constitutional and human rights attorney Julius Grey, and… Read More »