WUFA News and Features

The Windsor University Faculty Association contributes annually to a scholarship fund and congratulates the following recipients of the 2023-2024 WUFA Scholarship:  Andrea Gagnon - Faculty of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences Amanda Jaksich - Odette School of Business Olivia Meloche - Faculty of Education Jake Chittle - Faculty of Engineering James Dunn - Faculty of Law Maia Prelipceanu - Faculty of Science  Three (3) additional recipients of the WUFA Scholarship were awarded in the Faculty…

This report provides the results of a survey about the performance of administrators at the University of Windsor who were in office for the longest time during the period of July 1, 2023 through to March 26, 2024.  The survey was sent to WUFA members on March 25, 2024.  The aim of the survey was to gauge WUFA members' perspectives about the quality and effectiveness of senior administrators, with the hope that this information can be used constructively, to promote collegial governance, and…

On July 19, 2024, the WUFA Bill 124 Negotiating Team, shared the following update with WUFA members: Colleagues, On 20 June, 2024 we shared with you that WUFA has filed a policy grievance regarding the Employer’s violation of Article 53 (Validity) of the Collective Agreement. Recall that Bill 124 imposed a 3-year, 1% wage freeze moderation period with an ambiguous preclusion of a ‘make-up’ year post moderation. Article 53 of the Collective Agreement states: “the parties agree to meet to…

On July 11, 2024, WUFA's President, Pierre Boulos, wrote to the WUFA membership regarding the agreement made between the Liberation Zone Team/UWSA and University Administration: Colleagues, As many of you have heard, the students in the Liberation Zone Team (the student encampment), the University of Windsor Students Alliance (UWSA), and the University Administration have reached an agreement.  (The text of the agreement can be found here.) WUFA is pleased that a resolution, through civil discourse,…

On June 26, 2024, WUFA's Executive wrote to the University President regarding the closure of University Players and the re-imagining of EPICentre.

On June 20, 2024 the WUFA Faculty Council voted to file a policy grievance regarding the Employer’s violation of Article 53 (Validity) of the Collective Agreement.

Family, friends and colleagues gathered on June 6, 2024 to honour Dr. Charlene Senn as the 2024 recipient of the Mary Lou Dietz Equity Leadership Award.  An award reception was held in Assumption Hall’s Freed-Orman Centre. Dr. Senn was nominated by Dr. Patti Fritz who spoke to Dr. Senn's impressive, multidimensional contributions to equity, diversity, inclusivity, and safety.  The Award was established by WUFA’s Status of Women, Diversity and Equity Action Committee in memory of Dr. Mary…

The Faculty Association is proud to announce that Dr. Charlene Senn, Department of Psychology and Interdisciplinary & Critical Studies is the 2024 recipient of the "Mary Lou Dietz Equity Leadership Award."  The Windsor University Faculty Association’s Status of Women, Diversity and Equity Action Committee bestows the award to honour individuals who demonstrate leadership through their contributions to creating an equity culture on campus. The award is named after Mary Lou Dietz, a late…

The Faculty Association is now accepting submissions for the Annual Mary Lou Dietz Equity Leadership Award. This Award was established in 2009 to recognize the outstanding contributions that an individual has made to advance human rights, social justice, diversity, inclusivity, and equity at the University of Windsor. Eligible individuals must be a current, former or a retired Windsor University Faculty Association (WUFA) member who demonstrates the spirit of equity, diversity, and inclusion in…

November 8, 2023 WUFA Statement Re: Members’ rights to academic freedom and engagement on critical scholarship especially in times of war and conflict (The following statement was approved by WUFA Executive and in consultation with the SWDEAC and RJC) The Windsor University Faculty Association (WUFA) unequivocally supports the academic freedom of its members. This freedom includes the right to pursue research and open inquiry in an honest search for knowledge that is free from institutional censorship,…

September 19, 2023 The WUFA Communications Committee developed “A Guide to Civil Discourse on Social Media” which was reviewed and adopted by the WUFA Faculty Council on September 18, 2023. The ‘Guide’ document is pasted below: WUFA strongly supports the rights of its members to academic freedom, free speech, and public debate.  The use of social media sites to discuss and advocate for important issues facing our members and society in general is crucial in advancing these goals.  Indeed,…

WUFA banner spotted at the front of the Labour Day Parade, 2023. Thank you Brian E. Brown for representing WUFA at the parade!