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Fair Employment Week 2025, October 20–24

Lynelle Yutani
October 20, 2025

Once again, it is Fair Employment Week, the national campaign by the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) to recognize the valuable work of contract academic faculty and to call out the inequities they continue to face across Canada’s post-secondary sector. At Camosun, that means our Term faculty members—the educators who help keep our classrooms running, our students supported, and our programs viable year after year. You know them. You rely on them. And yet, the events over the past year have made painfully clear that our Term members remain the most vulnerable and least supported employees at the College. Even though we’ve lost over 100 Term faculty members, representing the equivalent of nearly 40 full-time positions, the elimination of Term faculty isn’t counted in anyone’s “layoff” statistics – it’s as if they are invisible. But it gets worse, Camosun’s Term faculty are having to do more with less than ever before. Those…

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2025 Fall GM – Thursday, October 09, 3:00-4:30 PM – Hybrid

September 26, 2025

Attention CCFA Members, Please join us in-person or on Zoom for the CCFA Fall General Meeting.  This is an opportunity to come together, hear from each other, and be included in the operation of your union.  The more you participate, the stronger we are! Location: Y-227, Lansdowne Campus or via…

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Thinking about Long-Term PD?

September 24, 2025

If you are full-time or part-time continuing faculty, and have completed your probationary period, now is a good time to start thinking about applying for long-term professional development funding for 2026/27! Long-term funds are for activities such as advanced degrees, which normally take longer than two months and cost more…

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Visit with Minister Sunner & MLA LaJeunesse

September 17, 2025

CCFA & BCGEU met with Minister Jessie Sunner & MLA Dana Lajeunesse (2nd and 3rd from left, respectively) on September 16th and spoke about how Post-secondary needs better funding! CUPE was on their way, following the CCSS! What we wanted to talk about Funding Stability is the Foundation of a…

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Call Out for FPSE Trustee for College Pension Plan – APPLY BEFORE SEPT 12!

CCFAASC
September 1, 2025

Weldon Cowan (pictured below) is stepping down as one of the three Federation of Post Secondary Educators (FPSE) Pension Trustees. FPSE is seeking to appoint a new Pension Trustee, and the Pension’s Advisory Committee (PAC) is soliciting nominations for a Trustee for the Pension Plan from Member Locals (CCFA is Local 12) and PAC.  Photograph of Weldon Cowan Speaking on Stage In accordance with FPSE’s Pension Advisory Committee procedures and the responsibilities of Presidents’ Council as outlined in the FPSE Policy & Procedures Manual (Section 5.5) and the Constitution, the Pension Selection Committee is seeking nominations to fill the FPSE-appointed trustee position on…

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Know Your Rights: You Don’t Have to Say Yes

Lynelle Yutani
April 2, 2025

At Camosun College, faculty members are protected by a legally binding collective agreement between the CCFA (Camosun College Faculty Association) and the employer. One of the key features of this agreement is that no faculty member can be required to accept changes to their workload, evaluations, or other terms of their employment without their explicit agreement. This might seem obvious, but in practice, we often find ourselves in situations where “suggestions” or “requests” from supervisors feel more like directives. So here’s the bottom line: you have the right to say no, or at least, not say yes until you’ve had…

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I always feel like, somebody’s watching’ me!

Lynelle Yutani
March 20, 2025

…and I have no privacy! Who knew that song would come back as the anthem for the Artificial Intelligence era? Starting March 17, Information Technology Services enabled Live Transcription within Microsoft Teams. Live Transcription provides the dialogue by each speaker, aiding participants in noisy environments or those who prefer visual support. Don’t get me wrong, from an accessibility standard, on the surface this is a very good thing. However, how do services that allow meetings to be transcribed in real time really work? The feature captures spoken dialogue and converts it into text, which can be stored and accessed later.…

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