Mar 13 2009

Extension of Conference and Research Funding Deadline

Category: Uncategorized — Bob Hanke @ 12:28 am

 Both the Conference Travel and Research Grants Funds have been extended from March 1 to April 15.

Conference Travel Fund (Unit 2)
Three Deadlines: Oct 1, March 1 and June 1.
A total of $58,300 to support the attendance of scholarly/professional/artistic conferences. While the June round will only defray travel costs, the other 2 rounds will also provide money towards accomodation (normally $50/night) and other expenses (normally $25/day). Applicants will normally only receive up to 1 grant per year. Apply to Academic Employee Relations

 

Research Grants Fund (Unit 2) Two Deadlines: Oct. 1 and March 1.
Members can only receive funds once per year – that is, they should apply in either October or March, but not both. Minor Grants of up to $8000 are available at both times, Major Grants of up to $8000 plus experience credit of one course directorship are available only in spring round. Apply to Academic Employee Relations.

Go to link below for application forms

http://cupe3903.tao.ca/?q=node/412

Mar 12 2009

What is the Place of Activism in the Academy?

Category: Events — Bob Hanke @ 2:11 pm

The Graduate Women’s  Studies Student Association Presents:

What is the Place of Activism in the Academy?

A Roundtable Discussion in Honour of International Women’s Day

Friday, March 13. 2:30-4:00pm. Founders Senior Common Room (Rm 305). Food will be provided.

Confirmed speakers:

Anna Agathangelou, professor of Women’s Studies and Political Science
Lykke de la Cour, professor of Women’s Studies and Social Science
Kenji Tokawa, BA student, University of Toronto
Shaunga Tagore, MA student in Women’s Studies
Laura Kwak, MA student in Women’s Studies
Natalie Kouri-Towe, PhD student at OISE

Healy Thompson will act as the roundtable moderator.

Download the IWDposter.

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Mar 11 2009

Professor Untangles Twisted Tale of Conversion Program

Category: Post-strike Discussion (2009) — Bob Hanke @ 7:55 pm

Conversion Program Not Unique

Re: “The York strike: a tangled tale  of entitlements,” Opinions, Feb. 18, 2009.
By Richard Wellen, Chair, Division of Social Science, Faculty of Arts (excerpted from the Excalibur, March 11, 2009)

In this opinion piece, Prof. Gerrard Naddaf questions the very legitimacy of conversions, or the Special Renewable Contract-type (SRC) appointments,demanded by CUPE 3903 during the strike. The basic thrust of his piece is that there is only one good way to make a “real” academic appointment and that over-ambitious unions shouldn’t get in the way of this process. As Naddaf acknowledges, however, the way “free competition” works in regular academic appointments is prejudicial to those with long service in contract positions. Folks who teach for many years as contract faculty do so with almost no support for doing the kind of research that will later allow them to secure a tenure-stream job. Many contract faculty members originally pursued contract positions because they did not have the sufficient family financial resources to do research without a paid job. These and other obstacles to  career progress for contract faculty have been well documented (see, for example, Indhu Rajagopal’s book, Hidden Academics: Contract Faculty in Canadian Universities). For Nadaff, long service and other obstacles shouldn’t be recognized to ensure fairness in academic appointments, and, even if long service leads to one being unfairly left out, that’s just the way the academic game is played. No argument is actually given as to why we should accept this situation, or why those in the conversion pool who have research publications and have taught a number of years should not be given a chance to apply for tenure.

To read, the rest of this opinion, click here.

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Mar 11 2009

Enough (Bad Education Policy) is Enough

Category: News — Bob Hanke @ 1:23 pm

President Shoukri’s February 26, 2009 address to Senate was strangely silent on educational policy and the real problem of chronic underfunding. Protecting the quality of the higher education environment will require more than the administration’s “Integrated Resource Planning project” or a “task force” on labour relations; it will require a dialogue on university fianancing and government educational policy. To remain true to York’s historic mission, education as a public good must be defended at every level of the institution.

For starters:

Tuition hikes are wrong way to close university funding gap
Transferring load to students amounts to the privatization of higher education

By Brian Brown, President of the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations (excerpted from thestar.com, March 11, 2009)

University funding is a difficult and complex issue. At the best of times, it must be dealt with thoughtfully, intelligently, rationally and with care and sensitivity.

These are not the best of times. They may be the worst of times. Universities with their capacity to train the next generation of knowledge workers while relieving unemployment have a vital role in both the short-term and long-term health of our economy.

The decisions that are made will affect not just students and their families but Ontario as well.

We cannot roll the dice with our higher education system. It has to be effective and affordable and deliver the quality of education that will keep Ontario knowledge workers at the cutting edge.

Degree mills won’t do that, which is what we could be looking at if government doesn’t step up to the plate. University financing has to be a provincial and national priority.

To read the rest of this opinion, click here.

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Mar 07 2009

Records of Employment and EI

Category: Point of Information — jonnyj @ 12:39 pm

According to Payroll, Records of Employment will be sent out within five days of the last day paid – May 31st. An employee can apply for EI if their earnings have stopped or been reduced.

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