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Announcements: Special QUFA Message from President Elizabeth Hanson - Dear Colleagues, Welcome back! As we settle into a new year, I want to share with you an information sheet QUFA has prepared on the topic of negotiating our relationships, as faculty and librarians, with our students. This social terrain has changed dramatically since many of us were students. Recently, → Learn More
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QUFA Digest Emails: September 2019 - Dear Members, The QUFA Digest resumes with the new term. For new QUFA members, the Digest is a short list of events or details we believe will be of interest to you. This month’s mailout is lengthier than usual but it contains some important deadlines, events and information. 1. Celebration → Learn More
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Announcements: QUFA-Queen’s University Collective Agreement information links - Dear Members, Please note that the new QUFA-Queen’s University Collective Agreement begins on May 1st, 2019.  Due to the unique nature of bargaining in December, as a result of the UPP consent process, MOAs were signed with the intention to update the relevant articles of the Collective Agreement in the → Learn More
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Announcements: Mandatory Retirement in the Post-Secondary Sector - (Letter from Michael Conlon, Executive Director OCUFA (April 15, 2019) Dear colleagues, Following our review of the budget document on Friday, we have been further looking into the details of the different provisions and changes in the Ontario budget bill. We have identified a new amendment to the Ministry of → Learn More

QUFA Digest Emails: September 2019

Dear Members, The QUFA Digest resumes with the new term. For new QUFA members, the Digest is a short list of events or details we believe will be of interest to you. This month’s mailout is lengthier than usual but it contains some important deadlines, events and information. 1. Celebration → Learn More

QUFA office closed Friday September 6, all staff can be reached via email

The QUFA office may be closed on Friday September 6  while renovation work is being completed,  staff will be working off site and can be reached at the below emails Leslie Jermyn ( Executive Director) – jermynl@queensu.ca Micheline Waring (Member Services officer) – micheline.waring@queensu.ca Elizabeth Polnicky (Office Administrator) – ep43@queensu.ca → Learn More

Announcements: UPP Consent Achieved

Dear Colleagues, Another significant milestone has been achieved towards the creation of the University Pension Plan Ontario (UPP). We are extremely pleased to share that the required consent threshold has been surpassed at Queen’s University, enabling the conversion to the UPP to proceed. UPP consent thresholds were also met at → Learn More

QUFA Digest Emails: July 2019

Dear Members, A few matters have arisen that we want to bring to your attention. University Pension Plan Consent: The phase for non-union members of the Queen’s Pension Plan to consent and for retirees to object to moving to the UPP has ended. Sufficient consent was received from pension plan → Learn More

Announcements: Farewell Ramneek

After many years of proudly serving the QUFA Membership, Ramneek decided it was time to move on to seek new opportunities.