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Re-opening colleges and universities: Fall semester plans

CAUT is tracking institutional plans for delivery of courses during the pandemic. We have compiled a database of more than 110 institutions' back to school plans, including the mode of delivery chosen for the Fall 2020 semester and links to each institutions’ health and safety plans.  The databas
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Post-secondary staff concerned about remote teaching, research, health and safety and jobs

(Ottawa — August 20, 2020) A survey conducted by the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) shows that the pandemic has significantly increased the workload and the stress level of academic staf

Create or engage equity committees & communities

Create or engage equity committees and communities within your association to identify issues and advise on solutions

Press the employer

Press for the employer to collect and share demographic data on the campus community

Lay-offs & Hiring freezes

Fight against lay-offs and hiring freezes 

Reconsider tenure and promotion timelines

Reconsider tenure and promotion timelines and criteria

Student opinion surveys

Negotiate or grieve to stop the use of student opinion surveys

Press for additional compensation for CAS

Press for additional compensation and job security for contract academic staff

Find ways for mental health

Find ways to help de-stigmatize mental health and other disabilities to support academic staff to come forward with the need for accommodations

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