Member Bulletins & Advisories

Join Us for the UVicFA Member Social Catch-Up!

Join Us for the UVicFA Member Social Catch-Up!

Dear UVicFA Members, The Membership Engagement Committee invites you to take a break, connect with colleagues, and catch up on the latest from the bargaining table.  📅 Tuesday, November 4 | 🕒 3:00–5:00 PM | 📍 Michele Pujol Room (Small Side) Please RSVP HERE by October 27 to help us plan food and seating. If you have any questions, please email one of our Event Organizers or the FA Administrative Coordinator, Sabrina Chang at [email protected]. We look forward to seeing…

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Bargaining Update and Reminder of Accommodation Petition

Bargaining Update and Reminder of Accommodation Petition

Dear Members, I hope you had a good weekend and are looking forward to a thoughtful commemoration of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Accommodation Petition I am writing with two short items.  First, we have had a strong response to our joint petition on student accommodation issues at UVic, but it would be great if we could get more signatures, so we are extending the deadline to sign the petition to end of day this Friday, October 3rd.  We are proud…

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September Bargaining Update, Faculty Social Event and Accommodation Petition

September Bargaining Update, Faculty Social Event and Accommodation Petition

Dear Members, I hope all is well with you.  I wanted to let you know that your Negotiating Team met with the administration’s team yesterday afternoon for our first bargaining session since early July. We have been working hard over the last two months on developing bargaining proposals. Yesterday we presented a significant proposal about maintaining and improving our collegial governance rights, as well as proposals to provide librarians with collegial governance rights that more closely parallel those of faculty…

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Unceded Lək̓ʷəŋən & W̱SÁNEĆ Territories

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.

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