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Mark your calendar now for the FA 20th Annual Fall Welcome BBQ, which will be taking place:

Friday, September 9, 2011*
Woodvale Facility
4540 – 50 Street
* Times to be confirmed

Watch for further details regarding activities, door prizes, and special guests!

A reminder to RSVP by Wednesday, April 13 for the Annual General Meeting of the FA, which will be taking place:

Wednesday, April 27, 2011
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (lunch to be provided at 12:00 noon)
St. Michael’s Ukrainian Orthodox Parish Hall
12918 – 121 Street, Edmonton

Please consider attending this membership meeting. In addition to elections for various committee positions (for complete nomination information, please click here: FA-Elections.AGM-11.Notice-Form), this meeting will address constitutional changes, the budget, policy governance, and more. And agenda Package will be distributed about one week prior to the meeting.

Please click here FA-GeneralAssembly-March3-11.Agenda.Package to access the agenda package for the winter General Assembly of the MacEwan Faculty Association taking place:

Thursday, March 3, 2011
4:30 p.m. – Dinner available
5:00 p.m. – Meeting starts
Room 9-201, City Centre Campus

As numbers do need to be confirmed for catering, please RSVP your attendance to Celine Miller at millerc@macewan.ca by Monday, February 28.

Those in attendance at the meeting will be eligible to enter a draw for a pair of Oilers tickets (approximate value of $500.00) – game date TBA, courtesy of TD Insurance Meloche Monnex.

The deadline for faculty and MacEwan Staff Association (MSA) employees to submit their bi-weekly payroll option forms is Friday, November 26. Please submit your completed forms to Human Resources by email to biweekly@macewan.ca, through inter-office mail or in person to Human Resources, Room 7-105, City Centre Campus, or by fax to 780-497-5430.

Most information on the implementation on bi-weekly pay is now available on www.myMacEwan.ca. Go to Departments, select Human Resources, and then select Bi-weekly payroll. Information includes “Frequently Asked Questions” (FAQ’s), payroll calendar, and specific information, options and forms, respectively, for faculty, term faculty, out-of-scope employees, and MSA employees.

If you have last minute questions about bi-weekly payroll implementation, Jodi Drury will be seeing people on a first-come first-served basis at Human Resources, Room 7-105, City Centre Campus, on Monday, November 22, from 9:30 a.m. to noon, and on Tuesday, November 23, from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Dear All,

Due to an overwhelming response to the recent pre-negotiations survey, the Faculty Association Negotiations Committee wishes to inform you that the update, scheduled for Thursday, November 25th, has been cancelled. Interest in attending the pre-negotations update was also regrettably poor.

FANC received well over 400 completed surveys, with a significant volume of written comments. FANC feels it will be more productive to process all of this data and use it to table and prioritize items for negotiation, before reporting to faculty for further input.

Results from the survey will shortly be distributed to all members. A negotiations update will be scheduled for the new year.

Thank you,

Faculty Association Negotiations Committee

At the April 28, 2010 AGM of the MacEwan Faculty Association, the following motion was passed:

THAT the Executive Committee further investigate governance models and return with a specific proposal for approval by the membership at the 2011 Annual General Meeting.

In order to ensure that the varying perspectives on governance are considered, the FA is looking for representation from the membership at large to sit on a sub-committee which will examine models of governance for the FA. If you are are interested in participating on this sub-committee, please contact Jerry Zdril, Faculty Association President, at zdrilj@macewan.ca or 780-497-5066.

In February 2010, MacEwan applied for membership in the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC). AUCC is the national association of Canadian public and private not-for-profit universities. The association provides member services in public policy and advocacy, communications, research and information-sharing, and scholarships and international programs. While AUCC is not a national accrediting agency, institutional membership brings credibility to a university’s programming by indicating that an institution’s programs meet academic standards common to Canadian universities. AUCC membership will greatly enhance the national and international reputation of our institution and will be of great benefit to students.

AUCC is an association that represents universities: its criteria for membership requires each applicant institution to demonstrate it has governance and administrative structures appropriate to a university; quality assurance processes for the periodic review of academic programs (involving peer-review); and policies and procedures relating to academic freedom, intellectual integrity, and research/scholarly activity. As part of its mission, the institution must support teaching and other forms of dissemination of knowledge; research, scholarship, academic inquiry and the advancement of knowledge; and service to the community.

Additional information about AUCC and their criteria for membership can be found on www.aucc.ca.

As part of the application process, three university presidents – Eddy Campbell (University of New Brunswick), Alan Wildeman (University of Windsor), and Mark Evered (University of Fraser Valley) – will conduct a site visit of MacEwan November 29th and 30th. The visiting committee will be primarily interested in matters related to the collective agreement and the faculty association. Faculty members will be asked to discuss their experience as faculty members and faculty association members.

The following are opportunities for faculty members to interact with AUCC representatives during their visit (RSVPs required for all):

Meeting for Faculty with AUCC Representatives
Monday, November 29, 2010
3:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Room 7-218, City Centre Campus*
* This meeting will also be videoconferenced to Centre for the Arts and Communications (Room 480A) and South Campus (Room 115) – volunteers to host at these campuses would be appreciated.

Reception for Faculty and Staff with AUCC Representatives
Monday, November 29, 2010
4:30 p.m.
The Bow (Room 9-115), City Centre Campus

To RSVP for either of the above events or to volunteer to host a videoconference at Centre for the Arts and Communications or South Campus, please contact Celine Miller in the Faculty Association at millerc@macewan.ca or 780-497-5068 by Tuesday, November 23.

The Library is looking to refresh the collection of faculty publications on display at its City Centre Campus location. If you have items you would like included in this display, please contact Brian Jackson, Research Librarian, at jacksonb9@macewan.ca or 780-633-3189.

A by-election for two Member-at-Large positions (one for Health and Community Studies, and one for Professional Resource Faculty) on the Faculty Association Executive Committee will be taking place at the November 4, 2010 General Assembly. To access the nomination form, please click this link: FA-By-Elections-MembersatLarge.GeneralAssembly-Nov4-2010.Form. Please note that completed nomination forms must be received by the Faculty Association Office not later than 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 21, 2010.

Questions regarding the nomination process can be directed to the Faculty Association Office at millerc@macewan.ca or 780-497-5068.