From the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT):
Fair Employment Week (FEW) is taking place from October 20 to 24, 2025.
FEW is the Canadian Association of University Teacher’s (CAUT) annual campaign to raise awareness about precarious employment on campus and to support your local association’s organizing efforts to improve the working conditions of Contract Academic Staff (CAS), and to improve the working conditions of CAS by amplifying their voices. To learn more about Fair Employment Week, please visit Make It Fair for Contract Academic Staff.
2025 Fair Employment Week Events:
- Social Media Day of Action – Wednesday, October 22
Help spread the word online about Fair Employment Week and the realities of precarious employment on our campuses.
CAUT has developed digital resources to support associations’ engagement in this day of action. CAUT encourages members to use their customizable social media material templates.
Remember to use the hashtags #MakeitFair and #Fairness4CAS.
- The Association of Nova Scotia University Teachers (ANSUT) welcomes all to join a panel discussion celebrating Contract Academic Staff on Monday, October 20 from 630pm to 800 pm (AST). The panel brings together researchers, labour leaders, and those with lived experience to examine the growing precarity faced by CAS, explore trends and tactics shaping their work, highlight the power of solidarity across the labour movement, and ground these issues in real-world impacts and solutions. Details including registration info here.
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