Re: SFUFA Bargaining Bulletin - University Staffing

[Gerardo Otero <otero@sfu.ca>]

Indeed, it was very obvious to me since I arrived at SFU in 1990 that this was a bureaucratically-driven university. But the extent to which this has become so is really quite concerning. Imagine what will happen when we get a School of Medicine. Faculty positions for the rest of the university might become even scarcer, which may imply further precarization of university teaching in the form of sessional instructors, etc. What can SFUFA do to avert such scenario? Can the university ever become a faulty-and-student driven one?

 

Best, Gerardo

 

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From: Nick Blomley <blomley@sfu.ca>
Date: Tuesday, November 9, 2021 at 6:44 PM
To: "academic-discussion (academic-discussion@sfu.ca)" <academic-discussion@sfu.ca>
Subject: Fwd: SFUFA Bargaining Bulletin - University Staffing

 

These SFUFA data are staggering!