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• Health & Safety Committee (H&S)
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• Joint Faculty Policies Committee (JFPC)
• Pension & Benefits Committee (P&B)
• Salary Committee (Sal)

About UGFA Constitution

• Constitution index page

1. Interpretation
2. Head Office
3. Purpose
4. Association Seal
5. Members
6. Council
7. Executive Committee
8. Officers
9. Meetings
10. Conflict of Interest
11. Proxies
12. Execution of Documents
13. Books and Records
14. Standing Committees
15. Indemnification
16. Fiscal Year
17. Parliamentary Authority
18. Amendments

About UGFA Executive & Council

• Executive & Council index page

Council

• Status of 2008-2009 Council
• Status of 2007-2008 Council
• Status of 2006-2007 Council
• Status of 2005-2006 Council

Executive

• 2008-2009 Executive
• 2007-2008 Executive
• 2006-2007 Executive
• 2005-2006 Executive

About UGFA History

• History index page
• Certification Process
  • Preamble
  • Historical Context
  • Faculty Associations at Comparable Institutions
  • Certification Process
  • Negotiations
  • Arguments for certification
  • Arguments against certification
• Ending Mandatory Retirement
  • Mandatory Retirement Letters
  • UGFA Newsletter on ending Mandatory Retirement
  • UGFA Statement on ending Mandatory Retirement
• Fact Sheets
  • #1 Association or Union?
  • #2 Faculty Roles, Rights and Responsibilities
  • #3 Grid-Iron Action - Our salaries
  • #4 University Acronyms
  • LTSB guiding principles
• Historical Policies
  • Faculty Grid
  • Librarian Grid
  • Long Term Salary and Benefits (LTSB)
    • The Salary Base
    • Time and Performance Steps
    • The Starting and Minimum Salaries
    • Presidential Salary Supplement
    • Benefits
    • Watchdog Committee
    • Caveat
  • Special Plan (no longer operative)
    • Article 1: Definitions
    • Article 2: Statement of Intent
    • Article 3: Policy and Practice
    • Article 4: Parties to the Agreement
    • Article 5: The University of Guelph Act and Severability
    • Article 6: Amendments to the University of Guelph Act
    • Article 7: Submissions Concerning Terms and Conditions of Employment
    • Article 8: Amendments to the Agreement
    • Article 9: Persons Affected by this Agreement
    • Article 10: Joint Faculty Policies Committee
    • Article 11: Joint Consultative Committee
    • Article 12: Standing and Joint Committees on Librarians’ Policies
    • Article 13: Association Representation
    • Article 14: Association Relations
    • Article 15: Academic Freedom and Responsibilities
    • Article 16: No Discrimination
    • Article 17: Academic Appointments
    • Article 18: Transfers within the University
    • Article 19: Faculty Development Principles
    • Article 20: Workloads and Working Conditions
    • Article 21: Research Study and Professional Development Semester
    • Article 22: Study/Research Leave
    • Article 23: Tenure, Promotion and Selective Increment
    • Article 24: Salary and Benefits
    • Article 25: Grievance Procedures
    • Article 26: Legal Non-Liability of Faculty Members and Librarians
    • Article 27: Personal Files
    • Article 28: Access to Information
    • Article 29: Information for New Appointments
    • Article 30: Copies of Agreement
    • Appendix 1.: In Respect to Association Representation
    • Appendix 2.: Information (Salary and Benefits)

About UGFA Membership

• Mission & Vision Statement
• Q & A
• Tenure & Promotion Policy
• UGFA Overview

Mission and Vision

• For Now & for the Future, Our Mission & Vision

Unionization

• Unionization of the University of Guelph Faculty Association index page
• Bulletin #1: A Transition Point
• Bulletin #2: What are the Issues?, Bulletin #2
• Bulletin #3: Some Questions and Answers
• Bulletin #4: Vote for Your Future – Say “YES” to UGFA
• Bulletin #5: WE’RE A UNION ! - and now the work begins.
• Bulletin #6: UGFA Certification - So, what’s happening?
• Bulletin #7: UGFA Certification - At the Labour Board
• Certification F.A.Q.s

About UGFA Volunteers

• Volunteers Needed

Contact Information

• Contact Us

Awards

• Awards index page

UGFA Awards

• UGFA Award for Excellence in Service to Faculty and Librarians
• UGFA Award for Excellence in Service to Faculty and Librarians Award Winners
• Guidelines for Nominations for the UGFA Academic Librarianship Award
• Academic Librarianship Award Winners
• Guidelines for Nominations for UGFA Teaching Award
• Teaching Award Winners

Other Awards

• Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) Awards
• Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations (OCUFA) Awards

Benefits

• Benefits index page
• Benefits Booklet
• Education
• Health
• Professional Development
• Professional Development Reimbursement
• Vacation Entitlement

Collective Agreement

• Collective Agreement index page
• Collective Agreement Draft
• Highlights
• Teaching Overload

Negotiations

• Negotiations index page

• 2008
  • January 29, 2008. Strike Authorization Voting Schedule
  • January 30, 2008. GM Minutes
  • February 6, 2008. Number of Hours in Negotiation
  • February 7, 2008. UGFA Bulletin on vote
  • February 14, 2008. General Meeting
  • March 5, 2008. Press Release
  • March 2008. General Information
  • March 2008. Tentative Agreement
  • Q & A
• 2007
  • January 2007. Authorization for a Strike Mandate Pamphlet
  • March 2007. Work has Begun
  • May 2007. History, Current Status, Future
  • August 2007. Table Talk
  • November 8, 2007. Information Comparison
• 2006
  • December 2006. Negotiator #1
  • November 2004 - February 2006. Negotiator #2 and #3

News

• News index page
• Announcements
• News and Views (newsletter)
  • 2008
    • January 21, 2008. Negotiation Update
    • February 25, 2008. Strike Authorization Vote
    • March 3, 2008. Financial Information During a Strike
    • March 11 2008. Strike Details
  • 2007
    • UGFA Response to the Provost’s White Paper
    • Voluntary Resignation/ Retirement Options
    • 35 Years of Management by Crisis
    • Administration claims that Guelph is facing a budget crisis
    • Union Status
    • “Table-Talk”
    • Members Support the UGFA Negotiating Team
    • Report on AUFA’s Strike
    • Negotiation Report
  • 2006
    • January 2006. UGFA’s response to the Provost’s White Paper
    • February 2006. Salary System Review (LTS&B) Guiding Principles
    • February 16, 2006. Editorial from UGFA Executive: How Should We Recognize Merit?
    • February 21, 2006. Average Salary Comparison and 5^th Place
    • March 1, 2006. UGFA response on Mandatory Retirement
    • August 14, 2006. Welcome to our new members!
    • October 20, 2006. UGFA welcomes our newest members - Clinical Faculty at the Animal Health Laboratory (AHL) and the Veterinary Teaching Hospital (VTH)
    • November 7, 2006. About Salaries
  • 2005
    • February 2005. Salary Negotiations, Intellectual Property, Web-Based Evaluations, Mandatory Retirement, Professional Pension Plan Advisory Committee
    • March 2005. University finances, Survey Results, ugFAct Sheets and Next Year Country
    • April 2005 Report on Certification
    • May 2005. PARTICIP-ACTION
    • July 2005. What we’ll do on our summer vacation
    • November 2005. From the President: Terms and conditions of employment for faculty
    • December 2005. Ending Mandatory Retirement
  • 2004
    • October 2004. University of Guelph Faculty Association Submission to the Rae Review of Post Secondary Education
    • January 2004. Parental Leaves

Resources & Links

• Resources & Links index page
• Handbook for New Faculty
• Health & Safety Resource Websites
• Information for Potential Faculty & Librarians
• Links to Other Sites

Retirement

• Retirement index page
• Pay & Pension
• Pension Booklet
• Pension Income Splitting
• UGFA’s Position on Voluntary Resignation / Retirement Options
• Retirement Resources

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