Dear Colleagues, This has been an extraordinary couple of weeks for developments with relevance to the sector and our own negotiations with the Employer. Specifically, TUFA Officers and Bargaining Team members are turning our collective minds to the implications of the following. Superior Court decision finding Bill 124 to be contrary to the Charter of … Read More
News
Trent’s United Way Appeal
Dear TUFA Members, Today is Giving Tuesday and together we’re working hard to support our students and campus community. So many things have changed recently, including here at Trent. Over the past year, we’ve welcomed many new faces to the Trent team as faculty and staff. But while much has changed, much has stayed the same, … Read More
Announcement for December 12th General Membership Meeting
Dear Colleagues, TUFA’s Fall General Membership Meeting (GMM) will be held over Zoom and has been scheduled to start at 1:00 pm on Monday, December 12th. To join, please use the link that was sent to members in an email on November 28th 2022.The tentative Agenda was sent as an attachment: other documents will follow. … Read More
Bargaining/Solidarity Update Nov. 17th
Colleagues, Bargaining Update It has been an intense couple of weeks for TUFA’s Executive and Bargaining Team. Yesterday, we hit the half-way point of our scheduled meetings with the Employer and we want to take this opportunity to bring members up to speed on what has happened to this point. Following an exchange of initial proposals … Read More
Thursday Zoom, Survey results, Solidarity with education workers
Colleagues, A reminder and other items of interest follow: 1. Open-Topic Zoom – Thursday, Nov. 3rd (7:00 pm to 8:00 pm) Members are encouraged to participate in Thursday’s open-topic Zoom meet-up which will provide an opportunity to connect and discuss issues affecting our work. Members have been sent the zoom link in an email. Please contact … Read More
Upcoming TUFA events and survey
Dear Colleagues, We have been planning for several social events this term, but Covid continues to challenge a return to in-person socializing. Given this, we have arranged several open-topic Zoom meet-ups to give us an opportunity to connect and discuss issues affecting our work. We had hoped to host a couple of lunches (on TUFA!) at … Read More
Rankings and Bargaining
Dear Colleagues, Maclean’s Rankings of Canadian Universities came out yesterday and Trent’s administration was quick to share: “Trent University Ontario’s #1 Undergraduate University 12 Years Running”. Now we might quibble and say that Trent actually slipped a spot down to fourth overall in Canada, but we don’t begrudge the celebration. After all, Trent’s accomplishments are largely a … Read More
Zoom Call with Dr. Piggott
RE: Call with Dr. Piggott –11:00 am Monday September 26th Please note the following event that may be of interest to TUFA members, please hold this time on your calendar. TUFA’s first event scheduled for fall will take place on Monday, September 26th from 11:00 am to Noon via Zoom. Dr. Thomas Piggott is Peterborough’s Medical Officer of Health and we have … Read More
Update on Covid-19 and student expectations
Dear TUFA Members, Covid-19 remains a more serious illness than the flu, and new variants may pose new challenges this fall. At the meeting of Joint Committee on Tuesday, TUFA’s officers pressed the Employer to provide clearer communications and stronger leadership with respect to Covid-19 health and safety protocols, formal student accommodations (through SAS), and … Read More
Upcoming Events
Dear Colleagues, Please note the following events that may be of interest to TUFA members: 1. Provost and Deans’ BBQ – September 7th Interested members who have not already done so should register promptly for the Provost and Deans’ BBQ on September 7th from 3:00pm to 5:00pm. We checked with the Provost this morning and the event will … Read More