In this newsletter: Executive Vacancy, Performance Assessment Process, Hiring Process, Management of Vacation Leave, Joint Committee on Teaching-load Distribution

1. Executive Vacancy: Dr. Barbara Falk has stepped down from the Executive in order to serve as Interim Academic Director of CFC. The Executive will therefore seek a replacement to complete her term of office, which ends in 2022. The CMCFA Constitution requires those making appointments to “bear in mind appropriate divisional and departmental representation on the Executive” (ss. V[1]). Because there are currently no representatives from the Faculty of Science on the Executive, we will first issue a call to the Faculty of Science. A call to Engineering, then SSH, will follow as necessary.
2. Performance Assessment Process: The CMCFA has filed a policy grievance on the Interim Performance Appraisal Process on the basis of the unfair and unreasonable exercise of management rights (article 6), past practice (article 8), joint consultation (article 26.03), and all other applicable and related articles.
3. Hiring Process: The President has been involved in various hiring processes across the College and, in consultation with department heads, has been successful in helping negotiate better conditions of offer. Please encourage candidates to reach out to the President for advice before any offer is accepted.
4. Management of Vacation Leave: The Principal will not implement a leave management process, and UTs will not be forced to take leave while working under pandemic conditions.
5. Joint Committee on Teaching-load Distribution: The committee consists of a representative from management and the CMCFA for each of the three Faculties. From SSH: Jim Denford and Huw Osborne (co-chairs); from Science: Jennifer Shore and Jennifer Scott; from Engineering: Greg Philips and Sylvain Leblanc. The committee has already begun its work and will be sending out a separate update shortly. The Terms of Reference for the Committee can be found here: https://cmcfa-apcmc.ca/dox/2021-03-24-Workload-Committee-ToRs-EN.pdf.