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GET YOUR PD APPLICATION IN BEFORE THE SUMMER BREAK!

June 6, 2025 by CCFAASC Leave a Comment

We only have 2 more meetings, and the deadline for the final meeting before we resume in September is NOON, THURSDAY JUNE 19!!! Please contact the CCFA office if you have any questions. ac.nusomac@DP-AFCC … [Read more...] about GET YOUR PD APPLICATION IN BEFORE THE SUMMER BREAK!

2025 Call for CCFA Charitable Donations Proposals

April 23, 2025 by CCFAASC Leave a Comment

Call to Act, if not you, who?

We want to invite you to submit your proposals for the annual CCFA Charitable Donations.  Please read more about our 2023 & 2024 recipients on our Blog. Each year we prioritize projects involving CCFA faculty and students.  Please submit your letter of application to ac.ytlucafnusomac@afcc by May 30.  The total approved budget for these donations combined is … [Read more...] about 2025 Call for CCFA Charitable Donations Proposals

2025 AGM Notice

April 17, 2025 by CCFAASC Leave a Comment

Na'tsa'maht - Working Together as One: Artist Butch Dick

We hope you can join us for the Annual General Meeting! You should already have a meeting invite for our AGM in your Outlook calendars, on May 8 from 8:30 AM – 3:30 PM, including lunch. If you don’t, please contact us. Come early for coffee and tea starting at 8:30am, and the meeting will begin at 9. Schedule: 8:30 – 9:00Tea & Coffee served as Members assemble … [Read more...] about 2025 AGM Notice

One Last Call for 2024/25 Fiscal Year PD Expenses!

March 24, 2025 by CCFAASC Leave a Comment

If you still have any outstanding approved PD expenses to claim for the 2024/2025 fiscal year (any PD activity that began between April 1, 2024 - March 31, 2025), you must submit them to the CCFA office BY Thursday APRIL 3! After that date you will no longer be able to make a claim on 24/25 expenses that you have already been approved for. Your claim account will be closed (due … [Read more...] about One Last Call for 2024/25 Fiscal Year PD Expenses!

International Women’s Day – March 8, 2025

March 7, 2025 by CCFAASC Leave a Comment

Join us as we come together to honour International Women's Day and stand against gender-based violence. Free Flowers and SeedsThursday, March 6Lansdowne Campus - Outside of Fisher11 AM – 1 PM Friday, March 7Interurban Campus – Outside of LACC11 AM – 1 PM Take a flower. Plant a future free from violence. … [Read more...] about International Women’s Day – March 8, 2025

Last Call for 2024 Fiscal PD Applications!

March 7, 2025 by CCFAASC Leave a Comment

The end of the 2024 PD fiscal year is almost here. … [Read more...] about Last Call for 2024 Fiscal PD Applications!

2025 CCFA Winter GM – Thurs, Feb 27, 3:00-4:30 PM –  Hybrid: Interurban & Online (via Zoom)

February 26, 2025 by CCFAASC Leave a Comment

Na'tsa'maht - Working Together as One: Artist Butch Dick

You’re invited! All Camosun College Faculty Association Members are encouraged to attend the Winter General Meeting on Thursday, February 27, from 3:00 to 4:30 PM. Location: HYBRID:  In-person: CHW 235 (Interurban) or Online: Zoom (see link and details in your Outlook Invite) Please check your Outlook Calendar to make sure you’ve received our invite and link.  … [Read more...] about 2025 CCFA Winter GM – Thurs, Feb 27, 3:00-4:30 PM –  Hybrid: Interurban & Online (via Zoom)

Unable to complete a PD activity that you paid for?

February 20, 2025 by CCFAASC Leave a Comment

If you are no longer able to complete a PD activity due to extenuating circumstances, the PD committee will consider, on a case-by-case basis, approving your non-refundable expenses. Rationales considered include sickness or conference cancellations but may also include re-evaluating your original decision to attend for ethical, moral or political reasons. In these cases, … [Read more...] about Unable to complete a PD activity that you paid for?

Time to start thinking about Scheduled Development!

January 3, 2025 by CCFAASC Leave a Comment

White Neon Lettering on a Black Brick Background States "Know Your Rights"

2025-26 Intents and Proposals will be due February 1! All continuing, probationary, indefinite term, and post-retirement Faculty Members, except International Education Project Officers, Senior Analysts, and Program Developers in Professional Studies and Industry Training, are entitled to two months (or the equivalent) free of regular duties for approved scheduled … [Read more...] about Time to start thinking about Scheduled Development!

Last call for CCFA long-term professional development funding!

January 3, 2025 by CCFAASC Leave a Comment

The 2025 deadline of January 31 is fast approaching! Are you a continuing CCFA member? Are you thinking about taking a Masters or PhD program? Or some other long-term PD activity? You may be eligible for long-term funding. Contact the office at ac.nusomac@DP-AFCC and start the application process now. … [Read more...] about Last call for CCFA long-term professional development funding!

Thinking about Long-Term PD?

December 2, 2024 by CCFAASC Leave a Comment

New Long-Term PD application forms for the 2025 year are now available on the website! If you are interested in applying, please use the most current forms and talk to the CCFA office for guidance. The deadline for long-term funds is fast approaching! In addition, the newly updated PD Fund Guidelines for the 2025 year are now available on the website. Refer to these … [Read more...] about Thinking about Long-Term PD?

PD Funding Still Available for your PD Activities!

October 24, 2024 by CCFAASC Leave a Comment

Submitted on behalf of Martha McAlister As you are aware, the college has been put under an "Essential Spending Mandate". You will have been told that nonessential spending includes "Optional or deferrable conferences". NOTE: This does NOT apply to CCFA funded PD activities! These funds are entirely at the discretion of the CCFA. So please, keep applying for funds to … [Read more...] about PD Funding Still Available for your PD Activities!

Thinking about completing a Professional Development activity?  

August 29, 2024 by CCFAASC

Submitted on behalf of Martha McAlister The 2024-25 PD application submission deadlines are now available. Professional Development funding is available through the CCFA for both Continuing and Term faculty!  You can be reimbursed for course registration fees, conferences (and travel to them), textbooks, workshops, or other educational activities. You will find … [Read more...] about Thinking about completing a Professional Development activity?  

Spotlight on Literature – Poet’s Corner, a Haiku

March 10, 2023 by CCFAASC Leave a Comment

Open Book in Spotlight

To the gods regarding the search for wisdom By Sandra Bannikoff Pleonexia prevails preventing our progress … [Read more...] about Spotlight on Literature – Poet’s Corner, a Haiku

Spotlight on Literature – Poet’s Corner, a Haiku

November 9, 2022 by CCFAASC Leave a Comment

Open Book in Spotlight

Found Feather By Sandra Bannikoff a remembrance of someone who is still free … [Read more...] about Spotlight on Literature – Poet’s Corner, a Haiku

CCFA Info-sessions Fall 2022 – Updated

November 3, 2022 by CCFAASC 1 Comment

Check your Cheque - October 14, 10-11:00 a.m. Are you receiving the right pay?  Would you like to be able to understand and check your earnings statements?  Come to this brief info-session and learn the tools you need. With special guest Tana Kristjansen, retired accounting instructor. This one-hour session includes a 20-minute presentation followed by Q & A. … [Read more...] about CCFA Info-sessions Fall 2022 – Updated

New Confluence Feature: Spotlight on Literature – Member Book Review

November 2, 2022 by CCFAASC Leave a Comment

Open Book in Spotlight

“The classroom, with all its limitations, remains a location of possibility.” (bell hooks, 1994) By Martha McAlister For the faculty book club this fall, we just finished reading “Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom” by bells hooks. She passed away last year, sparking us to revisit her seminal work. Though this book was written in 1994, it’s … [Read more...] about New Confluence Feature: Spotlight on Literature – Member Book Review

Faculty Feature: Kenyan Women and Children

November 2, 2022 by CCFAASC Leave a Comment

Arts & Science Students & Faculty Fundraiser School of Arts and Science Kenyan Women & Children Fundraising  Join the School of Arts & Science for their Kenyan Women and Children Fundraiser Event, on November 4 and 7; 11:00am to 2:00pm in the Fisher Foyer. We are hosting Fundraiser for the Ngoswani School for Kenyan women and children to … [Read more...] about Faculty Feature: Kenyan Women and Children

Camosun Showcase 2023: Professional, Scholarly, and Creative Activity – Call for submissions to share your knowledge and expertise

October 13, 2022 by CCFAASC Leave a Comment

Are you interested in sharing your stories of innovation, research, and creativity with the college community and beyond? Are you interested in highlighting the relevant and important work that you have done individually or collaboratively with colleagues, students, or community? Are you interested in writing about your experiences in harnessing the ‘best of both worlds’ of … [Read more...] about Camosun Showcase 2023: Professional, Scholarly, and Creative Activity – Call for submissions to share your knowledge and expertise

Hey CCFA, Let’s Get Out the Vote on Oct 15!

October 7, 2022 by CCFAASC Leave a Comment

B.C. municipalities go to the polls to elect new city councils, school boards, and mayors on Oct 15—in fact, mail-in ballots and advance voting have already begun. Local civic elections represent residents’ best chance to have a direct impact on their day-to-day lives—far more than provincial or federal equivalents. And yet, ironically, they habitually attract much lower … [Read more...] about Hey CCFA, Let’s Get Out the Vote on Oct 15!

Faculty Feature: Reflecting on where we are today as a teaching institution

June 3, 2022 by CCFAASC Leave a Comment

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Contributed by Emily Schudle, reblogged from Camosun eLearning OpenEd: I was originally planning to write a reflection on the amazing faculty interviews I conducted over the past year and to look a bit at where we are all at now, almost 2½ years since we moved online due to a global pandemic.  But last week an amazing thing happened.  Our virtual Teaching and … [Read more...] about Faculty Feature: Reflecting on where we are today as a teaching institution

Ginger Goodwin Was Murdered & Why You Should Care

June 2, 2022 by CCFAASC Leave a Comment

Ginger Goodwin

Contributed by J. Hunt: If you have driven up island to the Comox Valley area, you will likely have noticed the “Ginger Goodwin Way” signs on a stretch of the Island Highway. Although you may have heard of Ginger Goodwin as a B.C. labour activist, you may not know many details about his life. Albert Goodwin, commonly known as “Ginger” for his red hair, was born in a … [Read more...] about Ginger Goodwin Was Murdered & Why You Should Care

Know Your Rights: Right of First Refusal

May 10, 2022 by CCFAASC 1 Comment

White Neon Lettering on a Black Brick Background States "Know Your Rights"

We recently won an important arbitration about your rights. It pertains to the first level of job security that term faculty members can obtain (right of first refusal—see article 1.02 (g) in the Local Agreement).  Right now, we need your help to monitor whether the College will honour this ruling. We don’t always know when members are having trouble exercising … [Read more...] about Know Your Rights: Right of First Refusal

New Look CCFA Website: Under Construction

May 5, 2022 by CCFAASC Leave a Comment

Welcome to the new look of the CCFA website.  Like many grand undertakings, this project has taken longer than we wanted, and we still have quite a ways to go before we're satisfied.  The framework is up, and over the next while, we'll be working to ensure that all essential information has been converted to our new website.  In the meantime, we welcome your … [Read more...] about New Look CCFA Website: Under Construction

2022 AGM – May 6, 11am – Y216, Lansdowne Campus

May 3, 2022 by CCFAASC 1 Comment

Na'tsa'maht - Working Together as One: Artist Butch Dick

We hope to see you there for our first in-person AGM in 2 years! Agenda and Minutes will be sent a few days ahead. Schedule: 10.30-11.00: Tea & Coffee, let’s (re)connect (outdoors) 11.00-12.30: AGM (Presentations of the Executive Officers / Election of the 2022/2023 CCFA Executive) (Y216) 12.30-2.00: Door Prizes followed by a Lunch Social (outdoors, individual … [Read more...] about 2022 AGM – May 6, 11am – Y216, Lansdowne Campus

The Union Reel: Films about Work

May 3, 2022 by CCFAASC 1 Comment

Norma Rae 1979   Directed by Martin Ritt    It will surprise no one who knows me that the protagonist of Norma Rae was one of my heroes when I was seventeen. It was 1979, and popular culture had developed an earthy, working-class aesthetic. Punk rock had reached its peak. TV shows like Taxi and Alice were cheerfully gritty. Films about poor people, like Mean Streets, Dog Day … [Read more...] about The Union Reel: Films about Work

Know Your Rights: Getting Our Houses (Departments) in Order

May 3, 2022 by CCFAASC Leave a Comment

Deans may come and go, but for most of us, our department is our home.  That’s where our closest colleagues are, it’s where the most important discussions take place, and, if we are lucky, it’s where we find our best support.  It’s also where collegial governance begins. I want to encourage you to take charge of some key areas in your department.  If you organize … [Read more...] about Know Your Rights: Getting Our Houses (Departments) in Order

Online Library Workshops for Faculty over Reading Break

February 10, 2022 by CCFAASC Leave a Comment

Library Workshops for Faculty during Reading Break in February—register now! Need an update on what is available at the library for you and your students? The library is offering online faculty workshops February 22nd, 23rd, 24th, on a variety of topics. Registration is open! Faculty APA Refresher —Online, Tuesday, Feb 22nd, 12:00-12:45pm Needing an APA Refresher before you … [Read more...] about Online Library Workshops for Faculty over Reading Break

Welcome

January 24, 2022 by CCFAASC

2022 Long-Term PD Information Session: November 26th @2pm on TEAMS CCFA is now mainly working remotely: Peg Ford or Laurence Toffoletto: PD, Contract Management and Employment Issues Blair Fisher: PD … [Read more...] about Welcome

Towards Fairness

December 22, 2021 by CCFAASC

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