Dear Colleagues, I hope that all is well with you all, and that you are having some time to relax and enjoy the summer weather. I wanted to give you an update about the campus reopening, specifically about Step 3 of BC’s Restart Plan, so that you are aware of what COVID-19 guidelines and recommendations are currently in effect on campus. In this email I will also address some of the University’s plans for the fall, and the Association’s responses…
On June 10th, 2021, the Uvic Faculty Association voted to endorse the #Vote16 BC Campaign. For more information about this campaign and its initiatives, please click here.
Message from Association President Dear Colleagues, As you may have already heard from your Chair or Director, the University has recently released its guidelines on teaching for the fall. As announced earlier, the plan is that teaching will be face-to-face, as mandated by government directives. There will, however, be some exceptions. We are pleased to note that there are somewhat more exceptions than in earlier draft guidelines that were shared with the Association, as part of the University’s consultations on this important…
We acknowledge and respect the Lək̓ʷəŋən speaking peoples on whose traditional territory the university stands and the Songhees, Xʷsepsəm/Esquimalt and W̱SÁNEĆ peoples whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.
We acknowledge the devastation that government-created residential schools and Indian hospitals have inflicted on the health and well-being of Indigenous peoples and the ongoing effectics of concentric trauma that continue to this day.
