2016 Regular Faculty Handbook
Welcome to all new and returning regular VIUFA faculty members! Please click on the link below to access (and print off if you wish) the 2016 VIUFA Regular Faculty Handbook. 2016 VIUFA Regular Faculty Handbook
VIUFA Non-Regular (Sessional) Faculty Meeting
TO ALL VIUFA NON-REGULAR (SESSIONAL) FACULTY MEMBERS: We have scheduled a meeting for all Non-Regular (Sessional) faculty members as follows: Date: Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016 Time: 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Place: Bldg. 355, Room 211 (Lounge) The agenda will be: Welcome new and returning members to VIUFA (your trade union for all academic professors, instructors, [...]
2016-2017 Temporary (Non-Regular) Faculty Handbook
Welcome to all new and returning temporary, sessional and/or non-regular VIUFA faculty members! Please click on the link below to access (and print off if you wish) the updated VIUFA Temporary (Non-Regular) Faculty Handbook (2016-2017). 2016-2017 Temporary Faculty Handbook
31-Aug-2016 Welcome BBQ and Meeting
TO ALL NEW AND RETURNING VIUFA MEMBERS: REMINDER of our meeting and BBQ as follows: Date: Wednesday, August 31, 2016 Time: 3:00 to 7:00 p.m. Location: Bldg. 300 – Royal Arbutus Room and outside deck Agenda: Brief general meeting to ratify appointment of Disability Management & Rehabilitation rep. Professional Development (PD) Slam – Did you [...]
VIUFA 2016 Annual General Meeting
TO ALL VIUFA MEMBERS: Please be sure to mark your calendars for the 2016 Annual General Meeting set for Wednesday, April 13, 2016 from 10 AM to 2 PM in Bldg 355, Lecture Theatre (203). Lunch will be served across the hall in the Lounge (Room 211) from 11:45 to 12:45. Elections will follow the [...]
Clarification of Changes to Benefits
VIUFA members, Please see the following notice and attached document from Colleen Price, VIUFA's Chief Steward, that was emailed to regular VIUFA members on Feb. 16, 2016: In response to several inquiries, please review this e-mail and the attached document. Visits to paramedicals (physio, chiropractors, massage therapy, etc.) are counted on a calendar year basis [...]
Spring 2016 Pro-D Funding Opportunities for VIUFA Members
Please click on the link below to access the Funding Opportunities for VIUFA members - Spring 2016 (3 pages), created by Kathleen Reed, Chair of VIUFA's Professional & Scholarly Development Committee. VIUFA Internal Funding Opps Chart - Spring 2016
VIUFA Community Engagement Award (2016)
The time has come again, VIUFA members, to nominate a student for the third annual Community Engagement Award. As you know, the $1,000 award honours students who have made a positive contribution to Vancouver Island University campus life through activism and community engagement. The award will be given to an outstanding student who demonstrates exceptional [...]
VIUFA to Sponsor a Syrian Refugee Student
The Executive is pleased to announce that the following motion was carried unanimously by VIUFA members who attended the October 28, 2015 General Meeting: "That VIUFA support a Syrian student at VIU through the WUSC program for 1 year with the intent of continuing for 3 more years, and with an initial donation of $10,000 [...]
Non-Instructional meeting schedule
Hello fellow VIUFA non-instructional members, I have arranged a schedule of monthly brown bag lunch meetings for VIUFA non-instructional members. The purpose of this meeting is to provide a forum for non-instructional VIUFA members to connect with each other and to have an ‘ear to the ground’ regarding issues of relevance to this sub-grouping of [...]
Protected: VIUFA Bargaining Update #3 – Tentative Agreement Sep 2015
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Protected: VIUFA Bargaining Bulletin #2 (June 2015)
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D.M.R.C. Reports to 2013, 2014 and 2015 AGM’s
Attached (below) are the reports provided by the VIUFA rep of the FPSE Disability Management & Rehabilitation Committee at the 2013, 2014 and 2015 VIUFA Annual General Meetings. Disability Management & Rehab Disability Man & Rehab Disability Management & Rehabilitation Rep
VIUFA 2015 Community Engagement Award Winners
We are pleased to announce that there were two winners this year of our Community Engagement Award . . . congratulations to Sacia Burton and Rosa He. We received eight very impressive applications this year, and selecting a winner (or in this case winners) from the eight was not an easy task for the Selection [...]
2015-2016 VIUFA Executive
Please click on the link below for a list of the 2015-2016 VIUFA Executive elected at the Annual General Meeting on April 28, 2015: 2015-2016 VIUFA Executive