CAUT Librarians’ and Archivists’ Conference: Collective Resistance: Academic Librarians and Archivists Taking Action

This article, written by Grace Bourret, Diversity Outreach and Engagement Librarian, appears in the Fall 2022 issue of The StFXAUT Beacon. Introduction The Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) 2022 Librarians’ and Archivists’ Conference took place in Ottawa and online on October 21-22, 2022. The theme of this year’s conference was Collective Resistance to tackle […]

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Negotiation of the Collective Agreement

This message, published in the Summer 2019 edition of The Beacon, was written by StFXAUT President Mary Oxner. The Fourth Collective Agreement between the Board of Governors of St. Francis Xavier University and the StFXAUT expired on June 30, 2019. What happens when the contract expires?Prior to its expiration, we provided notice of the intent […]

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Your 2018-2019 Executive Committee

Mary Oxner, President email: [email protected] Rachel Hurst, Vice President email: [email protected] Brad Long, Past President email: [email protected] Clare Fawcett, Secretary email: [email protected] Martin van Bommel, Treasurer email: [email protected] Ken MacAulay, Co-Chief Grievance Officer email: [email protected] Christie Lomore, Co-Chief Grievance Officer email: [email protected] Chris Frazer, Member at Large email: [email protected] Karen Kenny, Member at Large email: […]

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Committee Reports

ANSUT (Association of Nova Scotia University Teachers) by Bruce Sparks As the AUT’s representative to the Association of Nova Scotia University Teachers (ANSUT) I attended the three regular meetings held during the academic year 2015-2016. Unlike last year (the year of Bill 100) there were no obviously dramatic issues. Meetings continued to be very useful forums […]

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President’s Message

Full transcript of the President’s Report presented at the Annual General Meeting of the StFXAUT membership on May 4, 2016 by Brad Long Welcome everyone. My report consists simply of several updates from my vantage as President, a few reminders, and a few words of thanks. I’ll start with a note about students. One of the […]

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