On behalf of the StFXAUT, Dr. Michael Follert, Department of Sociology (right), presents a $1,000 cheque to Katerina Allan, Vice-President Mount Saint Vincent for CUPE 3912. Read our earlier post to learn more about CUPE 3912 and their ongoing struggle to achieve a fair and equitable agreement.
Read More »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 […]
Read More »The unprecedented employer-driven labour disruption at Dalhousie University continues. For more information on the DFA and Dalhousie University’s decision to lock out DFA members visit the Dalhouse Faculty Association website and the #KeepDalStrong space. The next Solidarity March is taking place tomorrow, Friday September 12. Meet outside the Killiam Library at 1100. All are welcome.
Read More »The Dalhousie Faculty Association (DFA) represents nearly 1,000 professors, instructors, librarians and professional counsellors. Dalhousie University locked out DFA members on August 20. For more information on the DFA and Dalhousie University’s lockout of their members visit the Dalhouse Faculty Association website and the #KeepDalStrong space. StFXAUT members were present at the DFA Rally held […]
Read More »Today, September 7, 2023 marks 433 days since the Fifth Collective Agreement between the StFXAUT and the Board of Governors of StfX University expired. Where do things stand? Read today’s Bargaining Bulletin and find out!
Read More »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 […]
Read More »In 2021-2022, StFXAUT Members provided strike support to the following Canadian Faculty Associations: Acadia University $2,000 Concordia University of Edmonton $1,000 L’Association des professeurs, professeures et bibliothécaires de l’Université Sainte-Anne $1,000 University of Lethbridge $3,000 University of Manitoba $2,000 University of Ontario Institute of Technology $1,000
Read More »StFXAUT President Dr. Martin van Bommel presents a sponsorship cheque in the amount of $3,380 to Members of the StFX World University Service of Canada (WUSC) Society (left to right): Dr. Maria Paz-MacKay (Department of Modern Languages), Nancy Kiden, WUSC President Chloe Oleksiuk, and Lucia Macka. Photo credit: Susan MacKay. Read past WUSC Beacon articles: […]
Read More »This article, published in the Spring 2022 edition of The Beacon, was written by StFXAUT Communications Officer Philip Girvan. The Teaching and Learning Centre (TLC) at StFX promoted Black Students Matter: Fall Teaching Retreat as “a ground-breaking teaching retreat for all faculty to delve into the history of Black people in our province and the […]
Read More »This article, published in the Spring 2021 edition of The Beacon, was written by StFXAUT Communications Officer Philip Girvan and CAUT Vice-President Peter McInnis. “I think it’s fair to say we’ve become a poster child for strategic planning in Canadian university sector.” — then Laurentian University (LU) President Dominic Giroux in 2017 On February 1, […]
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