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
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
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
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
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
The Union Reel: Films about Work
Kelly Pitman Nomadland 2020 Directed by Chloé Zhao Even at their most earnest, Hollywood films often tend toward artifice rather than authenticity. Then comes a film like Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland, a fictional drama, inspired by a nonfiction book, about a woman who takes to the road after her husband dies and the 2008 recession takes her house, the … [Read more...] about The Union Reel: Films about Work
How learning to be a President is a lot like learning to knit
For my first Confluence article ever, I thought I would share something more personal and fun. Last week I bombarded you with listserv messages trying to bring awareness to the plight of Term and Contract Academic workers as part of Fair Employment Week… but guess what? Before this past week, I hadn’t really paid that close of attention to what Fair Employment Week was all … [Read more...] about How learning to be a President is a lot like learning to knit
Camosun College Climate Coalition
Just over a year ago, FPSE created a Climate Emergency Ad Hoc committee. A meeting of several interested presidents and reps from each of the locals was convened. The purpose was to find out what meaningful climate action initiatives were taking place at the locals and how FPSE could support them. Our president, Chris, called a meeting at our local of interested … [Read more...] about Camosun College Climate Coalition
Organizing Action (aka 2 white women continue the journey of sitting with discomfort) Part 2
In the June 2021 issue of the Confluence, we embarked on personal & professional anti-oppression journeys and invited members of this community to join us. We prepared ourselves to sit in discomfort as we set out to understand more about systemic and institutional racism, and how we might contribute to the dismantling of white supremacy in our professional practices. In our … [Read more...] about Organizing Action (aka 2 white women continue the journey of sitting with discomfort) Part 2
