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SUMMARY:Tuition Support Plan
DESCRIPTION:Tuition Support Plan: The Winter 2026 submission deadline is February 28\, 2026. See Appendix N in the Collective Agreement and click here to access the application portal. Please read the application guidelines carefully\, especially the Important Changes notices. If you have any trouble with the Queen’s Intranet\, please contact HR as QUFA cannot assist you with those issues.
URL:https://qufa.ca/event/tuition-support-plan/
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SUMMARY:Adjourned General Meeting (Continuation of Fall GM)
DESCRIPTION:The Adjourned General Meeting (continuation of the Fall General Meeting) is scheduled for March 3\, 2026 at 1pm via Zoom. Please RVSP to Elizabeth Polnicky at ep43@queensu.ca for the Zoom link. The official notice will be sent 2 weeks in advance\, and the agenda 1 week in advance.
URL:https://qufa.ca/event/adjourned-general-meeting-continuation-of-fall-gm/
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260325T153000
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SUMMARY:Surveillance @ Work: Forms\, Dimensions\, and Resistance (Panel Discussion)
DESCRIPTION:We are pleased to announce the next installment of the QUFA Political Action and Communications Committee (PACC) panel series entitled: Surveillance @ Work: Forms\, Dimensions\, and Resistance. The event will be held on March 25 at 2:00pm. This is a hybrid event\, but we invite QUFA members especially to attend in person at the University Club on campus. Food and refreshments will be served. Please RSVP by March 23rd to Elizabeth Polnicky at ep43@queensu.ca if you will be attending in person or to receive the Zoom link. \nIn a moment marked by the authoritarian appropriation of technology\, expanding austerity\, and intensifying political repression\, surveillance practices and extractive logics are converging in unprecedented ways. This panel examines how Big Data\, AI\, and digital monitoring systems are undermining privacy and academic freedom as well as transforming labour relations — extracting value from workers while deepening precarity within and across sectors. \nFrom algorithmic oversight in universities to performance scoring\, the integration of AI in teaching and administrative tasks\, and data-driven management on global platforms\, digital systems increasingly structure how work is measured\, evaluated\, and controlled. These processes not only intensify labour and\, in some cases\, replace human work\, but also erode privacy\, academic freedom\, and professional autonomy. At the same time\, the extractive practices of global tech corporations deepen vulnerabilities for workers across geographical and institutional contexts. \nIn this panel\, we will examine how these dynamics operate and function. We will further explore possible forms of resistance. The discussion will consider legal dimensions\, the integration of digital labour rights and anti-surveillance demands into collective agreements\, and strategies for organizing within and beyond academic institutions. We will also explore forms of transnational worker solidarity against data extraction and algorithmic control\, and for equity-informed governance of workplace technologies within and across sectors. \nThe panel is structured around the following questions: \n\nHow does digital monitoring and algorithmic management in universities connect to broader platform-based and global labour regimes?\nIn what ways do extractive data practices bind together precarity\, surveillance\, and the erosion of privacy and academic freedom?\nWhat legal\, collective\, and technological strategies can workers mobilize to resist surveillance\, protect privacy\, and defend academic autonomy and labour integrity within as well as beyond academia?\n\nDiscussants: \n\nRebeca Chen\, PSAC 901\, Co-Lead Steward.\nHannah Johnston (TBC)\, Assistant Professor\, School of Human Resources Management\, York University\, Toronto.\nCarolyn Lamb\, Continuing Adjunct Professor\, School of Computing\, Queen’s University.\nAdam Molnar\, Associate Professor\, Department of Sociology and Legal Studies\, University of Waterloo.\nVera Khovanskaya\, Assistant Professor\, Faculty of Information\, University of Toronto.
URL:https://qufa.ca/event/surveillance-work-forms-dimensions-and-resistance-panel-discussion/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260408T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260408T120000
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SUMMARY:Special General Meeting (Bargaining Mandate)
DESCRIPTION:A Special General Meeting on the Bargaining Mandate will be held on April 8 at 10:00am via Zoom. \nNote: This meeting was originally set as in-person\, but it has changed to virtual only. Please RSVP to Elizabeth Polnicky at ep43@queensu.ca to receive the Zoom link. \n \nThe agenda package will be sent 1 week prior to the meeting per the QUFA Constitution. \nAll members of the Bargaining Unit will be able to participate in an online vote on the Bargaining Mandate through Simply Voting. Details on voting will be included with the agenda package.
URL:https://qufa.ca/event/special-general-meeting-bargaining/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260421T133000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260421T150000
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CREATED:20260406T183848Z
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SUMMARY:Adjunct Rights Workshop (virtual)
DESCRIPTION:Adjunct Rights Workshop (virtual): April 21 from 1:30-3:00pm. Please email QUFA Member Services Officer Doug Nesbitt at d.nesbitt@queensu.ca for Zoom details.
URL:https://qufa.ca/event/adjunct-rights-workshop-virtual/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260424T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260424T150000
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SUMMARY:Spring General Meeting
DESCRIPTION:2026 SGM Meeting Details \n\nThe QUFA Spring General Meeting will be held on Friday April 24\, 2026 from 1:00pm – 3:00pm via Zoom.\nPlease RSVP to Elizabeth Polnicky at ep43@queensu.ca to receive the Zoom link. The deadline to RSVP to attend the SGM is April 23 at 3pm.\nAs per Article 5(iii) of the QUFA Constitution you will receive a full agenda package via email on April 17\, one week prior to the meeting.\n\n2026 Executive Committee Elections \n\nQUFA is holding elections for some Executive Committee positions at the SGM. Please see QUFA’s Election Policy (Section 1.7)\, Article 9 (p.8) and Bylaw No. 1 (A) (p. 17) of the Constitution for more information on process\, and the latest issue of Digest for information on nominations.\nCandidate statements will be included with the agenda package next week.\nTo vote in elections\, you must be an Association Member who has sent an email RSVP to Elizabeth. Everyone paying dues to QUFA is part of the Bargaining Unit (covered by the Collective Agreement)\, but you must fill out a Membership Form to be an Association Member which allows you to vote in Executive Committee elections. If you have already filled out a Membership Form in the past\, you don’t need to do it again. An online Membership Form is available here: https://qufa.ca/membership-form/\nAssociation Members at the meeting will receive Simply Voting ballots via email and the election will open and close during the meeting.
URL:https://qufa.ca/event/spring-general-meeting/
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SUMMARY:QUFA Virtual Town Hall: Discussion of LOA#6 Joint Recommendation to the JCAA Concerning Merit
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on April 30th at 2pm for a Town Hall discussion of the LOA#6 Joint Recommendation to the JCAA Concerning Merit.  \nThe LOA#6 Report to the JCAA was initially shared with the QUFA membership at the Special General Meeting on April 8 and it can be viewed here. \nZoom link sent via email.
URL:https://qufa.ca/event/qufa-virtual-town-hall-discussion-of-loa6-joint-recommendation-to-the-jcaa-concerning-merit/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260512T093000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260512T113000
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SUMMARY:RTP/RCAP Workshop for Applicants
DESCRIPTION:QUFA-Queen’s RTP/RCAP Workshop for Applicants: Please join us for a workshop on Renewal\, Tenure\, and Promotion/Renewal\, Continuing Appointment\, and Promotion on May 12 from 9:30-11:30am. This session will be held in person. Please email vpaa@queensu.ca for room details.
URL:https://qufa.ca/event/rtp-rcap-workshop-for-applicants/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260515T093000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260515T113000
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SUMMARY:RTP/RCAP Workshop for Heads\, Committee Chairs\, Dept. Managers/Administrators
DESCRIPTION:QUFA-Queen’s RTP/RCAP Workshop for Heads\, Committee Chairs\, Departmental Managers/Administrators: Please join us for a workshop on Renewal\, Tenure\, and Promotion/Renewal\, Continuing Appointment\, and Promotion on May 15 from 9:30-11:30am. This session will be held in person. Please email vpaa@queensu.ca for room details.
URL:https://qufa.ca/event/rtp-rcap-workshop-for-heads-committee-chairs-dept-managers-administrators/
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